Christiaan Jonker scored 120 not out as South Western Districts reached 261/6 at stumps on Thursday in their 3-Day Challenge match against Namibia.

In overcast and damp conditions, SWD won the toss and elected to bat.

They lost the wicket of Ross McMillan early, dismissed off the bowling of Christi Viljoen for 9, but the rest of their top order got stuck in to take the initiative away from the bowlers.

Burton de Wett scored 24 and Waldo Lategan 52, but it was Jonker who stole the show with a fine century. At stumps he was 120 not out off 164 balls (8x4, 4x6).

The Namibia Premier League continues this weekend with three matches taking place in Windhoek, while two matches have been postponed.

Log leaders, Black Africa won’t be in action after their match against Eleven Arrows in Walvis Bay was postponed.

BA still have a sizeable nine-point lead over the chasing pack but their inactivity will give teams like African Stars and Tigers a chance to narrow the gap.

Stars will fancy their chances of victory when they host bottom of the log United Stars at the Sam Nujoma Stadium at 17h00 on Saturday.

The Brave Warriors will play two friendly home matches against Hoffenheim U23 and Mozambique over the next two weeks in preparation for their Afcon 2013 qualifier against Liberia on February 29.

Brave Warriors coach Bernard Kaanjuka on Thursday made this announcement, saying that he would use the match against Hoffenheim to give several young players a chance.

He announced a 22-man squad to take on Hoffenheim U23 at Windhoek’s Independence Stadium on Thursday, February 16.

Black Africa striker Jerome Louis on Thursday received an FNB Unit Trust voucher to the value of N$750 from FNB Namibia after winning the Namibia Sport FNB Player of the Month competition.

It was a tight race, with Louis receiving four votes from Namibia Sport’s panel of judges while SKW striker Panduleni Nekundi who received three votes and Mighty Gunners striker Harold Ochurub one vote.

Louis told Namibia Sport he was very happy to win the prize.

Civics beat Ramblers 1-0 to move up to third spot on the log on Wednesday night.

Collin Chimu scored the winning goal a minute before the break when he latched onto a loose ball in the centre of the park and unleashed a 30m shot that flew into the left hand corner of the net.

The goal was somewhat against the run of play as Ramblers had done most of the attacking but they could not break through Civics’ defence, which was well marshalled by Donelly Nel and Penias Nzeve.