THE newly established Golden Cheetahs athletics club was the top club at the Coca Cola Top Ten Club Championships in Windhoek at the weekend.
Cheetahs was formed at the beginning of the year, with most of its members coming from Unam Athletics Club, which died down last year. They won the competition with a total of 9 303 points, followed by WHS Athletics Club on 8929 points, while another new club, Winners Athletics Club, came third on 8718 points.Winners Athletics Club was established by seasoned sport administrator Bob Kandetu this year, with most of its members coming from the Welwitschia 77 Athletics Club.Sunshine Athletics Club came fourth on 8538 points, followed by the Namibia Defence Force Athletics Club (8344), Wennie du Plessis Athletics Club (8268) and Tsumeb Sport Club (7342).The competition, which took place for the ninth consecutive year, saw a record number of 12 clubs and more than 260 athletes participating.The top individual performance of the day was that of Helena Iipinge of the NDF Athletics Club, who won the women’s 800 m in a time of 2:03,10 which gave her 1099 IAAF points.Her winning time was about four seconds off Agnes Samaria’s national record time of 1:59,15.The meeting drew a fair crowd and a lot of interest was shown in the performance of Namibia’s former Olympic sprinter, Christie van Wyk, who has returned to Windhoek after completing his studies at the Texas University.Van Wyk, who is now running for the WHS Athletics Club, tied for first place in the men’s 100 m with Cecil Malgas of Wennie du Plessis Athletics Club.Both posted a time of 10,60 seconds for a total of 1036 IAAF points.Uakuna Rukero of the Winners Athletics Club gained 1008 IAAF points after winning the women’s 200 m in a time of 24,80 seconds.Quinton Cloete of the Golden Cheetahs Club and Christa Steenkamp and Kenneth Njembo, both of the Winners Athletics Club, gained 1006 points after coming joint third in the men’s 100 m in 10,70 seconds.-Namibia SportThey won the competition with a total of 9 303 points, followed by WHS Athletics Club on 8929 points, while another new club, Winners Athletics Club, came third on 8718 points.Winners Athletics Club was established by seasoned sport administrator Bob Kandetu this year, with most of its members coming from the Welwitschia 77 Athletics Club.Sunshine Athletics Club came fourth on 8538 points, followed by the Namibia Defence Force Athletics Club (8344), Wennie du Plessis Athletics Club (8268) and Tsumeb Sport Club (7342).The competition, which took place for the ninth consecutive year, saw a record number of 12 clubs and more than 260 athletes participating.The top individual performance of the day was that of Helena Iipinge of the NDF Athletics Club, who won the women’s 800 m in a time of 2:03,10 which gave her 1099 IAAF points.Her winning time was about four seconds off Agnes Samaria’s national record time of 1:59,15.The meeting drew a fair crowd and a lot of interest was shown in the performance of Namibia’s former Olympic sprinter, Christie van Wyk, who has returned to Windhoek after completing his studies at the Texas University.Van Wyk, who is now running for the WHS Athletics Club, tied for first place in the men’s 100 m with Cecil Malgas of Wennie du Plessis Athletics Club.Both posted a time of 10,60 seconds for a total of 1036 IAAF points.Uakuna Rukero of the Winners Athletics Club gained 1008 IAAF points after winning the women’s 200 m in a time of 24,80 seconds.Quinton Cloete of the Golden Cheetahs Club and Christa Steenkamp and Kenneth Njembo, both of the Winners Athletics Club, gained 1006 points after coming joint third in the men’s 100 m in 10,70 seconds.-Namibia Sport
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