Kapuka wins Oyana Ya Cuvelai rally

OSKAHATI – Gerson ‘Kapuka’ Nghilundilwa and co-driver Hiralius Hamatundu took overall honours at the Oyana Ya Cuvelai 2005 rally held in and around Oshakati on Saturday.

Apart from being the overall winners of the rally, Nghilundilwa and Hamatundu were also crowned the winners of the rally’s Bakkie Class. Nghilundilwa was driving a 3.4-litre Ford Courier bakkie.As the rally’s overall winners, Nghilundilwa and Hamatundu took home four trophies in total.Second place went to Hannes Arangies, who was racing for the first time at the competition with co-driver Werner Gevers.They were in a standard 1600 Hyundai Elantra in the S1 Class of the rally.Jaco van Dyk and co-driver Freddy Rossouw took third place overall in the S4 Class in their supper-hot Toyota Land Cruiser 4×4.Last year’s winner, Richard Himmel, could not take part in this year’s rally.Eight teams entered for the Oyana Ya Cuvelai race, but due to the rough terrain and hot weather, only four participants completed the race.First National Bank’s Wesbank division sponsored the rally to the tune of N$50 000, while the Oshakati Country Lodge hosted the event.The next rally on the local calendar will be hosted by Hotel De Duine at Henties Bay on October 22.-NampaNghilundilwa was driving a 3.4-litre Ford Courier bakkie.As the rally’s overall winners, Nghilundilwa and Hamatundu took home four trophies in total.Second place went to Hannes Arangies, who was racing for the first time at the competition with co-driver Werner Gevers.They were in a standard 1600 Hyundai Elantra in the S1 Class of the rally.Jaco van Dyk and co-driver Freddy Rossouw took third place overall in the S4 Class in their supper-hot Toyota Land Cruiser 4×4.Last year’s winner, Richard Himmel, could not take part in this year’s rally.Eight teams entered for the Oyana Ya Cuvelai race, but due to the rough terrain and hot weather, only four participants completed the race.First National Bank’s Wesbank division sponsored the rally to the tune of N$50 000, while the Oshakati Country Lodge hosted the event.The next rally on the local calendar will be hosted by Hotel De Duine at Henties Bay on October 22.-Nampa