Kenya to host ECAVCO Club Championships Nairobi, Kenya March 21, 2008: Barely a month after the African Women Volleyball Club Championships was switched from Kenya to Egypt, the regional club volleyball championships will be staged in Nairobi from May 28-June 1. According to East and Central Africa Volleyball Confederation (ECAVCO) Secretary General Jacob Owiti, Kenya has once again been given the honour to host the regional club championships after hosting the same event last year. “We have had a meeting and consulted widely and member countries have unanimously agreed that this year’s regional club championships should be staged in Nairobi,” said Owiti who is also a member of CAVB Sports Commission. Owiti who was speaking during a press conference attended by ECAVCO Treasurer Kenneth Tonui said each member country will be required to send four teams comprising two women teams and two men teams for the tournament slated for Moi International Sports Centre in Kasarani. He revealed that invitations have been sent to Presidents of ECAVCO member federations which include Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, DRC Congo and hosts Kenya. “According to the tentative program, we expect the teams to arrive in Nairobi on May 28 when the Technical Meeting will be held at Sports View Hotel paving way for the competition to start on May 29 through to June 1,” said Owiti. He said the regional tournament is slowly becoming popular since member federations use it for talent search which helps them boost their national teams for CAVB and FIVB competitions. He appealed to sponsors and well wishers to come forward and support the ECAVCO event since it will go along way in helping identify and nurture volleyball talent in the region. “Since time is not on our side, we are appealing to member federations to confirm their participation with ECAVCO secretariat by April 30 to enable us work on logistics which will make the tournament a great success,” Owiti said. By Jack Kwemba, ECAVCO Press Officer