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Fistball league thrills at Swakopmund
THE first round of fistball league games were played in windy conditions at Swakopmund over the weekend. While there were no upsets in the National A league, with Sportklub Windhoek (SKW) 1 winning all its games, Windhoek Ramblers emerged as the surprise log leaders in the National B league.
The day started off with the games in the U/14 league where league newcomers SFC gave an impressive debut managing to win all their games. This meant Cohen Fistball Club (CFC) had to be content with second spot on the log with SKW occupying third. The first league round games enjoyed a large following who witnessed Luca Fink of SFC receive the Player of the Day cup. Fink had a big impact in attack and defence for the Swakopmund team.
National A league defending champions SKW 1 underlined their dominance of Namibian fistball once again. SKW 1 won all their games in straight sets to go top of the log.
The SKW second team is second after winning a couple of close games against archrivals Cohen FC. Their match against CFC 2 went down to the last ball with the game taking seven sets before being concluded.
Windhoek Ramblers 1 was in high spirits after becoming the log leaders in the National B league.
They had to travel to Swakopmund one player short but showed a lot of determination and fighting spirit winning all their games on the day. In second place are last year’s league winners CFC 3 followed closely by Swakopmund’s SFC 2.
The next big event on the fistball calendar is the first preliminary draw of the Fistball Association’s Half a Million raffle which will take place on March 26, with the second round of league games scheduled for April 24 in Windhoek.
