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2007 Women's African Clubs
Champions Championship: Cairo- Egypt |
The Defending Champions KCB
Meets Mofolofolo of Botswana in the opening
 Cairo,
Egypt, April 3, 2007-: The strongest Women's African Cup of
Clubs Champions will start on Wednesday with tough matches when
the defending Champions KC Bank of Kenya meets Mofolofolo of
Botswana the fourth of the last championship in the opening day
of the twenty second edition of the competition held at the
Cairo Stadium Complex in Cairo, Egypt. The opening day will
feature also three other matches as the runner up of the last
competition Ahly of Egypt meets Water sports of Ethiopia, the
2006 bronze medalists Pipelines of Kenya vs. Injs of Cameroon
and Prisons of Ethiopia vs. Shams of Egypt.
The drawing of lots held on Tuesday in the Egyptian Olympic
Committee Hall in Cairo and led by CAVB President Dr. Amr
Elwani, Control Committee president Mrs. Fofana Aminata, CAVB
Vice President Mr. Baba Sy, CAVB representative Mr. Mory Keita,
CAVB referee delegate Mr. Mohamed Saidoune and CAVB Technical
Director Mrs. Howyda Mondy. The eight teams participating in the
competition were divided into two pools, pool A includes Shams
(Egypt), Injs (Cameroon), Prisons (Ethiopia) and Pipelines
(Kenya) and Pool B Kenya Commercial Bank (Kenya), Water sports
(Ethiopia), Al Ahly (Egypt) and Mafolofolo (Botswana).
 The
defending champions Kenya Commercial Bank of Kenya comes as one
of the big favorites for the title after they had good
preparation under supervision of their efficient coach Paul
Bitok. “We want to clinch our second trophy in our short history
after we had the surprise in the last edition,” Said the
promising coach Bitok. “We want to give the cup to the soul of
our big star Violet Baraza who passed away last month. We had
now a good competitive team including many experienced stars
like Docoras Ndasaba, Doris Palanga and Doris Muyekho and some
young stars like Esther Mombe and Mercy Moim.” He added.
Pipelines team the most titled team in the competition with 6
cups on their name will be a great favorite as usual with their
star studded team led by Jannet Wanja, libero Mercy Wesutila who
is making a come back after a short break and veteran Judy
Serenge along with Esther Chepkosgei. “I hope to see a purely
Kenyan Face of in the final between K C Bank and my team," Said
Pipelines Coach David Lung’aho.
Al Ahly of Egypt want to retain the cup they won for the last
time in 2003 after they were runner up in the last two
competitions in 2004 and 2005. "We used the local league to
prepare for this competition as we played many matches which
helped the team to reach the peak of performance" Said Ahly
coach Raouf Abdel Kader.
 Both
Kenyan teams had proper preparations in Nairobi, Kenya last
month and are ready to keep the trophy in they country for the
fourth year in a raw after Pipelines gained the trophy in 2004
and 2005 before Kenya Commercial bank put their name on the
champions list for the first time in 2006.
Injs Volleyball club of Cameroon comes also as big favorites
with their international players who had a great experience in
the last World Championship in Japan 2006. The last competition
semifinalists Mafolofolo of Botswana come to the competition
hoping a better ranking than the fourth position they had in
2004.
Ethiopia will be represented by two clubs; Prisons
Administration and Water Sport Association in the framework of
their National Federation development programme to participate
in all continental competitions after their women's team
participated also in Zone 5 qualifications to All Africa Games
last month.
Ghalia Chlef and Plateau Rocks of Nigeria sent a last minute
withdrawal from the competition after they registered and so the
competition lost two star studded team who was in good form to
compete.
Photo Captions
The CAVB Control Committee with the officials of the teams.
The Drawing of lots.
Dr Elwani conducting the meeting |
Al Ahly African Champions for the fifth time
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Ahly
and Pipelines to final Spot
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Purely
Egyptian and Kenyan Clashes in the
semifina
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KCB,
Pipelines and Ahly secured semifinal
tickets
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All Big Forces Achieved their first Victory
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The
Defending Champions KCB Meets Mofolofolo
of Botswana in the opening |
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9 teams compete for the trophy
in the strongest competition in History |
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KCB, Kenya Pipeline train
for the competition |
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By Tarek Al Adwar CAVB Press
Officer |
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