{"id":53491,"date":"2023-09-25T16:30:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T16:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/volleyball-police-rra-crowned-kirehe-open-champions"},"modified":"2023-09-25T16:51:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T16:51:48","slug":"volleyball-police-rra-crowned-kirehe-open-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/volleyball-police-rra-crowned-kirehe-open-champions","title":{"rendered":"Volleyball: Police, RRA crowned Kirehe Open Champions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Alexis Kayinamura<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Rwanda National Police (men) and Rwanda Revenue Authority (women) volleyball clubs emerged winners of the 2023 Kirehe Open Tournament which ended on September 24 in Kirehe District.<\/p>\n<p>The annual tournament is organized by first division side Kirehe Volleyball Club in partnership with Kirehe District. Gisagara and Rwanda Revenue Authority won the 2022 trophies in the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s categories, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Police edged defending champions Gisagara Volleyball Club 3-1 after coming from one set behind 16-25, 25-23, 25-19, and 25-20.<\/p>\n<p>The third edition of the tournament attracted seven clubs in the men&#8217;s category \u2013 Kirehe, Police VC, Kepler, Gisagara, REG, APR, and KVC.<\/p>\n<p>Three teams; Police, APR, and RRA, participated in the women\u2019s category.<\/p>\n<p>The two winners \u2013 RRA and Police WVC \u2013 met in Sunday\u2019s women&#8217;s final, where RRA went on to retain their title after bagging a deserved 3-0 sets\u2019 victory against the Rwanda National Police team.<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda Revenue Authority (women) volleyball club.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\">Rwanda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexis Kayinamura Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. Rwanda National Police (men) and Rwanda Revenue Authority (women) volleyball clubs emerged winners of the 2023 Kirehe Open Tournament which ended on September 24 in Kirehe District. The annual tournament is organized by first division side Kirehe Volleyball Club in partnership with Kirehe District. 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