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Rwanda to host ECAVCO Senior
Men and Women Championships
Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday March 3: Rwanda Volleyball Federation
has confirmed its ability to host this year’s East and Central
Africa Senior Men and Women Nations Volleyball Championships in
October.
According to East and Central Africa Volleyball Confederation (ECAVCO)
Secretary General Jacob Owiti, once the host country confirms
the dates it will be communicated to member countries.
Addressing a press conference accompanied by ECAVCO Treasurer
Kenneth Tonui and David Kimosop who is the Marketing Director of
ECAVCO at a Nairobi Hotel, Owiti said they were expecting a
bumper entry for the championships.
“We in ECAVCO would like to assist member countries within the
region to develop the sport and we can only do that through
organizing various tournaments at both club and national team
level,” Owiti said.
He pointed out that all the to ECAVCO officials will attend the
event since there will be a meeting to strategize for the year
ending event which will be the Entebbe International Beach
Volleyball slated for Uganda in December.
The ECAVCO Secretary General encouraged member countries to
ensure that they enter teams for tournaments within the region
since through competition is when they can gauge whether
standards of volleyball in their respective countries is on the
rise or on the decline.
“Even we in ECAVCO do not have funds but we are talking to
potential sponsors to come and partner with us by funding our
tournaments, seminars and courses,” said Owiti adding that the
regional volleyball governing body is also looking for a sponsor
to facilitate the running of its secretariat.
Jack Kwemba, Zone 5 Correspondent
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