Inline hockey players preparing for 2005

THE Namibian Inline Hockey Association is busy with preparations to get on course for the World Championship in 2005.

This first trials took place at the DHPS Inline Hockey Rink in Windhoek last weekend. A team of under 18 and senior players were invited by NISA on the results of last years performance.The aim is to get the players ready for the play-offs against South Africa to qualify for the world championship that will be held next year.The qualifying games will be held at the end of the year, 2004, with the first leg taking place in Namibia.The second leg takes place in South Africa at their championships in December 2004.The training took place under the watchful eyes of international experienced coaches, the head-coach Philippe Boudreault, 30 years of age and at present the trainer of Coastal Pirates.Co-coaches are Johannes Jauernig, fitness, and Carter Hartz, goalkeepers, assisting Philippe with his training.The first test will be played on the June 11 between a Namibian selected team and a German selected team arriving from Westfalen, Germany.The game starts at 19h30 on the DHPS Rink in Windhoek.The second test will be played on June 12 between a U18 selected Namibian team against the same German team.This will be hosted by the Casadores Inline Hockey Club tournament at that same weekend.All are invited to watch the games, entrance is free, come and support the Namibian selected teams.The aim is to see how our players are performing against outside teams and also to find out where improvements can be made to upgrade a better standard for the players.NISA herewith would like to invite enthusiastic children who are interested in this sport to contact the following NISA registered clubs in Namibia.The interested person can come and participate in a free training before they decide to join the club.The following clubs can be contacted: Otjiwarongo Scorpions Inline Hockey Club – Beate Lange at 081 257 7110 Swakopmund Coastal Pirates Inline Hockey Club- Ulrike Rodenwoldt at 081 240 1111 Windhoek Casadores Inline Hockey Club – Elke Motavdzic tel : 061 – 252565 Kamikaze Inline Hockey Club – Karin Wrede tel : 061 – 252162 or Mr. Werner Schlierkamp at 081 127 0204A team of under 18 and senior players were invited by NISA on the results of last years performance.The aim is to get the players ready for the play-offs against South Africa to qualify for the world championship that will be held next year.The qualifying games will be held at the end of the year, 2004, with the first leg taking place in Namibia.The second leg takes place in South Africa at their championships in December 2004.The training took place under the watchful eyes of international experienced coaches, the head-coach Philippe Boudreault, 30 years of age and at present the trainer of Coastal Pirates.Co-coaches are Johannes Jauernig, fitness, and Carter Hartz, goalkeepers, assisting Philippe with his training.The first test will be played on the June 11 between a Namibian selected team and a German selected team arriving from Westfalen, Germany.The game starts at 19h30 on the DHPS Rink in Windhoek.The second test will be played on June 12 between a U18 selected Namibian team against the same German team.This will be hosted by the Casadores Inline Hockey Club tournament at that same weekend.All are invited to watch the games, entrance is free, come and support the Namibian selected teams.The aim is to see how our players are performing against outside teams and also to find out where improvements can be made to upgrade a better standard for the players.NISA herewith would like to invite enthusiastic children who are interested in this sport to contact the following NISA registered clubs in Namibia.The interested person can come and participate in a free training before they decide to join the club.The following clubs can be contacted: Otjiwarongo Scorpions Inline Hockey Club – Beate Lange at 081 257 7110 Swakopmund Coastal Pirates Inline Hockey Club- Ulrike Rodenwoldt at 081 240 1111 Windhoek Casadores Inline Hockey Club – Elke Motavdzic tel : 061 – 252565 Kamikaze Inline Hockey Club – Karin Wrede tel : 061 – 252162 or Mr. Werner Schlierkamp at 081 127 0204