The men’s final between Botswana’s Police V1 and UZ Wolves from Zimbabwe was a real humdinger as both teams exhibited their penchant for a total onslaught strategy in their respective offensive and defence strategies , a spectacle unseen on the South African volleyball courts. The South African fans in particular were awe struck with the...Read More

From the outset both teams enjoyed great crowd support as they made every effort to put hard fought points on the board on their way to the podium as the tournament’s gold medallists. In the opening set with the score at 13-8 in favour of Universidade Pedagogica Nampula (UPN), the Mozambiquean outfit displayed a greater...Read More

The sky scraper height of some of the players in both Police V1 and Kutlwano volleyball teams, the contenders in the 2nd men’s semi final could have been easily mistaken as basket ball teams. Such was the staggering height especially of some of the Police V1 players. Playing off the wing blockers out stretched hands...Read More

The common thread running through the teams that ended up in the semi final stage of the 2018 African Zone V1 Club Championship was the will to entertain the fans with a unique African brand of total power volleyball that had the fans singing and dancing in the stands. The clash between UZ Wolves from...Read More

Underdogs, Correctional Sunrise from eSwatini (formerly Swaziland) took an early 4-0 against the more experienced Kutlwano from Botswana. Being down at 4-7 Kutlwano started a fight back to get back in contention. Unfazed by the Botswana ladies spirited fight back the eSwatini outfit stepped up their game and kept a healthy five point lead through...Read More

The closely contested first semi-final clash between Mag Stimela from Botswana and Mozambique’s Universidade Pedagogica Nampula (UPN) was a visual feast of power volleyball that thrilled and excited the fans. The contest was a great advert for women’s volleyball in Zone V1. Mag Stimela’s three national senior women’s team players, Mashadle Gabaresepe (captain), Gasekgonwe Gaoleseletse...Read More

Liberte’s chances of making it to the top of Pool D of the 2018 African Zone V1 Club Championship presently under way at UKZN’s Westville Campus Sports Centre were crushed when they lost to Police V1 from Botswana by 3 sets to 1. Police V1 are arguably the tallest men’s team at the championship. Taking...Read More

The South African female contingent that participated at the 2018 African Zone 6 club championship had a wonderful experience of pitting their skills against the Zone’s top contenders from eight of the zone’s ten countries. While “its a learning experience” is often bandied around especially when teams do no not achieve the desired results, coaches...Read More

Little did Zimbabwe’s Support Unit realise that they were up against not only a resilient Liberte but a vociferous crowd whose support is bound to be unnerving for the visitors. As last year’s winners of the Zone V1 club championship, Support Unit were tipped to retain their unbeaten record in the round robin stage of...Read More

Was it the late arrival of Maidstone’s prolific power attacker, Hansen Viragavan and coach Ricky Perumal that put a damper on the team’s performance in their crucial encounter against Botswana’s BDF V1. According to the rules both Viragaven and Perumal were excluded from the team for the match. To the dismay of the fans Maidstone’s...Read More