8th ALL
AFRICA GAMES- COMPETITION DAY THREE
CAMEROON MEN AND WOMEN TOOK THE SPOT LIGHT
Abuja, Nigeria, October 13-: In absence of the organizer's men
and women team, Cameroon men and women teams and the Kenyan
women draw the attention in the third day of volleyball
competition in the eighth All Africa Games here in Abuja,
Nigeria with the competition going more exciting. Both Cameroon
men and women teams had a straight sets victory over Seychelles
after impressive matches, while Kenya women made the best show
to come over the emerging Algerian. Egypt and Algeria men became
the first teams to qualify to the semifinal after their third
victory in raw.
MEN'S COMPETITION
In the most interesting match of the day Algeria had a very
difficult victory over the emerging Ghana 3-2 (25-23, 27-29,
23-25, 25-15, 15-11) in the day's only tiebreaker. The unstable
performance of the Algerian players made them in a very critical
position as they came one set behind Ghana 1-2 after winning the
first set, but in the suitable time they took the fast lane to
win the fourth set and the tiebreak. Algeria began the match
with their stars Nassim Hedroug and Mohamed Hachemi in good form
to lead in the first set. The second and third sets showed a
good show from Ghana through their scorer and star Casmir
Agbenyegah to win both after deploying a solid block and
backline defense. Algeria regained their rhythm to win the
fourth and fifth sets with their block of Tawfik Belaid and
Fares Aberkane. Algeria led Pool A and insured a place in the
semifinal
Only 58 minutes were enough for Egypt to take over Botswana in
straight sets 25-14, 25-12, 25-18. Egyptian coach, Vaslin
Vikavate insisted to play with all his line up including the
substitutes and the experienced player Nehad Shehata was the
scorer of the team. Egypt led Pool B with three victories and
secured a place in the semifinal.
Leslie Naidoo and Freedom Chyia of South Africa Led their team
from one set behind Senegal to a 3-1 victory (20-25, 25-18,
25-7, 25-13) after a match of controversy. Senegal began the
match very actively by leading the net actions throughBenoit
Badji and Pape Ngom. Afterwards South African coach, Vardahan
Anganuthoo re-disciplined his team by modifying the rotation and
the team deployed good block and back line defense to win three
successive sets after good performance of Avinesl Lala.
Cameroon team, the bronze medalist in the last African Nations
Championship regained their ambition after their defeat in the
opening match against Egypt to achieve straight sets victory
over Seychelles (25-13, 25-23, 25-14). The winner's setter
Emmanuel Denguessi was the star of the match by leading the
different attacking complexes with his teammate Timothe Mbala,
the best spiker in the match
WOMEN'S COMPETITION
Kenya the runner up of the last African Nations' Championship in
their homelands delivered a volleyball lesson to the emerging
Algeria as they won 3-0 (28-26, 25-22, 25-21). Kenya superstar
Lucy Chege made here work efficiently by the net with her
teammate Dorcas Ndasaba to control the tall Algerian players.
The losers made a good first set specially the new star Faiza
Tsabet and reached twice the set point to lose narrowly against
the more experienced Kenyan players. In the second and third
sets Kenya controlled the game by their efficient spikes of Lucy
and Nancy Wasawa to win both despite the Algerian struggling.
Cameroon pulled of a straight sets victory over the title
holders of the Games, Seychelles (25-20, 26-24, 26-24). The
older and more experienced Cameroon players were the better in
block by their blockers Angon Belang and Mbeya Ambatta, thus
they could stop the hits of Yvonne Legaie and Annie Dugassie,
the best Seychelles players.
Egypt, the last African Champions and the continental
representative in the next World Cup in Japan, dismissed
Mozambique in the shortest of the yesterday's matches 3-0
(25-11, 25-11, 25-9) in only 50 minutes. The Egyptian players
Tahani toson and Neamat Badawy were the stars of the match with
the setter Yossra Selim. The Egyptian coach Hesham Badrawy
played with the substitutes in the third set but they maintain
the performance to give Egypt their third win in raw.
CGI
