Local rivals General Service Unit and Kenya Prisons’ men’s volleyball teams performed dismally as the curtains came down on the African Club Championship in Cairo, Egypt yesterday.
Prisons made a slim improvement from last year, finished eighth to seventh yesterday while local champions GSU, who had set their sight on a podium finish, placed a distant ninth having finished fifth last year.
Prisons beat Asaria of Libya 3-0 (26-25, 25-17, 25-18) in the 7-8 position ranking match at Ahly Hall 2 as GSU saw of Gisagare of Rwanda 3-0 (25-21, 26-24, 25-19) to finish ninth on Tuesday.
Prison’s coach David Lung’aho said there was a noticeable improvement looking at how the team performed during the quarter-final match against hosts Smouha and remained positive they can only get better.
“Look at the set scores against Smouha; they were really impressing. However, we have picked important lessons that we intend to use back at home in the league and in the forthcoming events,"’ said Lung’aho. Smouha won 3-0 (25-15,25-22,25-21) against Prisons.
In the match against Asaria, the teams competed for the lead, swapping positions a couple of times before Prisons came out top to win 26-24 in the first set.
