Volleyball Cranes: Head Coach Omuriwe Names Her Best 14 For Kigali Trip

The Uganda Volleyball Cranes Head Coach, Omuriwe Sheila Buyungo has on Monday officially named her final traveling squad Kigali-Rwanda for 2021 Africa Volleyball Championship.

The tournament will serve off on 10th September.

The Volleyball Cranes newly appointed Head Coach, Sheila revealed her final list of 14 players and dropped four out of the 18 who were summoned on 21, July 2021.

Of the 18, 16 have been training at the Old Kampala Arena while Moses Odeke and Ivan Ongom pulled out due to reported work commitments.

Nathan Okare Edulu (OBB) and Jonathan Tumukunde (Nemostars) have been dropped but will travel with the team to “pick a few lessons.”

“The 14 players have been selected after looking at their statistics and performance during the three weeks we have been in training,” Coach Omuriwe said on Monday.

“The boys are ready to compete, we have made pretty more strides in the area of defence and I am confident that we have made some progress.

“We are heading in Rwanda to compete and I believe we can reach the final.”

Team Manager Ahmed Kiggundu said that the team will be leaving on Friday and will be quarantined on arrival.

George Aporu will captain the team and will be deputized by Daudi Okello while Gideon Angiro, Brian Atuhaire and Emmanuel Okia are the three debutants on the team.

Uganda will be taking part in the tournament for the very first time!

Besides Uganda, other countries that will take part include Rwanda, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, DR Congo, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, Tanzania, Tunisia and Senegal among others.

The Final 14:

Recievers – Gideon Angiro (KCCA), George Aporu (Nemostars), Brian Atuhaire (Sport-S), Allan Ejiet Olokotum (KAVC), Johnson Rukundo (Sport-S)

Middle Blockers – Sam Engwau (VVC), Bernard Malinga (Nemostars), Emmanuel Okia (Ndejje), Dickens Otim (Sport-S).

Setters – Marino Oboke (Sport-S), Smith Okumu (Nemostars),

Right Attackers – Daudi Okello

Liberos – Emma Elanyu (Nemostars), Sharif Nabanji (OBB)