The Public Relations Officer of the Sierra Leone Volleyball Association (SLVA) has blamed their failure to qualify to the World Cup finals of the sport in Italy on their lack of experience.
According to Amara, most of the players in their team were new to indoor facilities in Dakar, ‘’the playing atmosphere became strange to us, we played three days consecutively against matured teams with players who are more exposed than us’’ she stated.
She said the national team travelled with young players ranging from 16 to 20 years while their opponents had better exposed players which resulted to their defeat by those countries.
The team came 5th which eventually denied them qualification to the finals. "We left Freetown with no sponsorship, and we took care of ourselves with the reimbursement made to the association by the organizers which was not enough” said Amara.
© Politico 30/07/13
