Volleyball

Namibia Breweries announced a N$82 500 sponsorship for the Volleyball for All tournament which will be held at the DTS club in Olympia on February 5.

This will be the 28th year in a row that the tournament will take place, while Namibia Breweries have sponsored it for the past 10 years. In the past it was sponsored under different brands such as Tafel Lager and Pepsi, but this will be the third year that Windhoek Draught will be the title sponsor.

The Namibia Volleyball Federation (NVF) will host the Sub Zonal phase of the Continental Beach Volleyball Cup at the DTS Beach Volleyball Arena in Windhoek on 22 and 23 January.

The president of NVF, Heiko Diehl said that three countries have confirmed their participation in the tournament.

“We are really looking forward to hosting this exciting event which will be the first of its kind in Namibia,” Diehl said.

The international Beach Volleyball Clinic hosted by the Namibian Volleyball Federation (NVF) for Southern African countries kicked off on Thursday in Windhoek at Arebbusch Travel Lodge.

The clinic is being conducted by International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) instructor, Christian Didembourg from Belgium.

The three-day clinic is being attended by national federation presidents and beach volleyball directors of the national federations of South Africa, Mauritius, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Mozambique and Namibia.

The clinic will end on Saturday with a practical session.

The Namibian Defense Force A team won the Namibia Volleyball Federation Cup 2010 after the finals of the tournament took place at the Unam Hall on Saturday.

The heated competition that was played over the past three weekends saw the best teams in the country battling it out for the coveted NVF Cup. The NDF A team proved to be a force to be reckoned with as they managed to win the cup this year, taking it from SKW, who won the tournament last year. The NAMPOL team came third.

The past weekend witnessed some spectacular volleyball as the best teams in the country battled it out in the first round of the NVF Cup, which will be played over three weekends.

The first game was between SKW and UNAM, which ended 3-0 in favour of SKW. UNAM won two games against SKW in the national league so it was needed for SKW to re-establish themselves as the dominant team. This was a highly anticipated game with good attendance and high-energy performances. The young guns of UNAM were good competition but had to succumb to the more consistent play of SKW.

The Namibia Volleyball Federation (NVF) will host a Beach Volleyball Clinic for all Group E countries in Africa from 3 to 5 December.

The clinic will be presented by an International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) instructor.

Heiko Diehl, the president of the NVF said that the sport has great potential and they want to raise the level of the game.

“We want to raise the level of competition that is why we are hosting the clinic in Windhoek,” Diehl said.

“We as NVF see great potential in beach volleyball, our vision is to compete internationally,” he added.

The Namibian Volleyball Federation will host the annual NVF Cup Championship from 15 to 30 October in Windhoek.

The NVF Cup will see the best five men’s and four women’s teams competing.

The president of the NVF, Heiko Diehl said that they expected a lot of action on the court.

“We expect to see some of the highest level of volleyball and it will be very exciting for the spectators,” Diehl said.

The Khomas Nampol Volleyball Club once again defended its league title in the 2010 Namibian National Men’s Volleyball League after beating silver medalists SKW in the final match of the league.

The KNVC team beat SKW by 3 sets to 1 (30:32, 25:22, 25:19, 27:25) at the Israel Patrick Iyambo Police College last Saturday, October 2.

An International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) accredited Instructor Mr. Solomon Bekele from Ethiopia was in Namibia conducting a referee course under the Volleyball Cooperation Program that kicked off on 30 August until 03 September 2010.

Despite the 32 candidates that confirmed to attend the course, a total of only 18 participants turned up, while others could not be released from work.