The side won the closely contested challenge by beating Mafolofolo 3-2 during the final played at the SSKB camp courts. The two sides were meeting in a cup final for the second time in a row after the December edition where Police VI emerged still victorious. Mafolofolo won the first set 25-15, which served as a motivation going into the second. However, Police VI bounced back to claim the second set 25-16, before claiming the third 25-16. Mafolofolo caught Police VI napping to take the fourth set 25-14. Playing under the scorching heat in an outside court, the game was pushed to set five which went Police VI way by a score of 15-0.
Police VI coach, Shimaka Ngwanaotsile told Sport Monitor that despite the close contest, he was happy with the results. “It is exactly what we anticipated; that Mafolofolo is going to give a strong fight because they have more experienced players than us. The sets that we won, we won them according to our plan. Those that we lost, we lost because of reception. My players struggled to pass the ball to the setter. That is where the challenge was but we had to come up with a new plan, hence the win,” he said. Ngwanaotsile said the plan was to have good service, which meant killing their service and taking the centre out of the game. He said they forced Mafolofolo to play balls on the outside and that worked for them. “We also focused more on the block because we knew they have tall players. It meant before we service, we should think about block before thinking about attack; it is the last thing to think about,” he said. Police VI setter, Lebani Ntelecha was outstanding throughout the match.
