AFRICAN
OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION TOUR:
SEYCHELLES WOMEN SEEK THE FIRST OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION
The young aged promising Seychelles women are quiet ready for
their first participation in Olympic Games Qualification tour in
Nairobi, Kenya 7-10 January 2004. the new emerging team in the
African women volleyball will depend on the same players who
participated in the last All Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria
October 2003 like the promising spiker,Yvonne Legaie and the
intelligent setter Anne Delcy. This team was one of the best
teams in the last All Africa Games as it came third in its pool
after the gold medalist, Nigeria and the bronze medalist, Kenya.
The head coach, Bernard Denis who was appointed as a successor
of Nicol Lesperance, will depend also on some experienced
players like the team captain, Jerina Bonne and the libero
Antoine Gilbert. The former coach who led his country in the
last All Africa Games resigned after the games for his own
causes. The team will leave for Kenya 5th January to compete for
the only place for Africa in Athens 2004 as four teams will
participate; the last African Nations' Championship Egypt, the
last All Africa Games Gold Medalist Nigeria, the vice- champions
of Africa Kenya and the new emerging Seychelles.
CGI
