NAMIBIA will compete at the Men’s World Squash Championships for the first time from August 21 to 27 in Paderborn, Germany.
Four players – Marco Becker who is based in South Africa, Norbert Dorgeloh who is the Namibian Top 16 champion, Andrew Forrest and Angelo Titus – will represent Namibia.Becker and Dorgeloh were bronze medallists at the All Africa Squash Championships (AASC) held earlier this year in Johannesburg, South Africa.The players were selected after doing well at the National Top 16 competition held at the Wanderers Squash Club in April this year.Namibia and Ukraine are the only two nations that will be making their maiden appearances at the biennial event, which will be staged in Germany for the first time in its 35-year history. Namibia and South Africa will be Africa’s only representatives at the World Championships.Defending champions Egypt will be joined in the 2011 event by Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bermuda, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong China, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine and USA.The Namibian team will be accompanied by Namibia Squash Association (NSA) committee members Tyc Kakehongo and Archie Botha as officials. – namibiasport.com.na
