Interior
volleyball club imposed a double victory over Serrekunda East on Saturday in
Banjul as they beat the Easterners straight sets in female events and 3-2 in
the male league.
The
police men needed only 78 minutes to record a 3-0 sweep over East female team
and make a perfect comeback to the second round of the national league.
Mariama
Ginadou and Fatoumatta Ceesay were the game’s top scorers while Kumba Jawo and
Tida Sanneh both added 10 points as Interior won easily.
In
the male events Interior posted a strong set on the visitors in another
thrilling 3-2 grand show. Ninety minutes it took them to beat the young East
side. The game was 2-0 in Interior’s advantage going into the third set,
Serrekunda East nearly upholds the biggest shock in the season after inventing
win lose ratio against the host.
Early
on in the third set, SK East were the ones who posed the threat, and indeed
scared their opponents. Without Sainey Jawo, Modou Njie and Kebba Ceesay
Serrekunda East are still a force to be reckoned with.
Impressive
teamwork, where it was almost scarily instinctive how the timing between
players was co-ordinate, allowed the visitors to dominate 10-5, with Siaka
Bargie reading his teammates accurately, delivering accurately for spikes to be
sent spinning to the opponent’s side.
A
time-out was called by the police in hopes of recovering the set. Serrekunda
East showed their defensive prowess with a dig, preventing the ball from
reaching the ground and settled the third and the fourth sets.
With
two sets in the bag for both teams, the coaches knew it was their last shot,
and fight they did. The deciding set was followed with great rally, leaving
even spectators gasping for air, where both teams displayed superb spikes,
blocks, and saves, with the point eventually go to Interior as they won 15-12.
And
finally on Sunday, Gambia Armed Forces return to the court to register a
victory over Brikama, 3-1 in the male event and 3-0 in the female league,
whilst Fire Services beat YMCA 3-1.
Earlier
on Friday the fixture between Gamtel/Cel and Kotu was called off because Kotu
did not appear at the ground thus the 3 points were given to Gamtel/cel, and on
the same day Brikama beat Fire Services men team 3-1 to complete week 9.
