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Officials fete Quantara for efforts to revive hockey in Tanzania

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Valentina Quantara of Twende club from Tanzania controls the ball during their match against Orange Telkom. [PHOTO: ELIZABETH MBURUGU/STANDARD]

Tanzania women’s national hockey team coach Valentina Quantara has been feted by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) for her efforts to revive the sport in Tanzania.

Quantara, working hand-in-hand with the Tanzania Hockey Association (THA), has breathed life into women’s hockey in Tanzania. Her efforts are evident here in Bulawayo as she has managed to put together a women’s national team that has taken part in major continental events since their debut in the Africa Cup of Nations held last year in Nairobi.

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