Gambia Men and Women beach volleyball teams paid a courtesy call to the President of Gambia National Olympic Committee at the Olympics house in Bakau. The Gambian beach volleyball teams recently returned from Abuja and Tunisia where they participated in the Confederation of African Volleyball Continental cup finals for the Olympic qualifiers.
The Women beach volleyball team were in Abuja for the finals where they finished 8th thus been ranked 8th in the continent. The men’s were also in Tunisia for the same competition but failed to qualify for the Rio Games, however they too were ranked 8th in Africa. Speaking at the meeting the Acting President of Gambia Volleyball Federation Bai Dodou Jallow returns gratitude to the Gambia National Olympic Committee for the support giving to GVBF during the period of the qualifiers.
“Gambia participated in 5 international beach volleyball events in 13 months and we have registered success at all the events, notably winning gold and silver twice along the way. We also took part in the 11th All Africa Games in Congo in 2015 and there too our performance was productive,” Jallow stated.
We are thankful to the GNOC, under the leadership of Momodou Dibba, the committee had greatly supported us in all the events we participated and I am urging them to continue spreading their wings to other sports he said.
The Technical Director of Gambia Volleyball Federation Pa Dodou Sarr thanked the technical department of the federation for the assistance they gave to the teams. “I am so proud to associate myself to this young and enthusiastic volleyball coaches and most importantly I am indebted to the players for their discipline and committee Sarr stated”.
The President of the Gambia National Olympic Committee Momodou Dibba reaffirmed his commitment and assured the volleyball federation of his continuous support. ‘’I think you people did tremendously well, being ranked 8th in Africa is a great achievement Dibba commended.
The GNOC Boss urged the GVBF to continue on their track records and he promised to support the National beach Volleyball Championship later this year. The event was close with a presentation of a picture of the Beach volleyball team to the NOC Boss.
Muhammed Saidykhan
Gambia Volleyball Federation
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