NAMIBIA’s top female shottist Gaby Ahrens added an African States Championships gold medal to her Commonwealth Games bronze over the weekend. Ahrens, who was recently crowned as Namibia’s Sportswoman of year, won gold in Angola for the second successive year, to end her year on a high.
NAMIBIA’s top female shottist Gaby Ahrens added an African States Championships gold medal to her Commonwealth Games bronze over the weekend. Ahrens, who was recently crowned as Namibia’s Sportswoman of year, won gold in Angola for the second successive year, to end her year on a high. She also took a silver medal for ending second overall to Paulo Silva from Angola, from a total of 42 Shooters. Sharpshooter Gielie van Wyk got silver in the male category at the continental event. The Namibian team, that consisted of Hasso Ahrens, Gielie van Wyk and Anton Coetzee, also received a silver medal for their efforts. The team managed bronze last year.However, they will have a chance to gun for the top prize at the Southern African States Championships which will be hosted on home soil later this month.Ahrens won the Sportswoman of the Year award after a year in which she established herself as the top female shooter in Africa. She won a gold medal at the Africa States Competition in South Africa, while she also claimed gold at the African Shooting Grand Prix in Windhoek.
