The Namibia Economist

Fourth Kia Namibia Beach Volleyball Tour

The fourth tournament of the Kia Namibia National Beach Volleyball Tour will take place on Saturday at the DTS Beach Arena.
Tin Hlupic and Gerard Fischer who are the favourites in the men’s category of this tournament, sponsored by Maerua Superspar. will be travelling to Croatia for the U21 Beach Volleyball World Championships on Monday.
Players can choose to play in the 2-a-side or 4-a-side format. The 2-a-side competition is divided into five sections, namely men, ladies, juniors, social and girls. The latter one is sponsored by Windhoek Canopy Centre.
In the 4-a-side social mixed group all teams must have at least one lady per team, while no registered volleyball players are allowed to feature. All games of this category will take place on the grass surface of the DTS football field.

Young faces at Tennis Series

Codie van Schalkwyk showed outstanding performances at the fourth tournament of the Kia Pro Tennis Series 2013 and cruised to a first place finish in the advanced group. The second best player in this competition was Dario Noabeb. The youngster from Otjiwarongo caused a couple of upsets, as he managed to outclass Oliver Diggle (7-5) and tip the scale to his favour in a marathon match against his town rival Andy Jantze with a 7-6 win. As a result of his massive improvement over the past few months Waylon Wentzel secured the bronze medal.

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International Enduro event stretched riders to the limit

The International Bank Windhoek Enduro race this past Saturday created a huge amount of interest, while riders were thoroughly tested on a challenging track. The track, which included all kinds of terrain, was challenging enough. With the wind and the dust, the track became just too much for some of the riders and their iron horses.
The section that created the most excitement for the spectators took the riders through parts of the dilapidated mining processing plant of the Uis mine. With this part of the track, the technical abilities of the riders were tested to the limit, while the sandy stretches on the mine heaps gave the riders an opportunity to satisfy their need for speed. Other parts had so many rocks that the riders who strayed from the path were in immediate difficulty.
Riders from South Africa, Zambia, Kenya and Zimbabwe came to Uis to test their mettle against their Namibian counterparts. Some of the riders from other countries already booked their places for next year.

German basketball clinic concluded

The mission of the German basketball expert Peter Schey to Namibia successfully concluded on 31 May.
In a two-week series of clinics in Northern Namibia around 80 coaches, future coaches and teachers participated in Schey’s clinics in Tsumeb, Oshakati and Rundu. 55 were awarded certificates for their achievements. Schey was delighted about the results achieved and especially with the rising number of female participants who formed one third to one half of the participants per clinic.
The main focus of Schey’s project was to implement the new FIBA 3x3 game which is particularly suited for Namibian conditions, due to its easy rules and good practicability. Schey initiated the 3x3 Northern Namibian Basketball League (NNBL). The league will take place from June to August and will conclude with championships at the Tsumeb Copper Festival.
“It was our most successful project so far. The two previous short term projects in 2010 and 2012 as well as the long-term project finally yielded fruit”, Schey summed up his recent experiences. “You can see that Namibian basketball is making a lot of progress and the joint efforts of the 3x3 league seem to be very promising, too. I hope that consequently a Namibian 3x3 championship will take place next year”, concluded Schey.