Thompson kicks Suburbs to victory

Roger Thompson?s accurate place-kicking under pressure enabled Western Suburbs to win the inaugural Windhoek Lager Rugby Club Championships at the Hage Geingob National Rugby Stadium on June 11.
Thompson succeeded with four penalties ? one from the halfway line ? as Western Suburbs beat Reho Falcon 12-10 to win the match in the dying minutes.
Reho Falcon had taken an early lead after two quick tries by their speedy backline. First winger Elrich Jansen was sent over in the corner and then fullback Desmond Snyders cut through the backline to give Reho Falcon an early 10-0 lead. Glovin van Wyk however missed both conversion attempts, which proved to be very costly for Reho Falcons in the end.
Thompson gradually pulled Suburbs back into the game with his accurate boot, and when he landed his fourth kick late in the game, Suburbs took the lead for the first time and held on for victory.
Suburbs and Reho Falcon progressed to the final after surprisingly beating their more fancied opponents Wanderers and United in the semi-finals. Suburbs beat Wanderers 15-10, through two opportunistic tries, while Thompson once again landed a penalty from the halfway line.
Reho Falcon beat United 7-0 after an intercept try by Heini Bock from within his own 25m line. Western Suburbs won N$40 000 and Reho Falcon N$20 000.
Unam won the Plate final after beating United B 8-0. Unam received N$15 000 while
United B received N$10 000.
In the Plate semifinals, Unam beat Grootfontein 12-0 and United 1B beat beat Swakopmund 12-7.
Mariental beat Rehoboth 7-0 to win the Bowl final. Mariental won N$7 000 while Rehoboth won 4 000. In the Bowl semifinals Mariental beat Windhoek 21-0 and Rehoboth beat Keetmanshoop 24-0.
Atlantis beat Kudus 11-6 to win the Shield final. Atlantis won N$3 000 while Kudus won N$1 000. In the Shield semifinals Atlantis beat Jaguars 10-0, while Kudus had a walkover.
The inaugural Windhoek Lager Rugby Club Championships was played throughout Namibia with the winners from regional competitions progressing to the finals. The regional competition took place in Tsumeb, Walvis Bay, Keetmanshoop and Windhoek.