Men's Beach Volleyball in September

KATHMANDU, Aug 11: Nepal Volleyball Association (NVA) will organize the Second National Men´s Beach Volleyball Tournament from September 14 to 17 at Sitapur, Banke.



NVA, organizing a press conference in the capital on Thursday, informed that the tournament will be played on the banks of Mankhola River. According to the organizing committee coordinator Dan Bahadur Thapa, the tournament is also being held to select players for the upcoming South Asian Beach Games to be held in Sri Lanka in October.[break]



NVA expects to conduct the tournament with a total cost of Rs 1.76 million and with the participation of 18 teams - two each from the five development regions, Nepal Army, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and the PLA Club.



NVA had allocated Rs 150,000 for the tournament out of the Rs 300, 000 it received from the National Sports Council. The remaining Rs 150,000 will be allocated for the preparations of the South Asian Beach Games.



According to coordinator Thapa, rest of the expenses of the tournament will be managed by the organizing committee while Thapa himself will donate Rs 100,000 and sponsor trophies for the tournament.



The first edition of the tournament was organized two years ago in Gausala, Kathmandu and Nepal Police Club had won it.



´President lacks time for NVA´

NVA has been introducing new programs every year but has been unble to continue them. NVA had introduced National League and Inter Municipality Volleyball Tournament two years ago but could not give them continuity.



“We have been unable to bring our plans and programs into action. After we got elected in the executive committee four years ago, we have been busy digging up past mistakes,” said NVA Vice-president Gajendra Tamli Limbu. “We hope we will be able to bring our plans into action in the coming years,” he added.



Meanwhile, NVA Central Regional Committee President Madhav KC said NVA President Ganga Bahadur Thapa himself does not have time for his duties in the association.



“The president is the person in the driving seat. If the volleyball fraternity feels that he is too slow for us, the upcoming general assembly can elect a new committee,” said NVA vice president Tamang as reporters asked one after another question about the diminishing popularity of volleyball and NVA´s failure.



President Thapa was not present at the press conference.

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