{"id":2000113859,"date":"2026-05-31T12:16:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T10:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000113859"},"modified":"2026-05-31T12:16:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T10:16:29","slug":"police-vc-and-rra-wvc-win-inaugural-climate-action-volleyball-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/police-vc-and-rra-wvc-win-inaugural-climate-action-volleyball-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Police VC and RRA WVC win inaugural climate action volleyball tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The two-day tournament was held at the Gisagara Indoor Stadium and brought together six teams across both categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the men\u2019s competition, three teams took part: REG VC, Police VC and Gisagara VC. In the women\u2019s category, the participating teams were RRA WVC, Police WVC and RP Huye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The men\u2019s preliminary matches were staged in Gisagara, where REG VC and Police VC progressed to the final. In the women\u2019s category, matches were played at the University of Rwanda, Huye campus, with RRA WVC and Police WVC advancing to the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ahead of the finals on Saturday, Minister of Environment Dr. Arakwiye Bernadette joined residents of Gisagara District in a community work exercise (Umuganda) to launch Rwanda\u2019s Environment Week and mark the closure of the #GreenAmayaga initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The women\u2019s final was the first to be played at Gisagara Indoor Stadium and produced a tightly contested encounter. RRA WVC took an early lead, winning the first two sets 26\u201324 and 25\u201322 against Police WVC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RRA WVC were then one set away from the title, but Police WVC responded strongly, taking the third and fourth sets 25\u201315 and 25\u201323 to force a decisive fifth set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the tie-break, RRA WVC held their nerve to secure a 15\u201311 win, sealing a 3\u20132 victory and clinching the women\u2019s title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The men\u2019s final followed and proved equally competitive, going the full five sets. REG VC started strongly, taking the first two sets 25\u201319 and 25\u201318.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police VC, however, mounted a comeback, winning the third and fourth sets 25\u201323 and 25\u201322 to level the match at 2\u20132.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the decisive fifth set, Police VC prevailed 15\u201311 to complete a 3\u20132 victory and claim the men\u2019s title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The champions, Police VC and RRA WVC, each received Rwf 4 million. Runners-up REG VC and Police WVC were awarded Rwf 3 million each, while third-placed teams Gisagara VC and RP Huye received Rwf 1.5 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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RRA defeated Police WVC 3\u20132 in sets in the women\u2019s final.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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REG VC and Police VC contested the men\u2019s final.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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RRA WVC celebrate their championship title, which came with a prize of Rwf 4 million.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Police VC celebrate their men\u2019s championship title, which also came with a prize of Rwf 4 million.
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REG VC received Rwf 3 million after finishing second in the men\u2019s category.
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Police VC in the men\u2019s category and RRA WVC in the women\u2019s category were crowned champions of the inaugural Climate Action Volleyball Tournament organised by the Rwanda Volleyball Federation (FRVB) in partnership with the Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000113861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[69],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000113859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-homehighlights","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000113861,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/img-20260531-wa0015_1_-3d62f.jpg","alt":"","caption":"Police VC celebrate their men\u2019s championship title, which also came with a prize of Rwf 4 million.\n","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1000,"height":667,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/img-20260531-wa0015_1_-3d62f.jpg","width":150,"height":100},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/img-20260531-wa0015_1_-3d62f.jpg","width":300,"height":200},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/img-20260531-wa0015_1_-3d62f.jpg","width":768,"height":512},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/img-20260531-wa0015_1_-3d62f.jpg","width":1000,"height":667},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/img-20260531-wa0015_1_-3d62f.jpg","width":1000,"height":667}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000113859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000113859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000113859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000113865,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000113859\/revisions\/2000113865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000113861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000113859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000113859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000113859"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000113859"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000113859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}