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Kenyans reign

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By The Standard Sports | Jul 30, 2011

By Ernest Ndunda

Kenya won both men and women titles as the CAVB Continental Cup cum Olympics Qualifiers beach volleyball tournament came to an end in Mombasa.

The tournament held at Nyali International Beach Hotel brought together eight countries where teams were playing to accumulate points.

The Kenyan teams outclassed their Rwandese opponents in the final to add more points yesterday.

After the sub-zone tournament in Rwanda last November, Kenyan ladies topped with 24 points while their men side were tops with 23 points.

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In yesterday’s matches, Kenyan men dismissed both Rwanda A and B teams.

In the first match, Kenya B pair of Patrick Owino and Cyrus Masiko defeated Rwanda A side of Mutesi Fidele and Kwizera Marcha 2-0 (21-16, 21-17).

In the second match, Kenya A comprising of Ibrahim Owuor and Evans Bera beat Rwanda ‘B’ of Mbonyuwo Ntumaj and Njamukunda Flavio 2-0 (21-13, 21-8).

In the third set, Kenya A showed little mercy before dismissing Rwanda A 2-0 (25-23,21-15). Kenya B wrapped up the match in the fourth and final set against Rwanda B 21-17, 21-17 to win 4-0.

In the women matches, Kenya A team of veterans Dorcas Ndasaba and Margaret Indakhala won 2-1 (15-21, 21-12, 15-6).

In the second tie pitting Kenya B of Edna Rotich and Eunice Maiyo, the Kenyans defeated Rwanda A duo of Jeannette Niyigenya and Charlotte Nzayinsenga 2-0 (22-20 21-17) before Kenya A returned to hit Rwanda A 2-0 (21-14, 21-11) in the third match. In the final match, Kenya B saw off Rwanda B 2-1 for a clean sweep. Meanwhile, the visiting teams benefited from a token of appreciation from the Kenya Tourist Marketing Board.

The board gave the visitors maps of Kenya’s tourist attractions, which included national parks, brochures of world-class beach hotels found at the Coast.

Elsewhere, the FIVB Volleyball Women’s Junior World Championship in Peru second round concluded on Thursday in Lima and Trujillo and placed all 16 teams into their respective classification semi-final pools.

The second round was comprised of four groups of four teams split into a top eight and bottom eight brackets based on results from the first-round results.

Pool E and Pool F consist of the top eight teams in contention for the gold medal, while Pool G and Pool H are teams attempting to classify as high as ninth place.