The Harare City Council has temporarily suspended sponsoring its men’s volleyball team due to financial constraints, an official has said.
Harare City Volleyball Club (HCVC) team manager Godknows Jembere told New Ziana they were channeling the limited funding towards developing the women’s team as funds did not permit sponsoring teams.
“The suspension is temporary. As a club we are struggling financially and we saw it fit to suspend temporarily one team for this season while we are reviewing our financial flows,” he said.
“It’s a very tough decision but we have no option than to scale down our teams for a season.”
Formed in 2016 and also affectionately known as “the Citizens”, the HCVC is one of the biggest volleyball cubs in the country and it gets funding from the Harare City Council.
Recently the team bagged a silver medal at the Zone 6 Club Championships in Lilongwe, Malawi and made a series of five-time appearances at the tournament in 2021, ending in the semifinals.
It has won the Zimbabwe Premier Volleyball League (ZPVL) twice, the highest level of playing for club games in Zimbabwe. New Ziana
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