President of the Nigeria Volleyball Federation, Engr. Musa Nimrod, has assured that the annual Engr. Musa Nimrod Beach Volleyball Sallah Slam tournament will be sustained, for youth and volleyball development.
Speaking at the closing ceremony of the tournament in it’s second edition at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna, Engr. Nimrod said his philosophy is to build youth and develop sports especially volleyball, adding that the tournament held after every Sallah festival will be sustained.
“To build youth is my philosophy.
“The crowd here is beyond my imagination which means that the game of volleyball is growing so fast. What surprised me is the young players. We will encourage them to be the best and achieve their potentials.
I’ve seen some players that in the next two years they would get called up to the national camp so if you think you have arrived others would come to kick you out.
“I’m encouraged that some players see Peter that went to Ghana (All African Games) to play with international players came to play here, I’ve seen Uche. They came to motivate the players. I’ve seen a lot of potentials here. Next year we are going to initiate another public holiday so that Kaduna state will continue to develop it’s volleyball because beach volleyball started here at Murtala Square. As you improve be careful of the love of money because money will not take you anywhere.”
Speaking on the Presidents Cup that precedes the Sallah Slam, Engr. Nimrod said the preparation for the annual tourney is fantastic. “The Presidents Cup is going to be competitive. Everybody is going back to beach volleyball since we were on the podium in Ghana All African Games. We also want to be on the podium in Casablanca, Morocco. We have lots of tournaments coming up we have the President Cup, the Division Two in Owerri (Imo state) to be followed by the Premier League”.
The Engr. Musa Nimrod Beach Volleyball Sallah Slam Senior male category was won by Destiny Hands who won N80,000 cash prize and a trophy. Succeeders came second winning N60,000, while Diamond Spikers of Ungwan Romi places third wining N50,000. The Senior female category was won by Destiny Hands with cash prize of N80,000 and a cup, as Filkon came second with N60,000, while Young Eagles came third with N50,000.
The junior male category was won by Young Eagles (2) winning N60,000 and a cup, Flourish Volleyball Academy was second winning N50,000, as Young Eagles (1) places third with N40,000. Flourish Academy won the female junior category with N60,000 and a trophy, Destiny Hands emerged runners-up with N50,000, while Big Chukkers came third with N40,000 cash prize.
The youngest player won a cash prize.
