Volleyball body plans congress

Volleyball body plans congress

JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Volleyball Association will hold
its annual national congress here in April, Sutardiono, the
association's deputy, said Friday.

"The officials have yet to set the date. The congress will be
a meeting between the association's national officials and
officials from its 27 provincial branches. Each branch will send
two officials to attend the congress," Sutardiono said.

The congress is designed to evaluate the association's
programs from 1997 and plan its programs for 1998.

The association had asked each branch to provide suggestions
for the development of athletes, not only in the capital, but
also in the provinces, he said.

"We want to know if the branches are able to continue our
programs. They must have reasons if they aren't able to go on
with the programs. Most of the branches are dealing with a
limited budget, but we hope they can find a solution to overcome
that," Sutardiono said.

Next year, the association plans to help coordinate the
Indonesian Volleyball league, the junior national championships,
the interclub championships and the student championships. The
events will be jointly held by the association, the Indonesian
National Youth Committee and the Tiara Foundation.

Sutardiono told Kompas daily that the congress' organizing
committee members would be announced after being approved by the
association's chairperson, Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana, President
Soeharto's daughter also known as mbak Tutut.

Sutardiono said the association had named four male and four
female beach volleyball players being groomed for December's 13th
Asian Games in Bangkok, but that the names would be announced
after being reported to mbak Tutut. (yan)