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SMS Of The Day * MINISTRY of Gender and Child Welfare, TEARS are rolling down as I write this SMS. The killing of women in Namibia is now like reciting a poem. Are we really getting the protection we deserve while women not being treated as part of this c
Food For Thought * SO the Zimbabwe elections were free and peaceful and not free and fair?
Bouquets And Brickbats * NURSES at Katutura Hospital must stop wearing those big plastic sandals at work because they are not the official working shoes. We want to see you looking smart and beautiful with your full uniform.
SMS Of The Day * THIS nation is in dire need of a massive conference on housing. When we experienced a crisis in the education sector a crisis-control brain-storming conference was organised which resulted in the best deal ever for the Namibian child, nam
Food For Thought * BOURGEOISIE has become a daily occupation if not the order of the day of the upper-echelons, President Hifikepunye Pohamba we urge you to revisit this unpatriotic geocentricism among your staff and the well-connected, for everybody to r
Bouquets And Brickbats * COMMISSIONER of Prisons, can you please explain the strategies you use to appoint officers to certain positions? It is my observation that you are being fed with wrong information then you just promote individuals without making p
SMS Of The Day * I THINK Paulus ‘The Rock’ Ambunda lost his belt because of this promoter and trainer. How can a world champion still be training at the Katutura Youth Complex where there is not enough equipment. I think they must follow the example of Ha
Food For Thought * NAMIBIA Dairies are unable to match low prices of imported milk and this ultimately means the consumer will have to pay more for local milk. Look at the prices of the local chicken. All these profits are going in the pockets of a few in
Bouquets And Brickbats * I AM pleased to hear that Cabinet has responded positively to the proposal of Namibia Dairies to support the industry. The restrictions which support the industry by reducing competition to ensure the survival of the industry is a
SMS Of The Day * CEO’s golden handshakes. Somewhere on our statute books there must be a provision that if a board of directors suspends/dismisses a CEO without due regard to legal provision (substantive/procedural law) such board must carry the costs for
Food For Thought * JACKY Asheeke was so right with her last column- why are the fathers of the dead children not being prosecuted? (Reference to the children who died in shack fires last week) Our justice system still protects men over women. In this cont
Bouquets And Brickbats * ALEXACTUS Kaure, your column in Friday’s newspaper opened my eyes. One hardly finds impartial case study analysers in Namibia. Let’s not destroy the Polytechnic’s strong foundation (Tjivikua) as yet. At least wait until the transf

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SPORT - GENERAL | 2013-08-07

Junior hockey shows strong growth

Helge Schutz

WINNeRS ... St Paul’s U12 girls team pose with the Chief Administrator of the Namibia Sport commission Shivute Katamba after winning the Girls U12 league.

Photograph by Helge Schutz

THE Namibia Hockey Union’s Junior Development League was concluded last week when the prize- giving ceremony took place at the Doc Jubber Hockey Fields in Windhoek.

The development league has shown rapid growth over the past few years, with close to 700 children from seven schools in Windhoek participating in this year’s league - a number that has risen from originally 300 children in 2009.

The competing schools were St Paul’s College, Windhoek Gymnasium, St George’s, Windhoek Afrikaans Privaat Skool, Pioniers Park, Eros Primary School and Windhoek High School. Some players from the German private school DHPS also joined other schools, since they did not enter with their own team.

The league was held for boys and girls from Under 8 to Under 14 level, and took place at the Doc Jubber fields over the past two months.

St Paul’s won four of the titles on offer, while Windhoek Gymnasium won three, and WHS, St Georges and Pioniers Park one each.

A total of 256 matches were played while close to 950 goals were scored throughout the league.

Various individual awards were also presented at the ceremony.

Jeani Holz of St Paul’s won the Player of the Year award for U14 Girls, while Wiks Tromp of Windhoek Gymnasium won the Player of the Year award for U14 Boys.

The respective Under 12 winners were Kiana Cormack of St Paul’s and Mark Olles of St Paul’s; the Under 10 winners were Martha Mvula of St Paul’s and Eben Tadesse of St George’s, and the Under 8 winners were Wendy Lee Milne of St Paul’s and Ryan Moffett of St Paul’s.

There were also awards for the best forward and best defender in each category, as well as Player of the Match and Future Hockey Stars awards.

The overall top goal scorers in the league were Mia Burger of WAP who scored 33 goals, Ryan Moffett of St Paul’s who scored 29 goals and Connor Murphy of St Paul’s who scored 27 goals.