By: Mohamed Abu Conteh
The Sierra Leone National men’s and Women’s beach volleyball teams have on 25th January 2023 set sail for an engagement with the rest of Zone 2 in what appears to be a Defence of their bronze and gold medals earned in their last encounter in Banjul.The Gambia last December.
The three-day Zone 2 Beach Volleyball Championships will be hosted by the Guinea Bissau National Federation, a first in that nation’s history, and is slated to last from 26th – 29th January 2023.
These championships are now a regular event within the Zone with the hope of bolstering the competitiveness of athletes whilst enhancing the performance of match officials within the zone.
Sierra Leone will field in two teams per gender:
The Male Team players
A: John Sorie Kamara will partner with the youngster, Mohamed Karim Kamara (Star Boy).
The B Team will witness a debut for the current ‘longest’ man in volleyball, MUSA Lankey Kamara from Air Force Volleyball Club in Bo partnering with Ahmed Junior Aruna who made his debut in Agadir last August at the Cup of African Nations.
The female quartet maintains gold medalists Gladys M Fofana partnering with Fatmata Binta Bah.
The B side has a duo of Bernadette Fofanah and Isatu M W Bah.
The delegation has for the first time a media man from within the federation, Mohamed Zakariya, Kamara, and a national referee accompanying the teams.
The teams are coached by Abdul Razack Kamara whilst the Head of the delegation is Samuel Hinga Navo, Ag. C hair of the Southern Region Volleyball Association.
According to the arrangement, the event would be streamed live on the Sierra Leone Volleyball Facebook page.
Sierra Leone Volleyball Federation is one of the federations that has made the nation proud in terms of laurels with Africa.