THE Zimbabwe Volleyball Association (ZVA) will hold its annual general meeting (AGM) in Harare on January 31 with the lack of funds to send teams to international competitions expected to be one of the major issues on the agenda.
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ZVA secretary-general Ringisai Mapondera yesterday told Southern Eye Sport that they will converge in Harare for the meeting at the end of the month.
“Our 2015 annual general meeting will be held in Harare on January 31,” he said. “The meeting will be attended by the country’s 10 provincial chairpersons, heads of National Association of Primary and Secondary Heads and chairperson of Zimbabwe Tertiary Institutions Sports Union.
“Chairpersons of players, referees, coaches and beach volleyball executive members are expected to attend the meeting,” he said.
Last year, the association failed to send teams to competitions like the Under-23 World Championships that were held in Poland in June and the beach volleyball teams Youth Olympic qualifiers in Ghana in April 10 due to financial constraints.
“The budget for 2015 is on the agenda as well as the presentation of the audited accounts for 2014 by ZVA treasurer Mxolisi Ndlovu,” he said.
“We are going to discuss the calendar of events. Our major concern is that due to financial constraints we might not be able to send teams to international competitions.
“We are hoping that the government will consider us on the budget. What we want is direct funding or the government to take over when we need to send teams to competitions. They need to empower us if the sport is to be successful or for the government to take over if they do not trust us with funds.”
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Mapondera said volleyball players in the country have potential, but have been hard hit by lack of funds which has hindered them from competing against players from other countries.
Despite the setback Mapondera said they were happy as they are on track as far as qualification of coaches is concerned.
“We have seven six-aside referees of which three are women,” he said. “We have one international beach volleyball referee, Elliot Mupariwa. Two of our coaches, Itsanang Abu-Basuthu and Jasper Moyo have Level Three coaching courses. “The next stage for them will be to be FIVB instructors.”
Mapondera said the president’s report is also on the agenda.
