Women’s league set for March 2009

THE Namibian women’s football leagues will only kick off next March, it was announced yesterday.

Namibia Football Association (NFA) executive member Jacky Gertze said all women’s football leagues in the country will only start next year because most players are involved in exams this time of the year. The regions that have active women’s league structures include Caprivi, Oshana, Kavango, Karas and Khomas.Gertze also announced that a Women Referees Beginners Course will be held in Windhoek this weekend and will involve 30 women.BEAUTIES TO SA Also, Gertze said that Khomas Women Football League champions Okahandja Beauties have been invited to compete at the International Women Clubs Tournament in South Africa next year.The side, which has the crop of the best players in the country who are mostly also part of the under-20 and the Brave Gladiators side, will come up against the likes of Arsenal, Manchester United, Kaizer Chiefs, Orlando Pirates and many other teams from South Africa and Europe.But before that, Gertze, who has been making inroads in the promotion and development of women’s football in the country since she was elected to the NFA executive committee in 2006, will be off to Santiago, Chile, for the Women’s Fifa Under-20 World Cup.She will serve as the assistant general co-ordinator on the organising committee of the event during the event from November 10 until December 8.Meanwhile, Brave Gladiators head coach Jacqui Shipanga will be heading to Auckland, New Zealand, for a Women’s Football Development Course within the context of the Fifa Under-17 Women’s World Cup in New Zealand between October 23 until November 16.The regions that have active women’s league structures include Caprivi, Oshana, Kavango, Karas and Khomas.Gertze also announced that a Women Referees Beginners Course will be held in Windhoek this weekend and will involve 30 women.BEAUTIES TO SA Also, Gertze said that Khomas Women Football League champions Okahandja Beauties have been invited to compete at the International Women Clubs Tournament in South Africa next year.The side, which has the crop of the best players in the country who are mostly also part of the under-20 and the Brave Gladiators side, will come up against the likes of Arsenal, Manchester United, Kaizer Chiefs, Orlando Pirates and many other teams from South Africa and Europe.But before that, Gertze, who has been making inroads in the promotion and development of women’s football in the country since she was elected to the NFA executive committee in 2006, will be off to Santiago, Chile, for the Women’s Fifa Under-20 World Cup.She will serve as the assistant general co-ordinator on the organising committee of the event during the event from November 10 until December 8.Meanwhile, Brave Gladiators head coach Jacqui Shipanga will be heading to Auckland, New Zealand, for a Women’s Football Development Course within the context of the Fifa Under-17 Women’s World Cup in New Zealand between October 23 until November 16.