The Central Region Volleyball Association (CRVA) has officially released its 2025 Capacity Building program, a strategic and comprehensive guide aimed at strengthening the technical competencies of referees and coaches across the region.
In this program, CRVA will be targeting volleyball enthusiasts, presenting an exciting opportunity to members of the fraternity to be equipped the basic knowledge and technical abilities to serve the game better.
The program will start with a Referees Begginer’s Course that is scheduled to take place at Uganda Olympic Committee from Monday 22nd to Thursday 25 September 2025; under the instruction of Innocent Komakech, the National Referees Instructor.
“We have realised that the people serving the game in this capacity are few and thus the need to boast this area with not only the numbers but also the knowledge,” said Godfrey Friday, Head of Referees Commission, CRVA.
“Our target is to train at least 40 new referees and our starting point here is with the clubs that are going to participate in the CRVA Apex League. We encourage each team to send us at least 2 members to enroll for this course.”
“We call upon all people interested to join the refereeing fraternity to use this opportunity to equip themselves with the knowledge and abilities to serve the sport better,” Friday added.
Participants taking part in this course will be required to pay a fee of Ug. Shs. 100,000/- which will cover participation, training materials, training kits, a certificate as well as feeding.
In the same line, CRVA under the Coaches Commission will be running a beginner’s volleyball coaching course that is scheduled to take place at Masaka Secondary School, starting on 22nd September to 26th September 2025.
Participants will be required to pay Ug. Shs. 150,000/- to undertake this training.
“We want to build the capacity of the people working with the players at the grassroots,” said Asiralu Ssali , Head of Coaches Commission, CRVA.
“We have discovered that we have a lot of people training young stars out there but they lack the technical competencies to deliver good products and with this training, we think that they will be equipped to perform their duties better.
“We are targeting people from greater Masaka and particularly the Games Teachers in primary and secondary schools but the program will be enrolled to all parts of the central region,” he added.
CRVA is committed to the development of referees and coaches because they are vital contributors to the growth and development of the game.
