Archive - Mar 2, 2007 - Story
Northerns in charge against Namibia
Submitted by editor on Fri, 03/02/2007 - 19:56.Northerns were in a strong position at the end of day two of their SAA Challenge match against Namibia, with an overall lead of 295 runs and six second innings wickets remaining.
After declaring their first innings at 358/7 Northerns dismissed Namibia for 252. At stumps on Friday, Northerns had reached 189/4 for an overall lead of 295.
McDonald breaks 800m freestyle record
Submitted by editor on Fri, 03/02/2007 - 19:47.The Namibian National Swimming Championships opened on a high note on Thursday when two records were broken in the opening race.
In the menâ??s 800m freestyle, 14-year old Tristan McDonald not only broke his own boys 13-14 record by more than seven seconds, but simultaneously broke the Menâ??s Open record held by Joachim von Alvensleben. McDonaldâ??s new record of 9:18,10 took more than three seconds off Von Alvenslebenâ??s previous record of 9:21,40.