The Knowledge, Advocacy and Development (KAD) Volleyball team is honoured to announce their win in the category of Community Sport and Recreation, as the programme of the year at the third edition of the Johannesburg Women in Sports Awards.
On receiving the award, KAD president Tarryn Sita Singh said: “As we continue to put our lives and sport back together piece by piece post Covid-19. This award is dedicated to our collective growth and many more celebrations of this nature for women and girls in sport.”
The KAD Volleyball initiative speaks directly to the City’s goals of encouraging transformation through sporting initiatives and the team takes full advantage of the access to the facilities made available by the City.
KAD Volleyball is a Gauteng-based club that organises its training sessions at the City’s Paterson Park Multipurpose Centre Norwood. KAD Volleyball comprises mothers, sisters, friends, and any other women that match the club’s dynamic.
The Member of the Mayoral Committee for Community Development, Cllr Ronald Harris, applauded the KAD Volleyball team.
“One of the obstacles that women face in sports is the inequality in media representation, disparity in access to facilities, discrepancy in financing the work you produce, and disparity in the compensation you receive for what you accomplish.
“As a result, we are grateful that you continue to persevere in the face of social hurdles, ensuring that you will ascend to the top and be the greatest,” said MMC Harris.
The club’s last international experience included taking gold at the 2018 Asia Pacific Games. Despite having fewer opportunities owing to Covid-19 limitations, KAD players have competed safely and consistently finished on the podium. The club also won gold at the last Gauteng open provincial tournament without dropping a single set in the first open GVU tournament in years.
KAD Volleyball Club was founded in 2013 and is a club run entirely by women for women. The club continues to have an impact through many of their members serving in various sporting executives. With a large number of seasoned players, international experience, and coaching qualifications, the club strives to share knowledge with the youth.
“It’s tough to remain competitive while juggling life; it’s difficult to show up and much more difficult to perform when we do; we’ve recognised that our strength is not our playing abilities; our love is for the game and our strength is our sisterhood,” said Sashnee Nair, KAD Volleyball Club’s director of media and marketing.
“We show up for each other, and we hope to inspire females of all ages to achieve anything on and off the field with a bit of resilience and the right support network,” said Nair.
Written by Ntombifuthi Junerose Nkosi
08/03/2022