Rwanda to compete in beach volleyball qualifiers

RWANDA youth beach volleyball teams (boys and girls) will compete in the 2014 Youth Olympic Games qualifiers slated for April 10-14 in Ghana.

Friday, April 04, 2014

RWANDA youth beach volleyball teams (boys and girls) will compete in the 2014 Youth Olympic Games qualifiers slated for April 10-14 in Ghana.

Players invited to start training include; Patrick Ruzindana, Justin Munyinya and Sylvestre Ndayisaba (boys), while the girls are; Grace Niyigena, Lea Uwimbabazi, Oliver Mutamba and Pacifique Umulisa.

The qualifiers will be the ticket for six African teams in both genders to take part in Youth Olympic Games which will be held in Nanjing, China from August 16 to 28.

The teams will depart for Ghana next week. The qualifiers are being organised by the African Volleyball Confederation "CAVB”.

This will be the first time Beach Volleyball will be included in the Youth Olympics after volleyball debuted in the first edition in Singapore in 2010.