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Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Gisagara volleyball club have vowed to fight to retain the Taxpayers’ Volleyball championship.<\/p>\n

The tournament tips off on Saturday, November 19, and ends on the next day.<\/p>\n

This is its second edition, the first having been held in 2021.<\/p>\n

Organised by the Rwanda Volleyball Federation in partnership with the Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA), the competition will attract teams including REG, Gisagara, Forefront, APR, IPRC-Ngoma, Kirehe, IPRC-Musanze and Kigali Volleyball Club in men category.<\/p>\n

In the women category, APR, Forefront, RRA, Ruhango, IPRC-Huye, IPRC-Kigali and St Bernadette will compete.<\/p>\n

The group stages will be held at Notre Dame des Anges Primary School and Maison des Jeunes, in Kigali, while finals will take place at BK Arena.<\/p>\n

In 2021, Gisagara volleyball club won the first edition of the tournament in the men\u2019s category, while Rwanda Revenue Authority won the title in the women\u2019s category.<\/p>\n

Gisagara head coach, Fidele Nyirimana, told Times Sport that: \u201cTaxpayers is one of the tournaments we take very seriously, and whose title means a lot to the club. We are going to do all that we can to retain it this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the federation, the prize money for the winning team will be Rwf2 million.<\/p>\n

The runners up will walk away with Rwf1.5 million and number three will bag Rwf1 million.<\/p>\n

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