Nigeria Beach Volleyball
teams arrived Ghana on Tuesday ahead of the 2019 CAVB Under-21 Beach Cup zonal
qualifiers billed to hold from February 21 to 24, 2019 in Accra.
Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com reports that after rigorous camping
exercise in Kaduna, four players were selected to represent Nigeria at the
qualifiers.
The male players are;
Emmanuel Okeke and Eminike Ezeike, while the female players are; Amarachi
Uchechukwu and Maryann Kelechukwu. The teams will be handled by Coach Kayode
Ajilore while Samuel Timothy is the country accompany referee.
Nigeria male and female
teams are drawn with Niger, Cote D’ivoire, Ghana and Benin Republic
respectively.
The President of Nigeria
Volleyball Federation, Engineer Musa Nimrod said his desire is to see Nigeria
qualify for the U21 Beach World Cup.
He charged the team to win
the qualifiers for Pioneer National Beach Volleyball and former National indoor
coach, Ismail Chakuma and Amarachi Uchechukwu’s late mother.
Nimrod said, “The Nigeria
teams were in China for the U21 Beach World Championships and it is my desire
and prayers that we qualify and represent Africa at the 2019 U21 Beach World
Championships.
“My charge to the players is
to win the qualifiers in Ghana and also dedicate the victory of the qualifiers
to the country’s pioneer beach volleyball coach, Late Ismail Chakuma and the
late mother of one of the player, Amarachi Uchechukwu”.
“On behalf of the Nigerian
Volleyball family, I praise you for your tremendous efforts in making sure you
get selected. You are great ambassadors of our dear nation”, he said.
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