Beach Volleyball opens with a win for GAF and Jeshwang

GAF female team won the opening game of the 2014 Beach Volleyball Nawetan after a historic win against 6 time cup winners Interior 2-1 (21-17, 15-11 23-21) in a historic and colorful opener held at Pocoloco Beach on Sunday. GAF added their 3 victory against the police in the year and revenged their cup final defeat last April against Police in a ground breaking 4 set final. On the other hand Police lost their first outing since April this year. Outstanding hitter Abi Kujabi was the key factor of the victory not only with the countless points she scored to come as the match scorer, but also with her leadership and spirit with the experienced setter Saffie Sawaneh. From police side Amie Gaye was her team scorer with Fatoumatta Ceesay’s flare. The second set was the most exciting part of the match as the soldiers lost several set points before Interior won after a thrilling come back 23-21. After wards Interior lost the motivations, while GAF played their best to win widely the third sets.
Jeshwang overwhelmed Gamtel/Gamcel 2-0 (21-18 21-18) in the male opener of the 2014 Beach Nawetan. Remarkable duo Ousainou Jatta and Bubacarr Jarra had the result beyond doubt by the interval, and a relatively unassertive second set passed without major incident as Jeshwang now MJ Finance clinch victory in a comfortable fashion.
Though Gamtel, to their credit, continued to probe for an unlikely route back into the game, Alieu Barry in his debut for the telecom giants lack urgency in his recovering although experience captain Sanu Secka was in dominance, but the attacking openings of Bubacarr Jarra and Ousainou Jatta gave them no letup in defense and the game was settle 2-0 for Jeshwang.
The opening was graced by the former President of GVBA Musa Cassa Taal, DPS, Ministry of Youths and Sports Abdoulie Kah, National Sports Council’s Reps Ebou Secka, MD West Coast Radio Peter Gomez, Assistant Chief Fire Officer Lamin Sanyang among other dignitaries.