9 foreign teams have intentions of participating in the 14 Edition of KAVC Founders memorial tournament. Kenyan giants Pipelines and Railways Volleyball clubs, Rukinzo -Burundi, KVC M - Rwanda, Revenue Authority - Rwanda, APR - Rwanda, Amicale VC from Burundi, Muzinga - Burundi, Ruhango Women from Rwanda have confirmed participation in the 14th-15th August tournament.
Local giants Sports-S (Men) and KCC (Women) who are the defending champions are expected to be joined by a host of local clubs in the two day event scheduled for the newly refurbished Lugogo indoor Stadium.The host KAVC are expected to field the strongest men and women’s team ever in this year’s edition as the club embark on celebrating 40 years of community volleyball in Uganda.
History
In 1995, it was 25 years since the formation of KAVC. KAVC decided to invite top teams from Rwanda and a team from Holland to join KAVC in a tournament to celebrate this fact (Silver Jubilee). Four teams from Rwanda, Kigali Volleyball Club (men and women), Rwanda Patriotic Army (men), and National University of Rwanda(men), travelled to Kampala. From Holland a ladies team, Oranje Nassau, travelled to Kampala. Locally we had KAVC (men and women), KCC (women), Dairy Corporation and Uganda Clays (men). We also had a young team from Kumi District of men founded by one of KAVC pioneers now deceased, Dr. Wilson Ojikan-Odeke, called Kumi Rangers.
