The second leg of the National Division one volleyball league will hold in Bauchi, the League Management Committee of the Nigeria Volleyball Federation (NVBF) has disclosed.
According to the Chairman of the committee, Professor Olatunde Morakinyo, the competition will hold at the volleyball court of the Bauchi stadium from 16th to 27th October, 2019.
He said the federation is collaborating with the Bauchi state government in order to organize a hitch free division one league.
He revealed that a total of 14 teams are expected at the division league adding that two men and two women teams will be promoted to the premier league.
Morakinyo said, “The much expected second leg of the division one league will hold next October in Bauchi and the state government also promised us a hitch free league. The level of preparation ahead of the competition is very high.
“14 teams consisting of 10 men and 4 women teams will slug it out in Bauchi and the top two teams in both categories will gain promotion to the 2020 Nigeria Volleyball Premier League”, he added.
Morakinyo stated that Sunshine Spikers of Ondo state currently leads the table in the men category while the Nigeria Police Force occupies first position in the women category.
He said volleyball enthusiast should expect the best of volleyball in Bauchi.
“According to the table, Sunshine Spikers of Ondo are first position with 26 points in the men category while the Nigeria Police Force is first with 9 points in the women’s category. I believe we are going to expect the best of volleyball in Bauchi because every team will want to book a spot at the 2020 Premier League”, he said
On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 at 19:34, Dare Kuti <[email protected]> wrote:
Taraba state will host the first ever U17 North East zonal female volleyball championship from 26th to 27th September, 2019.
The North East zonal office of the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports is partnering with the President of Nigeria Volleyball Federation, Engineer Musa Nimrod to identify hidden talents in the North Eastern part of the country.
Sponsor of the championship, Engineer Musa Nimrod, commended the Federal Ministry of Sports for the initiative of organising the under 17 female tournament.
Nimrod said the program will be a nursery to discover and cultivate raw volleyball talents in Nigeria.
He said, “I am very excited because the Federal Ministry of Sports in the North East have decided to host the first ever under 17 North East Zonal female Championship in that zone.
This is to say that the North East is not left out in the crusade of discovering athletes under the age of 17. The female U17 championship will be a nursery to discover and cultivate raw volleyball talents in Nigeria”.
“We are also trying to build a system whereby, getting into the national U17 team, you have to go through a pathway; you do not go through a short cut”.
He further said, “There are so many volleyball female players in the country that do not have the means to be in Kaduna, Abuja or Lagos; yet they are very good, but they can play in their states and in their zones and if they are discovered to be very good, then the federation can also give them a chance through partnering with the Zonal coordinators of the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports”
