Uganda Women beach Volleyball team advanced to the second round of the Africa Zone Olympic qualifiers, after they walked over Tanzania in the quarterfinal stage at Nyali Beach, Mombasa. The top four teams in the zonal qualifiers set to end tomorrow will advance to the next continental qualifying round for the London 2012 Olympic Games scheduled for October. The venue is yet to be named by the continental body.
Uganda is being represented by the pairs of Vivianne Aketch/Sharon Pajije and Tabitha Ikomolot/Andrina Namata, and is now eyeing to down Rwanda’s national side later in the day- which was seeded top in the tournament with hosts Kenya.
The men, were however, unlucky as they failed to make it through to the next round. They were due to play Ethiopia in the placing table for the 5-8th position. The Mombasa meet attracted among other countries Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Sudan and South Sudan bringing the number of participating countries to 14.