{"id":470525,"date":"2011-07-29T20:52:21","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T20:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/29\/kenya-teams-march-on-to-final-in-continental-tournament\/"},"modified":"2011-07-29T20:52:21","modified_gmt":"2011-07-29T20:52:21","slug":"kenya-teams-march-on-to-final-in-continental-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/29\/kenya-teams-march-on-to-final-in-continental-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya: Teams March on to Final in Continental Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"27.7349598004\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nairobistar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nairobi Star<\/a> (Nairobi)<\/p>\n<p>29 July 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>THE Kenyan pairs of Dorcas Ndasaba\/Margaret Indakala and Eunice Maiyo\/Edna Rotich inched closer to winning the first zonal phase of the CAVB Continental Cup tournament after they sailed through to the final yesterday. Kenya won all their four semi-final matches against Ethiopia (4-0) to reach the final of the competition at Nyali International Beach Hotel in Mombasa.<\/p>\n<p>Kenyan men were expected to join their women counterparts in the final after winning all their matches on Day One of the competition, which doubles up as 2012 London Olympic Games Qualifiers. Rwanda were the first men to reach the final after they overwhelmed Burundi 3-2 matches in a five setter thriller that was temporarily stopped by early morning rains.<\/p>\n<p>Kenyan born Rwanda coach Paul Bitok congratulated the Kigali team for reaching the final, saying they have done the country proud. &#8220;I&#8217;m on my way to Nyali Beach to watch and cheer my team play in the final tomorrow,&#8221; Bitok said. He said he could not accompany the team to Mombasa as he was coaching All Africa Games (men) and Africa Club Championships teams back in Kigali. Semi-finalists were determined in both men and women genders after competitive matches of the zonal phase one event.<\/p>\n<p>In the men&#8217;s category, hosts Kenya as well as Egypt, Rwanda and Burundi secured their semi-final berths, while Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda and hosts made their way in the women side. The qualification to semis means the teams secured their second round tickets in the 2012 London Olympic qualifier tournament and will continue chasing their dream of representing the continent at the Olympics when they play the second round pools in October. The opening day was attended by CAVB President Dr. Amr Elwani and Kenya Volleyball Federation President Waithaka Kioni.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Nairobi Star (Nairobi) 29 July 2011 THE Kenyan pairs of Dorcas Ndasaba\/Margaret Indakala and Eunice Maiyo\/Edna Rotich inched closer to winning the first zonal phase of the CAVB Continental Cup tournament after they sailed through to the final yesterday. Kenya won all their four semi-final matches against Ethiopia (4-0) to reach the final of the competition at Nyali International Beach Hotel in Mombasa. Kenyan men were expected to join their women counterparts in the final after winning all their matches on Day One of the competition, which doubles up as 2012 London Olympic Games Qualifiers. Rwanda were the first men to reach the final after they overwhelmed Burundi 3-2 matches in a five setter thriller that was temporarily stopped by early morning rains. Kenyan born Rwanda coach Paul Bitok congratulated the Kigali team for reaching the final, saying they have done the country proud. &#8220;I&#8217;m on my way to Nyali Beach to watch and cheer my team play in the final tomorrow,&#8221; Bitok said. He said he could not accompany the team to Mombasa as he was coaching All Africa Games (men) and Africa Club Championships teams back in Kigali. Semi-finalists were determined in both men and women genders after competitive matches of the zonal phase one event. In the men&#8217;s category, hosts Kenya as well as Egypt, Rwanda and Burundi secured their semi-final berths, while Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda and hosts made their way in the women side. The qualification to semis means the teams secured their second round tickets in the 2012 London Olympic qualifier tournament and will continue chasing their dream of representing the continent at the Olympics when they play the second round pools in October. The opening day was attended by CAVB President Dr. Amr Elwani and Kenya Volleyball Federation President Waithaka Kioni. More News on allAfrica.com AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-470525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kenya: Teams March on to Final in Continental Tournament - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/29\/kenya-teams-march-on-to-final-in-continental-tournament\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Kenya: Teams March on to Final in Continental Tournament - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Nairobi Star (Nairobi) 29 July 2011 THE Kenyan pairs of Dorcas Ndasaba\/Margaret Indakala and Eunice Maiyo\/Edna Rotich inched closer to winning the first zonal phase of the CAVB Continental Cup tournament after they sailed through to the final yesterday. Kenya won all their four semi-final matches against Ethiopia (4-0) to reach the final of the competition at Nyali International Beach Hotel in Mombasa. Kenyan men were expected to join their women counterparts in the final after winning all their matches on Day One of the competition, which doubles up as 2012 London Olympic Games Qualifiers. Rwanda were the first men to reach the final after they overwhelmed Burundi 3-2 matches in a five setter thriller that was temporarily stopped by early morning rains. Kenyan born Rwanda coach Paul Bitok congratulated the Kigali team for reaching the final, saying they have done the country proud. &quot;I&#039;m on my way to Nyali Beach to watch and cheer my team play in the final tomorrow,&quot; Bitok said. He said he could not accompany the team to Mombasa as he was coaching All Africa Games (men) and Africa Club Championships teams back in Kigali. Semi-finalists were determined in both men and women genders after competitive matches of the zonal phase one event. In the men&#039;s category, hosts Kenya as well as Egypt, Rwanda and Burundi secured their semi-final berths, while Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda and hosts made their way in the women side. The qualification to semis means the teams secured their second round tickets in the 2012 London Olympic qualifier tournament and will continue chasing their dream of representing the continent at the Olympics when they play the second round pools in October. The opening day was attended by CAVB President Dr. Amr Elwani and Kenya Volleyball Federation President Waithaka Kioni. 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