July 2001 Sport News Headlines

Wednesday, July 18, 2001 - Web posted at 10:11:47 GMT

Local Sport Shorts - Juniors reach Tivoli final

NAMIBIA's under -19 soccer team reached the final of the Danish Tivoli Cup last week, where they lost 3-0 to Ghana.

Earlier in the competition Namibia beat Ghana 2-0, but they could not repeat that performance in the final.

Namibia won its first four matches in the tournament en route to the final, with their biggest win being a 6-0 drubbing of Vemmerbyif of Sweden.

On Monday Namibia lost their first match in the Gothia Cup competition 1-0 against a Norwegian team.

Junior fistballers lose in EuropeNAMIBIA's junior fistball team lost all its matches at the European Fistball Youth Championships in Switzerland.

Namibia lost 20-17, 20-10 against Austria; 20-8, 20-10 against Switzerland; 20-13, 20-7 against Germany; and 20-17, 17-20, 20-10 against Italy.

Despite their losses the team received a standing ovation for their performance against Italy.

The tournament was won by Germany who beat Switzerland in the final, while Austria won the third-place play-off against Italy.

Blue Boys soccer tourneyBLUE Boys Football Club invites all registered second division and nationwide first division teams to enter the Blue Boys soccer tournament scheduled to take place at the Mondesa Sport Field on July 21 and 22.

The winning team will receive N$1 500, the runners-up N$800 and the losing semi-finalists N$350 each, while the entrance fee is N$300 per club.

More information can be obtained from Petrus 'Shangete' Victor at telephone number 064 - 400087 or 0812538237.

All Stars trip to BotswanaA Swakopmund All Stars veteran soccer team will play two friendly matches in preparation for a tour to Botswana in October.

All the players are reminded to pay their deposit at the end of September for administrative purpose.

All the interested players and supporters who would like to make the trip are more than welcome.

More information can be obtained from the following persons:Aaron at 0812506127, Daddy at 0811220814, Tommy at 0812444506 and Castro at (064) 402766On Friday, July 20 the All Stars team will play SFC at the Mondesa Soccer Field and on Saturday, August 4 they will play Windhoek Internazionale at the same venue.

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