July 2001 Sport News Headlines

Tuesday, July 24, 2001 - Web posted at 12:44:30 GMT

Local Sport Shorts - Calling Khomas clubs

ALL soccer clubs affiliated to te Khomas Second Division must attend a meeting at 18h00 tomorrow at the Goreangab Junior Secondary School in Katutura.

Members from the following clubs must attend the meeting:African Blizzards, African Wizards, Africa Rassap, Arcadia, Bombani, Charlo XI, Eleven Stars, Falcon, Rambo Rangers, Windhoek Prison, UNAM, Terrible Fire, Young Lions, Zambezi United.

More information can be obtained from Joshua Tovey Hoebeb at 0812402382.

Namibia win bronze medalNAIBIA won a bronze medal at the Zone Six Table Tennis Championships which took place in Gaberone on July 14 - 17.

Namibia beat Lesotho 5-0, Botswana A 3-2 and Botswana B 5-0.

They lost 4-1 to Angola and 5-0 to South Africa.

Reinholdt Schurz and Ulli Lindnau reached the semi-finals of the men's doubles competition and were awarded a bronze medal, while Ramon Hansen reached the quarter-finals of the men's singles competition.

Swartbooi in great form

LUCKETZ Swartbooi won the Windhoek Harriers organised 21km "Rubbish Run" in an excellent time of one hour seven minutes and 14 seconds over the weekend.

Running in cold and windy conditions, Swartbooi finished more than three minutes ahead of second-placed Salomo David (1:10:38), with Pierwiet Wilders coming third (1:11:08.)Beata Naigambo was the first woman and eighth overall in a time of 1:24:27, followed by Helena Iipinge (1:25:05) and Jeannette Ellis-Hoft (1:40:45.)Ruben Indonga won the 10km race in 32 minutes 32 seconds, followed by Frans Hosea (32:52) and Tuhateni Petrus (34:08.) Rauna Paulus was the first woman in 45:15, followed by Suzette Lotter (50:23) and Fiona Nichol (50:29.)Susan Gordon won the 10km walk ahead of Christiane Kuebler and Wilfried Kuebler.

Under 19's out of Gothia Cup

NAMIBIA's Under 19 soccer team crashed out of the Gothia Cup on Thursday after losing 2-0 in the semi-finals to home team, Floruda F.C. Namibia went through to the semi-finals after beating FK Varpa of Latvia by four goals to nil.

Prior to the Gothia Cup, the Namibian side competed in the Tivoli Cup in Denmark and lost by three goals to nil against Ghana in the final.

The team is expected back in Namibia today.

Fredericks comes fifth

FRANK Fredericks came fifth in the 200m at the British Grand Prix athletics meeting on Sunday.

Fredericks finished in a time of 20,67 seconds, while Dwain Chambers won in a time of 20,31 seconds, ahead of Christian Malcolm and Kevin Little.

Internazionale move up

WINDHOEK Internazionale moved up to second podition on the Old Boys Log after beating SKW 4-2 last week.

In other matches league leaders Ramblers beat Young Ones 3-1 and Civics beat DTS 3-1.

Ramblers currently lead the log with 13 points from five matches, followed by Internazionale with 11 points from six matches and SKW with 10 points from six matches.

Bobby Samaria of Internazionale is the top scorer with 13 goals followed by Joseph Martin with 10 goals.

Pepsi Challenge Cup

C//OASEB Senior Secondary School and Empelheim Junior Secondary School are through to the Southern finals of the Pepsi Challenge Cup.

On Saturday Empelheim beat Rooiduin 6-0 and C//oaseb beat Mariental High School 3-2 after penalties.

Meanwhile, all second, third division and non-league registered teams are invited to enter a N$7 000 tournament to be staged under the auspices of the Hardap Region Football Association.

The winning team will receive N$3 500, the runners-up N$2 000 and the losing semi-finalists N$750 each, while the entrance fee is N$300 per club.

