Namibia will host Uganda in their third ICC Inter-Continental Shield Cup match in Windhoek from 18-21 September.

Uganda was supposed to host the match but all this changed following the bomb blasts that hit Kampala on July 11, leaving at least 70 people dead. In the aftermath of the incident, the International Cricket Council (ICC) gave the hosting rights to Namibia.

Namibia are currently third, behind United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Uganda after losing their first match against UAE and beating Bermuda in Windhoek. Uganda beat Bermuda and drew to UAE in January this year.

South African Lieuwe Boonstra won the Cycletech Spring Festival held over the weekend. Namibian Master triathlete Paddy Murphy was second while veteran Tokkie Bombosch finished third.

Patrick de Goede reports on the event:

What an awesome day! The 11th annual Cycletec Spring festival has come and gone and we would like to thank each and every one of you that made the effort to participate, spectate, support, marshal or just be there! This year’s event was definitely about being OUT IN THE STICKS, as every event on the day was off road, and it seems fun was had by all. (We hope?)

The Namibia Premier League (NPL) has announced that the MTC Premiership 2010/11 season, which was scheduled to kick off on September 10, has been postponed to 24 September.

In a statement to the media, the Chief Executive Officer of the NPL, Mathew Haikali did not give a clear reason for the postponement.

“The postponement has been necessitated by a series of events that are beyond the control of the NPL Executive Committee,” the statement read.

The Namibian netball team has received mixed results in their first two matches at the Africa Qualifiers currently under way in Pretoria, South Africa. They lost their first match against Botswana 59-34 on Monday and then won their second match against Tanzania 38-28 on Tuesday.

In their match against Tanzania, the Namibians led the first quarter 8-4. The second quarter saw the Tanzanians regaining their confidence and this resulted in them taking the lead at halftime with a score of 13-17. At the end of the third quarter both teams were tied at 23 points each.

Christine Briedenhann and Micaela Cloete last weekend qualified for the 10th World Short Course Swimming Championships that are due to be held in Dubai from 15 to 19 December.

This happened at the Namibia Swimming Union (NASU) Gala that took place at the Namibia Swimming Academy (NSA) pool from 3 to 4 September.

Briedenhann (14) set four new Namibian records for the 13 and 14 age group in 100m backstroke with a time of 1:09,88, the 50m butterfly with a time of 29:84, 100m freestyle with a time of 58:87 and the 50m freestyle with a time of 26,93.