Suva volleyball gains momentum

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USP’s Josefa Seru, right, in action against Police during the Suva volleyball competition at the LICI Multi Purpose Courts at Laucala Bay in Suva yesterday. Picture: JONACANI LALAKOBAU

The Suva Volleyball Association continued its third round of friendly games as a build-up continued to its first knockout tournament next month.

Games commissioner Iliesa Raketekete said competition was running smoothly as teams tested each other and looked for game time.

“We have a lot of youth teams, and competition has been great,” Raketekete said.

Raketekete said for much of the new teams playing, like service teams Police and Army was a boost.

“With teams from Police and Army in the competition it’s a learning experience for some of the new teams, some of which are very competitive.”

With Fiji Day around the corner, Raketekete said they were yet to finalise a date to hold their first knockout tournament, because they were looking for a date where all teams would be available.

“We are just checking for a convenient date, so teams that want to play do play, with Fiji day our service teams will not be available, so we are working on finding a suitable date.”

Some results: Nadera Black beat Police White (25-23, 25-15), Mighty Heights one beat Brothers (25-20, 19-25, 9-15), Red Diamond beat Mighty Heights two (25-22, 25-11), Police Blue beat USP one (25-13, 25-0), Avengers beat Police White (25-17,25-23)Nadera White beat Red Hill (26-24,16-25,15-13).

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