July 2001 Sport News Headlines

Thursday, July 12, 2001 - Web posted at 11:10:39 GMT

Local Sport Shorts - Caltex junior tennis tourney

THE Caltex junior tennis tournament for under-12s and under-16s takes place in Windhoek from 14h00 tomorrow, while the finals are scheduled for 11h00 on Saturday.

The favourites in the boys' under-12 category are Schalk Burger and Jean Erasmus, while Jurgens Strydom, Herman Kuschke and Riaan Kritzinger are the under-16 favourites.

Mariska Kuschke and Suzelle Davin are the girls' under-12 and under-16 favourites respectively.

Hardap registration deadline

ALL soccer clubs affiliated to the Hardap region are reminded that the deadline for the registration of players, coaches, medics, referees and administrators is Friday, July 20.

Application forms are available at the regional office in Mariental.

For more information, contact Cassius Barracks Khakisi at 081 251 6987.

Omatjete special meeting

THE Omatjete Sport Association will hold an extra-ordinary meeting in Omatjete on Sunday, July 15 starting at 09h00.

All members of the Omatjete All Stars as well as other interested members of the community are requested to attend the meeting.

The meeting will focus on the tournament in Okakarara, structures and co-ordination of activities.

More information can be obtained from N Kamatuka at (061) 299 2638 or M Kaninganazo at (061) 215 457.

SKW extends lead in fistball

SKW 1A won both their games in the fourth round of fistball league matches in Windhoek last week to stay top of the log.

A spirited Swakopmund side took a set off SKW 1A and also beat SKW 1B to move up to third position on the log.

Cohen 2 and 3 are the teams to chase in the second and third leagues respectively.

Cohen 2 is four points clear and firm favourites to win the title, but the third league is still wide open after DTS 3 closed the gap with SKW 3 only another two points adrift.

Meanwhile the Namibian women's and youth teams were announced which will participate in the European Fistball Championships in Switzerland.

Namibian Youth team:Christoph Kubirske (Swakopmund), Rudolf Bredell (DTS), Wilko Brener (Swakopmund), Michael Zimny (SKW), Gotz Friederich (Cohen), Stefan Tietz (Swakopmund), Christian Knoblauch (Swakopmund) and Jorg Goldbeck (Swakopmund).

Namibian women's team:Kyra Smith (SKW), Anke Baas (SKW), Doris Liepsch (Cohen), Benita Henkert (Swakopmund), Dietlind Forster (SKW), Almut Diener (Cohen) and Andrea Buttner (SKW).

NFA organises top level coaching course

LOCAL football coaches will be back at school to upgrade their skills at a high level coaching course which takes place in Windhoek from July 23 to 28.

The course is organised by the Namibia Football Association (NFA) in conjunction with the Namibia Football Coaches Association (NAFCA) and will be conducted by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

According to the vice chairman of NAFCA, Lucky Richter, the course will focus on the education of regional coaches and especially those coaches who took part in the recent The Namibian Newspaper Cup.

The course will also cater for coaches with lower qualifications and unqualified Premier League coaches.

Thirty coaches are expected to participate in the course including senior coaches and former Brave Warriors coaches like Richter himself, Rusten Mogane, Seth Boois, Brian Isaacs and Dawid Snewe.

The idea of senior coaches attending, according to Richter was to judge the level of the course, especially the content, so that they could later assist local coaches and send other coaches from youth development and club teams on similar courses at a later stage.

Richter added that the idea for the course was to bring all coaches in all regions to one level and the participants will be awarded with a certificate of high level coaching at the end of the day.

CAF is the main sponsor of the event and the course instructor will be Ghanaian coach Charles Ghynwa, who led his country's youth team to the World Youth Championship finals.

It is the second time that local coaches will be participating at such a high level course, although they also participated in several intermediate and basic courses in the past, according to Richter.

The venue of the course will be the Gammams Training Centre in the capital, and registration for the notified coaches will take place on July 22 at 14h00 at the centre.

Accommodation will be provided for non-Windhoek based coaches.

The annual general meeting of NAFCA will take place on August 4 in Windhoek at which the new management committee will be selected and the code of conduct as well as the constitution of NAFCA will be discussed.

- Nampa

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