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

For Tuks, South Africa’s number one women’s team their final round robin match against UZ Wolves from Zimbabwe was a must win encounter as a loss will mean exiting the tournament as they already lost their opening match of the African Zone V1 club championship. Tuks was in Pool A  dubbed the “pool of death” ...Read More

The only South African team to survive the gruelling round robin stage of the 2018 African Zone V1 Club Championship entered the quarter finals as Pool D’s runners up. They squared up against Mozambique’s Autoridade Tributaria for a place in the semi finals scheduled for Thursday at UKZN’s Westville Campus Sports Centre. Starting the opening...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

Mag Sitimela, the star studded Botswana ladies team featuring three current national team players (Mashaole Gabaresepe; Retshabile Tshotofelo and Gasekgonwe Gaoleseletse) squared up against South Africa’s number one team in a contest that fans hoped that it would produce all round fire works. Sadly for the South African fans Mag Sitimela proved to be too...Read More

Continuing with their winning ways Liberte started the opening set against Namibian outfit, Khomas Napol with a sense of urgency that threw the visitors defence at the net in disarray. With Mickesh Rampersad, Hinesh Purbhoo,Truman Xulu and the lanky Loueshan Gangaraj spitting venom whenever they connected with play maker Ardel Shaik Ally’s sublime setting, Khomas...Read More

A frustrating repetition of service errors marred the encounter between South Africa’s UKZN and Kalavango of Botswana. Further Kalavango gave away a series of points through rotational faults. Despite these unforced errors the match was closely contested with Kalavango’s quick hitting power attacker Lekoko Mhemelo taking on the home side’s defence at the net by...Read More