More information can be obtained from Cassius Khakisi at 0812516987.

Juventus FC soccer tourney

JUVENTUS FC will host a soccer tournament on July 28 and 29.

All first, second and third division teams, especially in the Erongo Regionare invited to participate.

Contact C Muraranganda at 0812413357, T Kavehaha at 0812430781 or P Tjipute at 064 - 41042979 for more information.

Super Eagles soccer tourney

THE Henties Bay soccer team, Super Eagles will host a tournament on July 27.

All registered teams are invited to participate.

More information can be obtained from Sacky Goreseb at 064 - 500001 or Cosmos at 064 - 501115.

Khomas women's soccer tourney

THE Namibia Women's Football League will host its third regional tournament in Windhoek on July 28 and 29.

Schools and clubs which would like to enter the tournament can contact Ms Jansen at cell number 0812513177.

A floating trophy and prize money of N$1 000 is at stake.

The registration fee is N$50 per club, while the draw takes place at the Katutura Youth Hostel on Friday, July 20.

Sport administrators course

OLYMPIC Solidarity will sponsor their tenth sports administrators course to be held in Namibia since Independence.

The course, which is being organised by the Namibia National Olympic Committee, will be held at the Gammans Training Centre in Windhoek on August 1-3, while the course directors are Quinton Steele Botes, Matthews Amadhila and Tommie Numbala.

The course is being offered free of charge and a maximum of 35 participants will be allowed.

More information can be obtained from the NNOC at 229285.

Umulunga soccer spectacular

ALL first division and Premier League B division soccer teams are invited to enter the N$10 000 soccer spectacular which takes place at the Umulunga Stadium in Grootfontein on July 28 and 29.

The winning team will receive N$5 000, a cup and gold medals, while the runners-up will receive N$2 000, a cup and silver medals.

The losing semi-finalists will each receive N$1 000, while the entrance fee is N$470 per team.

Several veteran teams will also participate in the "Honour Games."

" They are Grootfontein All Stars, Rundu All Stars, Tsumeb All Stars, Windhoek Internazionale, Swakop All Stars and Otjiwarongo All Stars.

Ten per cent of the gate takings will be donated to the forer soccer great of BMC, Otjiwarongo, Ferdinand "Ou Gold" Namubeb, who needs medical treatment.

More information can be obtained from Peaces Damaseb at 0812466503, Orlando Damaseb at 0812458703 or Ruru Naobeb at 0812509834.

Duval posts first major victory

LYTHAM ST ANNES - David Duval, once bracketed alongside compatriot Phil Mickelson as the best current player not to win a major, changed that in emphatic style on Sunday with his three-shot triumph at the British Open.

The former world number one, who chased Tiger Woods hard during the final round of last year's Open at St Andrews before fading with an eight at the infamous Road Hole, closed with a 67 to finish on a 10-under-par total of 274."

"You get four chances each year (to win a major) and you have to get a lot of things go right for you to even get into a position to win the golf tournament," he said.

"Then you have to do it."

"Today I almost didn't make a bogey at all. I did all I needed to do and I feel really good about that."

The American, who has twice placed second in the Masters at Augusta, took the lead for the first time in the championship when he birdied the par-five sixth on Sunday to move to eight- under overall.

Although he later dropped his only shot of the day after finding the sand at the par-three 12th for Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez to close the gap to just one, the American was never caught over the last 12 holes.

Wearing his trademark sun-glasses, Duval held his nerve over Lytham's tough finishing stretch and strung together five successive pars to close the door on the chasing pack.

He said later he had not once looked at the scoreboard and thought his lead was only two, or perhaps just one, as he approached the 72nd hole.

"I thought I was probably two ahead, but I never looked at the board," he said.

"I didn't know exactly where I stood until I got to the green and saw I was three shots in front. You just face shots you gotta hit. It sounds kind of simple but that's how I played it." - Nampa-Sapa-AP