{"id":17551,"date":"2022-11-25T19:41:19","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T19:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/liquid-volleyball-tournament-makes-emphatic-return-with-mens-contest"},"modified":"2022-11-25T21:08:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T21:08:20","slug":"liquid-volleyball-tournament-makes-emphatic-return-with-mens-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/liquid-volleyball-tournament-makes-emphatic-return-with-mens-contest","title":{"rendered":"Liquid Volleyball Tournament Makes Emphatic Return with Men\u2019s Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>Botswana Volleyball Federation\u2019s (BVF) only running competition, the Liquid Volleyball Tournament, made a massive return over the weekend where the teams came with their guns blazing, each in quest of winning the P10 000 prize money that is up for grabs.<\/b><\/p>\n

The tournament returned after a two-week break due to unfavourable weather conditions that tempered the tempo of a tournament that involves both men and women\u2019s teams.<\/p>\n

The tournament returned with the men\u2019s preliminary contest and women\u2019s quarterfinals at the Sir Seretse Khama Barracks (SSKB) outdoor courts in Mogoditshane. It soon gained its momentum with Police VI dominating and winning all of their games against bitter rivals Kutlwano and BDF VI in tightly contested matches.<\/p>\n

Exceptional performance<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2018Ditau,\u2019 as they are called in volleyball circles, came with their full team comprising five players who makes the national team, namely Happy Ribbin, Alec Engleton, Sekao Jack, Moemedi Siphambe and Mike Magote.<\/p>\n

Their exceptional performance put their team at the summit of the log in Group A after five games. They beat Kutlwano and Mag Stimela and went on to brush the Under 20 boys national team aside 3-0 to emerge the favourites to clinch the title.<\/p>\n

However, their close rivals BDF VI gave them a tough time in a tightly contested match in front of fully packed SSKB courts. Police won 3-2 against the army boys after five rounds of sets which stretched to over one and-a-half hours of fulltime play.<\/p>\n

In a post-match interview, Police head coach Peaceful Seleka attributed their brilliant performance to fitness gained from pre-season games prior to the tournament. \u201cI am very happy with how the boys handled the games,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Pre-season friendlies<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cThey were focused and did not underestimate their opponents because they were wary of the threat that they posed ahead of the games. What really worked for us was organising the pre-season friendlies to gauge our progress against the strongest teams and it turned out right.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost players have been inactive and are rusted. We are going to be taking every game as it comes en route to the semifinals and the finals because we believe that consistency is critical if we are to win the league.\u201d<\/p>\n

BVF vice president technical, Ndibo Lebala, said they are happy with the progress of the tournament to see teams in action after a long break of inactivity. \u201cThe teams have brought their A-game and we are happy with what we are seeing in the field of play,\u201d he said. \u201cThe teams are strong inspite of having been out of action for a while.<\/p>\n

Full house<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cThe tournament is unfolding really well and we are achieving our objective full house spectator presence. This is because of the quality that the teams are offering in the field of play. We have also realised that the teams have beefed up their squads with new players, mostly from constituency leagues.\u201d<\/p>\n

The semifinals and the finals will be staged on 3 December at a place yet to be announced.
\nSIDE BAR
\nResults<\/p>\n

MEN<\/b>
\nMag Stimela 3 \u2013 0 Under 20
\nPolice VI 3 \u2013 0 Kutlwano
\nBDF VI 3 \u2013 0 Under 20
\nKutlwano 3 \u2013 1 Mag Stimela
\nBDF VI 2 \u2013 3 Police VI<\/p>\n

