Volleyball is growing: Scholze

Namibia Volleyball Federation (NVF) technical director Christian Scholze has expressed satisfaction with this year's volleyball season. Scholze feels that the game has grown from strength to strength over the last few years. “The season was good and successful, as all the leagues kicked off and volleyball was visible throughout the country. “Volleyball is widely played throughout the country. Often on grassroots level, just a ball and some sort of net required and it is an easy and fun sport to play. “Events like Volleyball for All in Windhoek, corporate volleyball fun days or even corporate leagues are becoming increasingly popular,” Scholze says. Scholze is also happy that volleyball was played at the National Youth Games held in Windhoek about a month ago. He says beach volleyball is becoming increasingly popular, with a lot of the action happening in Windhoek and at the coast. “The Beach Bash sponsored by Windhoek Draught and Bank Windhoek, held at Langstrand in December, was a good example of the growing popularity of this fun and easy outdoor sport.” He admits that the Namibian sports fraternity has often faced organisational, logistical and financial challenges. The fact that the NVF is an amateur federation means it has limited manpower and resources available.“There is a lot of competition from other sports codes – it can be difficult to get spectators excited. “It is generally difficult to get sponsors on board, particularly at the moment.” With the five regional leagues having ended, the highlight of the year remains the NVF Cup which will be played between the top teams from the five regions that participated in the regional leagues. JESSE JACKSON KAURAISA

Volleyball is growing: Scholze

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