Archive - Jul 1, 2010

Michael Behnke made a successful return to Enduro Racing to win the Open Quad Class at the third round of the Bank Windhoek National Enduro Championships on Saturday, June 26.

Behnke dominated the race which was co-sponsored by Propshaft Engineering and took place at the Omakwara Farm in the Witvlei district, to finish well ahead of second placed Jaco Snyman and Andre Basson who came third.

The day was a big success, with some exciting racing and a record number of entrants.

The Namibian National Mountain Biking Championships will take place on Saturday, July 4 at Farm Kleine Kuppe in Windhoek.

Last year the winner was Marc Bassingthweighte who finished ahead of Arno Viljoen and Christo Swartz who came third.

Bassingthwaighte, who just arrived back in Namibia after six weeks of competitions in Germany, was very confident about his chances.

A classic encounter can be expected when Brazil take on the Netherlands in the first of the World Cup quarterfinals in Port Elizabeth on Friday afternoon.

Brazil are currently the top ranked team in the world and the most successful nation at the World Cup, having won the title five times. The Dutch however, are currently on a record run of eight consecutive victories and an unbeaten streak of 23 matches, which has seen them move up to fourth in the world rankings.

Namibia finally got their first win when they beat Mexico 5-3 at the FIRS Championships currently taking place in Düsseldorf, Germany. They however went down 10-5 in their next match against Canada, relegating them to play in the lower bracket.