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Safaricom Beach Volleyball
Open tournament set for Mombasa
Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, April 15, 2009: Beach volleyball
season in Kenya is set to throw off in the coastal city of
Mombasa on April 18-19 with Safaricom Beach Volleyball Open
Tournament at Pirates Beach in Mombasa.
The season opener which will be part of the national Beach
Volleyball Circuit in the region will be sponsored by Safaricom
which is a leading mobile phone provider in East Africa.
According to Kenya Beach Volleyball Council Secretary Sammy
Mulinge, invitations have been sent out to volleyball clubs,
colleges and schools to grace the tournament whose preparations
are at an advanced stage.
“This being our first tournament in this year’s beach volleyball
calendar, we expect a bumper entry and we are appealing to clubs
and teams which have received invitation letters to ensure that
they confirm their participation in good time,” said Mulinge.
“I wish to say here that as a council we are very grateful to
our sponsor Safaricom and Home Boyz since their support will go
along way in making the event a great success,” said Mulinge.
He pointed out that the tournament will be divided into four
different categories featuring Senior Men and Women, juniors,
mixed couples and tourists’ category.
“Beach volleyball being a popular sport we would like to use our
tournaments to develop it by involving different categories. The
fact that the Safaricom sponsored event will be staged at the
coastal city which is frequented by tourists we would like to
involve them so as to help market Kenya and the sport,” Mulinge
said.
Among the teams expected to parade for the 2009 beach volleyball
calendar season opener are Administration Police, Kenya
Commercial Bank, Kenya Pipeline, General Service Unit and Kenya
Prisons Service amongst others. Schools and colleges from the
coach will also be in action. The Secretary pointed out that
winners in the main categories will pocket Kshs 10, 000 (US$
126) runners-up Kshs 5,000 (US$63) and medals among other
prizes.
“Pairing and registration of players for this tournament will be
done on the same day as such we request early confirmation of
participation in order to make our programmes for the two days
to run smoothly,” said Mulinge adding that the Safaricom Beach
Volleyball Open Tournament will be used to select players to
represent the country in the international tournament to be held
in Kenya on June 13-14.
By Jack Kwemba, Zone 5 Correspondent
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