Kudzai Makanyanga
Sports Correspondent
Harare Volleyball league 2013 champions Stanbic Thunders have intensified they preparations ahead of the Zone Six Volley games to be hosted in Mbabane Swaziland early December.
Stanbic Thunders Volleyball team Chairman Muz Manwa said in a bid to improve the team’s record at the Zonal games which have seen the country’s modest volleyball side bowing out in the quarter finals in the last two editions have decided to start their preparations early.
“After we scooped the Harare volley ball league title, we decided not rest on our laurels and we immediately started our preparations as we are look forward to a change of fortune at this year’s games.
“We are looking for cautious improvement were will be aiming for a medal while at the same we want to match our past standards of a quarter final spot,” said Manwa
He said the team his disposal was much stronger as compared to the previous team that participated in the zonal games in the last two years were they the Harare volley champion consecutively bowed of the tournament in the quarter finals.
Manwa said they were not looking at bolstering the winning team saying they had confidence in the players that clinched this year’s local volley ball league which includes national team player Douglas Choto, former national team player Nyadzashe Takawira and Denricks Wachi.
“We are sticking to the players that we won this year’s local league with the presence of Choto, Takawira and Wachi we stand a good chance of scooping a medal at the games,” said the Stanbic Thunders boss.


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