Weekend Sport Preview

McGrath van Wyk

We have a full weekend of sporting activities ranging from rugby, soccer, netball and hockey to swimming, gymnastics and inline hockey. The National Short Course Swimming Championships take place at the NSA Pool in Olympia from Friday to Sunday, while the Bank Windhoek Central Zone Gymnastics Championships take place at the Windhoek Showgrounds.

In soccer the final playoff matches for promotion to the Premier League take place with Blue Waters, Friends and Invincible still in the running.

The MTC Rugby Premier League continues with some exciting matches, with the showdown between defending champions Western Suburbs and Wanderers the pick of the bunch.

The weekend’s sport fixtures are as follows:

NPL Promotion Playoffs
Saturday, 18 July
15h00: Blue Waters v Monitronics, Karibib Usab Stadium
15h00: Friends v Invincible, Windhoek Independence Stadium

MTC Rugby Premier League
Saturday, 18 July
15h00: Jaguars v Reho Falcon, HTS Field
15h00: Rehoboth v United, Rehoboth
15h00: Unam v Kudus, Unam
15h00: Wanderers v Western Suburbs, Wanderers

Swimming - National Short Course Championships
Namib Swimming Academy
Friday, 17 July to Sunday, 19 July

Old Mutual Victory Races
Saturday, 18 July
07h00: Swakopmund

Bank Windhoek Central Zone Gymnastics Championships
Windhoek Showgrounds
Friday, July 17
14h00 – 20h30
Saturday, July 18
09h00 – 13h00, 14h40 – 18h30

Spes Bona Cazadores Inline Hockey Tournament
DHPS Ground
Friday, July 17
16h00-21h00
Saturday, 18 July
07h00 – 21h00
Sunday, 19 July
07h00 – 15h00

FNB Classic Clashes
Friday, 17 July
11h30: Soccer: Jan Jonker v Immanuel Shifidi, Katutura Youth Complex
Saturday, 18 July
12h15: Rugby: Windhoek Afrikaanse Privaat Skool v Elnatan, Wanderers field

Netball Premier League
Saturday, 18 July
13h30: Black Africa v Orlando Pirates, Khomasdal Court

Hockey Premier League
Saturday, 18 July, Doc Jubber Fields
13h00: DTS v WOB, Men’s Premier League
14h25: Wanderers v Polytech, Men’s Premier League
15h50: DTS v Wanderers, Women’s Premier League