WOMEN
\nKalavango 3 \u2013 1 Under 20<\/b>
\nDynamites 3 \u2013 0 Spiking Stars
\nBDF VI 3 \u2013 0 Mag Stimela
\nKalavango 3 \u2013 1 Dynamites
\nSpiking Stars 1 \u2013 3 Under 20<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Botswana<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Botswana. Botswana Volleyball Federation\u2019s (BVF) only running competition, the Liquid Volleyball Tournament, made a massive return over the weekend where the teams came with their guns blazing, each in quest of winning the P10 000 prize money that is up for grabs. The tournament returned after a two-week break due to unfavourable weather […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":17550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-17551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-botswana","tag-botswana"],"yoast_head":"\nLiquid Volleyball Tournament Makes Emphatic Return with Men\u2019s Contest - Botswana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Botswana Volleyball Federation\u2019s (BVF) only running competition, the Liquid Volleyball Tournament, made a massive ret ...\" \/>\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.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/liquid-volleyball-tournament-makes-emphatic-return-with-mens-contest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Liquid Volleyball Tournament Makes Emphatic Return with Men\u2019s Contest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Botswana Volleyball Federation\u2019s (BVF) only running competition, the Liquid Volleyball Tournament, made a massive ret ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/liquid-volleyball-tournament-makes-emphatic-return-with-mens-contest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Botswana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-25T19:41:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-11-25T21:08:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_1669392797.80.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1170\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/liquid-volleyball-tournament-makes-emphatic-return-with-mens-contest#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/liquid-volleyball-tournament-makes-emphatic-return-with-mens-contest\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Liquid Volleyball Tournament Makes Emphatic Return with Men\u2019s Contest\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-25T19:41:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-25T21:08:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/liquid-volleyball-tournament-makes-emphatic-return-with-mens-contest\"},\"wordCount\":557,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/liquid-volleyball-tournament-makes-emphatic-return-with-mens-contest#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_1669392797.80.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Botswana\",\"Botswana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/liquid-volleyball-tournament-makes-emphatic-return-with-mens-contest#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/liquid-volleyball-tournament-makes-emphatic-return-with-mens-contest\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/liquid-volleyball-tournament-makes-emphatic-return-with-mens-contest\",\"name\":\"Liquid Volleyball Tournament Makes Emphatic Return with Men\u2019s Contest - Botswana\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/liquid-volleyball-tournament-makes-emphatic-return-with-mens-contest#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/liquid-volleyball-tournament-makes-emphatic-return-with-mens-contest#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_1669392797.80.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-25T19:41:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-25T21:08:20+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Botswana Volleyball Federation\u2019s (BVF) only running competition, the Liquid Volleyball Tournament, made a massive ret ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/liquid-volleyball-tournament-makes-emphatic-return-with-mens-contest#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/liquid-volleyball-tournament-makes-emphatic-return-with-mens-contest\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/liquid-volleyball-tournament-makes-emphatic-return-with-mens-contest#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_1669392797.80.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_1669392797.80.jpg\",\"width\":1170,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"Liquid Volleyball Tournament Makes Emphatic Return with Men\u2019s Contest\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/liquid-volleyball-tournament-makes-emphatic-return-with-mens-contest#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Liquid Volleyball Tournament Makes Emphatic Return with Men\u2019s Contest\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/\",\"name\":\"Botswana\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Liquid Volleyball Tournament Makes Emphatic Return with Men\u2019s Contest - Botswana","description":"Botswana Volleyball Federation\u2019s (BVF) only running competition, the Liquid Volleyball Tournament, made a massive ret ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/liquid-volleyball-tournament-makes-emphatic-return-with-mens-contest","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Liquid Volleyball Tournament Makes Emphatic Return with Men\u2019s Contest","og_description":"Botswana Volleyball Federation\u2019s (BVF) only running competition, the Liquid Volleyball Tournament, made a massive ret ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/liquid-volleyball-tournament-makes-emphatic-return-with-mens-contest","og_site_name":"Botswana","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-11-25T19:41:19+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-11-25T21:08:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1170,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_1669392797.80.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/liquid-volleyball-tournament-makes-emphatic-return-with-mens-contest#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/liquid-volleyball-tournament-makes-emphatic-return-with-mens-contest"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Liquid Volleyball Tournament Makes Emphatic Return with Men\u2019s Contest","datePublished":"2022-11-25T19:41:19+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-25T21:08:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/liquid-volleyball-tournament-makes-emphatic-return-with-mens-contest"},"wordCount":557,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/liquid-volleyball-tournament-makes-emphatic-return-with-mens-contest#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_1669392797.80.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Botswana","Botswana"],"articleSection":["all news","sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/liquid-volleyball-tournament-makes-emphatic-return-with-mens-contest#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/liquid-volleyball-tournament-makes-emphatic-return-with-mens-contest","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/liquid-volleyball-tournament-makes-emphatic-return-with-mens-contest","name":"Liquid Volleyball Tournament Makes Emphatic Return with Men\u2019s Contest - Botswana","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/liquid-volleyball-tournament-makes-emphatic-return-with-mens-contest#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/liquid-volleyball-tournament-makes-emphatic-return-with-mens-contest#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_1669392797.80.jpg","datePublished":"2022-11-25T19:41:19+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-25T21:08:20+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Botswana Volleyball Federation\u2019s (BVF) only running competition, the Liquid Volleyball Tournament, made a massive ret ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/liquid-volleyball-tournament-makes-emphatic-return-with-mens-contest#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/liquid-volleyball-tournament-makes-emphatic-return-with-mens-contest"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/liquid-volleyball-tournament-makes-emphatic-return-with-mens-contest#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_1669392797.80.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_1669392797.80.jpg","width":1170,"height":600,"caption":"Liquid Volleyball Tournament Makes Emphatic Return with Men\u2019s Contest"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/liquid-volleyball-tournament-makes-emphatic-return-with-mens-contest#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Liquid Volleyball Tournament Makes Emphatic Return with Men\u2019s Contest"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/","name":"Botswana","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}