Ochurub aims to reach Cup final
Submitted by editor on Wed, 05/08/2013 - 13:31.
Mighty Gunners captain Harold Ochurub is ready to lead his side past United Stars into the 2013 Bidvest Namibia Cup, as the semifinals take center stage at the Sam Nujoma Stadium on Saturday.
The Otjiwarongo-based side Mighty Gunners breezed through to the last four sides in the competition with a narrow 1-0 victory over Blue Waters in the quarterfinals at the Sam Nujoma Stadium.
According to Ochurub, Mighty Gunners will play attacking football against their opponents as they set their eyes on reaching their first major final.
Old Mutual Victory Races launched
Submitted by editor on Wed, 05/08/2013 - 07:22.
The popular Old Mutual Victory Races series will take place for the 13th year consecutive year after Old Mutual announced a sponsorship of N$500 000 for this year’s event, at a press conference in Windhoek on Tuesday.
This year’s series will consist of four races, and will kick off in Oshakati on June 1.
The rest of the races take place in Swakopmund (June 22), Keetmanshoop (July 13) and Windhoek (July 27).
Vermeulen rings the changes
Submitted by editor on Wed, 05/08/2013 - 07:16.
Welwitschias coach Danie Vermeulen has made six changes to the side that lost 50-39 against the South African Universities last weekend, for their upcoming practise match against South Africa U20 in Stellenbosch on Saturday.
Vermeulen said that he was still experimenting and wanted to give everyone a chance to prove themselves.
“I’m using a rotation policy and I want to give everyone in the squad a chance to prove themselves. We have called up some players who were on the bench last Saturday, with the others moving to the bench,” he said.
Tickets for Bidvest Namibia Cup semis
Submitted by editor on Tue, 05/07/2013 - 23:46.
The 2013 Bidvest Namibia Cup semifinals will be played on Saturday 11 May at the Sam Nujoma Stadium in Windhoek and tickets are available at Computer ticket.
The tickets for the semifinals matches involving African Stars, United Stars, Rundu Chiefs, and Mighty Gunners are going for N$20 each at Computicket at Shoprite and Checkers countrywide until Friday.
On match-day, Saturday 11 May, a ticket will cost you N$30 at Computicket and NFA Soccer House, while at the gate it will be N$50 a ticket.
National Bowls reaches crucial stage
Submitted by editor on Tue, 05/07/2013 - 12:53.
The 2013 national bowls championships commenced last Saturday and are currently underway at four different venues in Windhoek.
Action will continue until this coming Saturday, 11 May, when the finals will be played at Eros Bowling Club near the Safari Court Hotel.
The other venues are the Windhoek Bowling Club, the TransNamib Bowling Club and the Bowls facilities at the Windhoek Country Club.
A total of 109 games were played over the opening weekend to determine the finalists in the Pairs competition.
