NTB duo set for Bangkok meet

NTB duo set for Bangkok meet

JAKARTA (JP): Two women beach volleyball players from West
Nusa Tenggara (NTB) will represent Indonesia in the World Beach
Volleyball Championship in Bangkok, Thailand, from Feb. 15 to
Feb. 20.

The executive chairman of the West Nusa Tenggara chapter of
the Indonesian Volleyball Association (PBVSI), H. Misbah, said
Tini Yudani and Elizabeth were selected because they won the
national championship last October.

"This is a golden chance for our beach volleyball team because
the athletes could test their skills before competing in the 15th
National Games (PON) in Surabaya in June," he was quoted by
Antara as saying from Mataram.

He added that the association would send two teams consisting
of men's and women's beach volleyball players to PON, with an aim
to win gold.

"In the 1996 PON in Jakarta, West Nusa Tenggara's men beach
volleyball players won gold while the women's duo won silver," he
said.(ivy)