Brave Warriors arrive in Gambia
Submitted by editor on Fri, 09/03/2010 - 13:40.
The Brave Warriors finally arrived in Gambia just after midnight on Friday morning. They received a courteous welcome with officials from the Gambian Football Association meeting them at Banjul International Airport and then whisking them through customs where they boarded a bus to Palm Beach Hotel. The bus, accompanied by security guards on motorbikes and vehicles with wailing sirens, sped through Banjul and although it was already past midnight, hordes of people were still on the streets, waving enthusiastically at the passing cavalcade.
Three more codes added to the Commonwealth Games team
Submitted by newsdesk on Fri, 09/03/2010 - 10:44.
The Namibia National Olympic Committee (NNOC) on Friday announced three more codes that will participate at the Commonwealth Games in India from 3 to 14 October.
Cycling, boxing and shooting were added after the NNOC extended the deadline for the federations to submit the names of athletes who had met the qualification criteria from June 30 to 31 August.
The number of Namibian athletes that will participate at the Games now stands at 28 (9 females and 19 males) and 11 officials.
ANNA announces team for African qualifiers
Submitted by newsdesk on Thu, 09/02/2010 - 15:04.
The All Namibia Netball Association (ANNA) announced a team of 12 players who will represent the country at the African Qualifiers due to be held in Pretoria, South Africa from 5-9 September.
The President of ANNA, Lydia Kandetu, said that Namibia would join seven other countries at the qualifiers.
“Namibia will participate with seven other countries for only two spots in the World Netball Championships,” Kandetu said.
Brave Warriors with backs to the wall
Submitted by editor on Thu, 09/02/2010 - 14:20.
The Brave Warriors’ local-based players held their second training session in Accra on Thursday morning on a bumpy school pitch, which left coach Tom Saintfiet unhappy with the preparations.
“We have had two training sessions on a bumpy pitch in Accra with our home based players. I will only have one full training session with my whole squad in Gambia and this is clearly not good enough’” he said, adding that the odds were now stacked against them.
Swimmers off to African Championships
Submitted by newsdesk on Thu, 09/02/2010 - 10:57.
Namibia will have five swimmers at the 10th Senior African Championships due to be held in Casablanca, Morocco from 13-19 September.
The swimmers are Christine Briedenhann (14), Micaela Cloete (14), Daniella Lindemeier (18), JP Engelbrecht (17) and Boris Kulikowski (17). Ryan Skinner will accompany them as the coach.
Rusten Mogane, The Chief Administrator of the Namibian Sports Commission told the swimmers to go and represent the country well.
