Volleyball
Babatunde Ogunrinde
Lagos Dec. 21, 2018 (NAN) Nigeria’s national beach volleyball teams will participate in the 2nd edition of the Carmtel International Championships scheduled for Cameroon later this month.
The Head Coach of the Beach Volleyball teams, Francis Imougu, made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) after their morning training in Kaduna on Friday.
The Borno-based coach said on telephone that the teams were selected based on their outing at the recently concluded National Sports Festival in Abuja.
He expressed optimism that the teams would have a good outing in Yaoundé.
Imougu said, “The players have been in one week camping in Kaduna and the players are mentally and physically fit for the international championships.’’
According to him, the President of the Nigeria Volleyball Federation, Musa Nimrod, has been the brain box behind the success of beach volleyball in Nigeria,
Promises not to let Nimrod down, he recalled that “during the inaugural championships, the Nigeria women’s team won gold medal, while the men’s team settled for silver.
“This time around, we are prepared to bring home both gold medals.’’
The team comprises of two males (Godwin Shekaru and Andrew Sunday) as well as two females (Tochukwu Nnourge and Francisca Ikhiede).
The Carmtel International Beach Volleyball Championships is scheduled for Dec. 27 and Dec. 30 in Yaoundé, Cameroon. (NAN)
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(Editing by Peter Ejiofor)