Namibia lose 3-0 to Botswana

NAMIBIA’S under-20 football side lost 3-0 to Botswana in the second semi-finals of the Zone Six Under-20 Youth Games at the Sam Nujoma Stadium yesterday.

In the first semi-final, South Africa beat Zambia 3-2 to book a place in the final and to contest for the gold medal. The final will be played today.Namibia’s loss was attributed to a lot of individualism from players instead of teamwork in their encounter for the day.In their path to the semi-finals, Namibia beat Zambia 1-0 in their opening match and went on to beat South Africa, also 1-0, in their second match before they played to a one-all draw against Swaziland.By yesterday, boxing was the only code that Namibia was still expecting a gold medal from.The bouts were scheduled for late yesterday.In tennis, South Africa dominated and claimed the first spot and was followed by Botswana in second with silver, while Namibia settled for the third spot.The Namibian men’s and women’s basketball teams lost out in the group matches.The men’s basketball final was due last night between Angola and Mozambique.Namibia ended fourth overall in women’s football, with South Africa taking gold, followed by Zambia in second and Angola third.The South Africans were also making their mark during the athletics event and had over ten medals at Monday’s event.Athletics continues today ahead of the closure of the Games later in the day.The Games started last Monday and was hosted by Namibia for the first time.Meanwhile, Nampa reports that Namibia’s women shot put athletes made a clean sweep during the track and field competition at the Independence stadium on Monday.They won all three podium positions bringing gold, silver and bronze to the hosts.Elizna Theron won gold with a distance of 11.37 meters followed by Malanie Louw with 10.79m and Lelani Minnie with a distance of 10.12m.The three medals bring Namibia’s tally up to 10 medals of which two are gold, two silver and six bronze since the Zone Six Youth Games started in the capital one week ago.Namibia’s first silver medal was won by the netball team on Saturday while high jumper Atman Oberholzer won the second gold medal.Oberholzer managed to clear 2.00 meters followed by Botswana athlete Orapeleng Kelebogile with 1.95m, while Namibia’s Ryno Katroli won bronze with 1.90m.Namibia’s other bronze medals came from P.J.Schoombee in shot put for men, Mauritz van der Merwe in the discus throw, Chantelle van Rensburg in the high jump for women and Tiaan Maritz in the 110m Hurdles.The final will be played today.Namibia’s loss was attributed to a lot of individualism from players instead of teamwork in their encounter for the day.In their path to the semi-finals, Namibia beat Zambia 1-0 in their opening match and went on to beat South Africa, also 1-0, in their second match before they played to a one-all draw against Swaziland.By yesterday, boxing was the only code that Namibia was still expecting a gold medal from.The bouts were scheduled for late yesterday.In tennis, South Africa dominated and claimed the first spot and was followed by Botswana in second with silver, while Namibia settled for the third spot.The Namibian men’s and women’s basketball teams lost out in the group matches.The men’s basketball final was due last night between Angola and Mozambique.Namibia ended fourth overall in women’s football, with South Africa taking gold, followed by Zambia in second and Angola third.The South Africans were also making their mark during the athletics event and had over ten medals at Monday’s event.Athletics continues today ahead of the closure of the Games later in the day.The Games started last Monday and was hosted by Namibia for the first time.Meanwhile, Nampa reports that Namibia’s women shot put athletes made a clean sweep during the track and field competition at the Independence stadium on Monday.They won all three podium positions bringing gold, silver and bronze to the hosts.Elizna Theron won gold with a distance of 11.37 meters followed by Malanie Louw with 10.79m and Lelani Minnie with a distance of 10.12m.The three medals bring Namibia’s tally up to 10 medals of which two are gold, two silver and six bronze since the Zone Six Youth Games started in the capital one week ago.Namibia’s first silver medal was won by the netball team on Saturday while high jumper Atman Oberholzer won the second gold medal.Oberholzer managed to clear 2.00 meters followed by Botswana athlete Orapeleng Kelebogile with 1.95m, while Namibia’s Ryno Katroli won bronze with 1.90m.Namibia’s other bronze medals came from P.J.Schoombee in shot put for men, Mauritz van der Merwe in the discus throw, Chantelle van Rensburg in the high jump for women and Tiaan Maritz in the 110m Hurdles.