The volleyball court at the Bangladesh Volleyball Federation will be busy with a lot of spikes and blocks as two highly competitive fixtures - the final round of the Walton Inter District Volleyball and the National men’s and women’s Championship - one after another starts tomorrow.
Due to accommodation problems the Chittagong zone qualifiers of the district based tournament could not be held last month and it will take place in Dhaka now prior the main event on the 17th and 18th April respectively.
The final round beginning from April 21st will be participated by defending champions Satkhira. Khulna, Rangpur, Dinajpur, Narail, Dhaka, Gazipur, Habiganj, Patuakhali, Pabna and Chittagong zone winners.
The national men’s and women’s championship will kick off after four days the inter-district tournament ends.
Holders Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy, Bangladesh Air Force, PDB, Titas Gas, T&T, university zone champions and the 1st-4th placed teams of the inter-district meet will be playing in the men’s section.
The women’s section will be participated by Ansar VDP, BJMC, Rajshjahi, Chittagong, Pabna, Rajbari, Khulna, Kishoreganj and the university zone champions.
Walton will be sponsoring both the meets and the best players from both sections will be awarded a LED TV. The champions will also receive gift hampers from Walton.
The details of the event were disclosed in a press conference held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday. Ashikur Rahman Miku, the general secretary of Volleyball Federation, advocate Fazley Rabbi Babul and AFM Iqbal bin Anwar Dawn, the additional director of Walton, were present during the conference.