Weekend Preview

With the 2005/06 soccer season over, the focus now moves to the traditional winter sports. Rugby is in full swing, while the field hockey league got underway last weekend.

Rugby

The northern town of Outjo will hold a rugby festival on Saturday, June 17 where some of Namibiaâ??s top current and former players will be in action. Matches are scheduled for the whole day, starting at 07h00, while the main match between a Namibian Old Boys team and WC Knight United will start at 14h30.

World Cup Fever has arrived!

The years and months of waiting are finally over. The last few weeks have dragged for far too long, but finally D-Day has arrived. All can now finally breathe again: the 2006 FIFA World Cup has arrived!

Weekend Sporting Guide: June 2 - 4

MTC NFA Cup final

The curtain will be drawn on the 2005/06 football season when the MTC NFA Cup final takes place at Windhoekâ??s Independence Stadium tomorrow afternoon.

Get ready for an action-packed sporting weekend with an international flavour, ranging from rugby to inline hockey.

International Rugby

Namibia takes on Kenya in an African qualifier for the 2007 Rugby World Cup. The Namibian team, led by star prop Kees Lensing is fit and raring to go, although a late replacement sees Michael Mckenzie coming in at flank for Jacques Burger, who did not arrive in time from his professional team, Griquas.

Namibia Premier League

The MTC Namibia Premier League champions could be decided this weekend with Civics a mere five points away from regaining their title.
They lead Ramblers by five points and with only three matches remaining for both teams, Civics look like the favourites to retain their title.

MTC NFA Cup semifinals

The MTC NFA Cup takes centre stage this weekend with the semifinals scheduled to take place at Walvis Bayâ??s Kuisebmond Stadium on Saturday, May 6.
Last weekendâ??s quarterfinals produced several upsets with favourites Civics and Blue Waters both knocked out. With Eleven Arrows also losing to Cymot SKW, there will be no Walvis Bay teams in action and it will be anybodyâ??s guess who will progress to the finals.

Another weekend lies ahead and this one promises to be a good, because we'll all have money in our pockets. Okay, maybe not all of us, but at least some.

That aside, here are our picks for the weekend.

MTC Premier League

With the end of season race hotting up, this weekend's games should indicate where most teams will find themselves come the final weeks. Round 17 has some mouthwatering encounters to look forward to, so let's jump straight in.

The long weekend has arrived, so let's dive straight into a preview of the major events (more accurately, the only events) taking place over Easter.

The Namibian Newspaper Cup

Friday, April 14, sees The Namibian Newspaper Cup kick off at the Kuisebmond Stadium at the coast. The first game sees last year's finalists Hardap taking on Oshana at 09h00. In all six games are scheduled for Friday. This will determine which teams will compete in the winner's and loser's sections at the tournament. Last year's winner, Otjozondjupa, has a bye on Friday and only enters the fray at the knockout stages.

If the weekend couch-potato or armchair coaching thing is not your style, then you can look forward to a weekend brimming with local sporting activity. Looking at the programme, choice should not be a problem. Here's what's happening on the weekend of Friday, April 7 â?? Sunday, April 9.