LUGOGO – A contingent of 12 players and 4 official from League Champions Nkumba University Volleyball Club were flagged off for Egypt on Wednesday by National Council of Sports Officials in Lugogo.
Head of Communications & Corporate Affairs, Ismail Dhakaba Kigongo on behalf of NCS flagged off the team seeking to better their continental ranking.
Nkumba and Vision Volleyball Club represented Uganda in the 29th Edition in Egypt. Nkumba finished 9th while VVC settled for 11th.
Youngsters Nakayo Bridget, Aluuta Rebbeca, Kansiime Emilly and Alungat Scovia are the rookies for the championship while, Veteran setter Eunice Nuwabigaaba alongside Namakobe Halima, Ikilai Cissy and Akanyo Agnes have been sidelined.
“Our target is to get into the quarter finals, noted Assistant Coach Godwin Ssenyondo.
Egypt’s Al Ahly SC are the defending Champions of the competition.
The 30th Edition of the CAVB events starts on 16th -25th March 2019 in Cairo – Egypt.
TRAVELLING SQUAD:
1. Doreen Akiteng
2. Winnie Nambeko
3. Flavia Nanadwula
4. Astreede Agaaba
5. Habiba Namalla
6. Grace Akiror
7. Bridget Nakaye
8. Rebbeca Alutia
9. Emilly Kansiime
10. Scovia Alungat
11. Saidat Nungi
12. Monica Aloyo
OFFICIALS:
Manager: Salma Kairungi
Head Coach: Tonny Lakony
Assistant Coach: Godwin Ssenyondo
Referee: Dorothy Namusoke
NKUMBA MATCHES AT THE 2018 AWCC GAMES:
06/03/18 ACW Al Ahly 3 – 0 Nkumba (25 – 7, 25 – 12, 25 – 16)
09/03/18 ACW Nyong et Kelle 0 – 3 Nkumba (22 – 25, 18 – 25, 14 – 25)
10/03/18 ACW Nkumba 0 – 3 Revenue (18 – 25, 22 – 25, 19 – 25)
12/03/18 ACW Nkumba 3 – 0 ASEC Mimosas (25 – 10, 25 – 9, 25 – 15)
13/03/18 ACW Nkumba 3 – 0 Vision (25 – 20, 25 – 14, 25 – 10)
14/03/18 ACW Nkumba 3 – 1INJS (25 – 11, 25 – 19, 16 – 25, 25 – 18
FINAL STANDING IN THE LAST EDITION:
Rank Team
1st, gold medalist(s) Egypt Al Ahly SC
2nd, silver medalist(s) Tunisia CF de Carthage
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Kenya Kenya Pipeline
4. Kenya Kenya Prisons
5. Rwanda Revenue
6. Cameroon Bafia VB
7. Egypt El Shams
8. Nigeria Nigeria Customs
9. Uganda Nkumba
10. Cameroon INJS
11. Uganda VVC
12. Algeria Nedjmet Riadhi Chlef
13. Cameroon Nyong et Kelle
14. Zimbabwe Harare City
15. Cameroon FAP
16. Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas
17. Republic of the Congo DGSP
18. Burkina Faso AS Douanes
19. Botswana BDF 6
2018 AWCC AWARDS:
MVP: Egypt Aya Elshamy (Al Ahly SC)
Best Blocker: Kenya Trizah Atouka (Kenya Pipeline)
Best Libero: Egypt Mariam Moustafa (Al Ahly SC)
Best Receiver: Kenya Elizabeth Wanyama Nafula (Kenya Prisons)
Best Server: Egypt Farida Elaskalany (Al Ahly SC)
Best Setter: Tunisia Amina Mansour (CF de Carthage)
Best Spiker: Tunisia Khloud Genhani (CF de Carthage)
