adminZVA secretary Ringisai Mapondera said although they had a lot of challenges during the year they were happy that the two had attained the certificates.
“They are the first to have Level Two Certificates in Zimbabwe. We are happy because this will go a long way in improving our volleyball in the country,” he said.
Mapondera said they were also able to send two umpires for FIVB certification in Nigeria and they both passed.
“In terms of human resource development I would say we did our best. We are now working towards hosting a successful national league for the third time in a row,” he said.
The Volleyball National League was inaugurated last year but was stopped midway.
This year they managed to complete all the games and Bulawayo’s Railstars coached by Abu-Basuthu was one of the teams that represented the country at the Club Championships in Namibia.
“We have gone a long way in trying to improve competition in the country. At the Club Championships the teams performed badly because they were not playing competitively. If they play in a competitive league they can also play well against clubs from other countries,” he said.
Railstars were one of the most successful teams from Zimbabwe at the competition after they won four of their five matches but failed to progress up to the final.
“Our six-a-side teams have not been doing well. We are not yet satisfied with the competition at the moment as none of our teams have managed to compete well in international competitions. We also failed to send a
team to the All-Africa Games,” he said.
Mapondera said they had still not secured sponsorship but managed to hold courses and got a bit of income out of that.
He said they had engaged the National Association for Primary School Heads to form a talent identification programme that would run for eight years.
“We are hoping to see complete regional integration in the Great Zimbabwe talent identification programme. We have engaged Naph and we are targeting young players to groom them for future national teams,” he said.
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