Superb Pipeline spike APR to win CAVB Zone V Club Championships in Kigali

Kenya Pipeline are the Confederation African Volleyball Zone V Champions after thumping Rwanda Revenue Authority 3-0 (25-20, 25-23, 25-19) in the club championships staged Sunday at the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda.

This means the Oilers win their maiden CAVB Zone V Club championship in a beautiful fashion by completing a double against the Rwandese after tormenting them earlier on in the round robbin format with a similar scoreline.

In the third place play-offs Rwanda Patriotic Army (APR) whitewashed Compatriots Police 3-1(26-24, 25-21, 21-25, 25-21) in a scintillating showdown to finish third.

Hard-hitting left attacker Pamela Adhiambo and middle blocker Trizah Atuka's excellent displays led the Paul Gitau's charges to easily cruise the first set 25-20 after a closely contested battle in the early stages of the set.

Pipeline picked on from where they left in the first set to continue dominating in the second set with their attacks and excellent blocks giving them a 24-20 lead at some point.

However poor reception threatened their second set triumph allowing the Rwandese into the game to close the gap to 23-24 forcing Gitau to call for a time out.

Pipeline would later return guns blazing with hard hitting left attacker Pamela Adhiambo forcing RRA to produce two excellent blocks before finally giving the battle away to give Pipeline a 25-23 victory.

The former Kenya Volleyball Federation (KVF) National Women's League champions gave RRA no chance in the third set as they easily cruised 25-19 to bag the regional title after missing the league title to KCB in October.