Archive - Nov 2008

MTC renewed its sponsorship of Namibian cricket to an amount of N$2,3 million for the coming year.
At a press conference at the Wanderers Cricket Ground on Tuesday, MTC’s general manager corporate affairs Albertus Aochamub announced that they were contractually obliged to only invest N$2 million for the coming year, but they had opted to increase the total to N$2,3 million.

The Frank Fredericks Foundation handed over scholarships worth N$30 000 to promising young Namibian athletes on November 18.
The athletes were the top performers at the Coca Cola Frank Fredericks Invitational Athletics Meeting in April this year. Their results were determined by the IAAF ranking system.

Three athletes each received N$6 000 for exceptional performances in two categories.

The annual prize giving of the Rock & Rut Mountain Bike club’s MTC Cross Country Series took place on November 12.
The winner of the Men’s Elite category was Ermin van Wyk who has clinched a deal with a South African sponsor and had a good ride at the Otjihavera Xperience earlier this year.

The women’s categories were well contested in the senior and veteran’s categories, but unfortunately Vera Adrian did not have much opposition in the U16 category.

Thilo Himmel and Adolf Botes came sixth in the Total Tara Rally.

Rolf Pretorius and Tinus Malan came fourth in the Total Tara Rally.

Richard Himmel and Marko Himmel came third in the Total Tara Rally.

Jandre Dippenaar and Riaan van der Westhuizen failed to finish the Total Tara Rally.