Blue Waters win friendly tournament

DEFENDING Premier League champions Blue Waters started the season on a high note after winning a friendly tournament in Walvis Bay over the weekend.

Blue Waters beat Civics 6-2 and drew 1-all against Tigers to finish top of the log in the tournament which also featured Eleven Arrows. In other matches, Civics beat Eleven Arrows 4-2 and Tigers beat Eleven Arrows 2-0.In windy and cold conditions, Blue Waters swept Civics aside with a four-goal blitz in the first twenty minutes.Armando Pedro scored two and Raymond Awaseb and Paulus Shipanga one each.Rudi Louw missed a penalty for Civics but Williams Chilufya opened their account just before halftime.Chilufya added a penalty after the break, but further goals by Sydney Plaatjies and Celestine Wasserfall gave Blue Waters an emphatic win.Despite their big victory, Blue Waters’ assistant coach Lucky Shipanga was not too happy with the performance, saying they still needed to experiment a lot to test the new players in their squad.Civics’ manager Paul Stramis was unhappy with the conditions, as well as the fact that the match started late.”The match was postponed by more than an hour, but they did not have the decency to tell us about it,” he said.Blue Waters drew their second match 1-all against Tigers.Paulus Shipanga scored from the penalty spot for the home side, but Tigers equalised through another penalty after the break.Civics beat Eleven Arrows 4-2 after leading 2-1 at halftime.Civics opened the scorring through a Cascas Angula header and increased their lead through a brilliant shot by Congo Hindjou.They wrapped the game up after the break through further goals by Hindjou and Killian Kavari.Arrows’ goals were scored by George Tjombe and Joseph Chanda.Tigers beat Arrows 2-0.In other matches, Civics beat Eleven Arrows 4-2 and Tigers beat Eleven Arrows 2-0.In windy and cold conditions, Blue Waters swept Civics aside with a four-goal blitz in the first twenty minutes.Armando Pedro scored two and Raymond Awaseb and Paulus Shipanga one each.Rudi Louw missed a penalty for Civics but Williams Chilufya opened their account just before halftime.Chilufya added a penalty after the break, but further goals by Sydney Plaatjies and Celestine Wasserfall gave Blue Waters an emphatic win.Despite their big victory, Blue Waters’ assistant coach Lucky Shipanga was not too happy with the performance, saying they still needed to experiment a lot to test the new players in their squad.Civics’ manager Paul Stramis was unhappy with the conditions, as well as the fact that the match started late.”The match was postponed by more than an hour, but they did not have the decency to tell us about it,” he said.Blue Waters drew their second match 1-all against Tigers.Paulus Shipanga scored from the penalty spot for the home side, but Tigers equalised through another penalty after the break.Civics beat Eleven Arrows 4-2 after leading 2-1 at halftime.Civics opened the scorring through a Cascas Angula header and increased their lead through a brilliant shot by Congo Hindjou.They wrapped the game up after the break through further goals by Hindjou and Killian Kavari.Arrows’ goals were scored by George Tjombe and Joseph Chanda.Tigers beat Arrows 2-0.