X Team, Sparta in worthy wins

THE two teams from the coast, X Team and Sparta, made their trip to Windhoek worthwhile with only Sparta losing one match in the 2006 Indoor Hockey League played at the Deutsche Turn and Sportverein (DTS) Hall on Saturday.

X Team won both their matches in the Men’s First League while Sparta drew two games and lost one in the Women’s First League. In their first match, X Team, runners up in the 2005 Men’s First League, showed Hockey cc Rehoboth how tough the competition was in their division.However, X Team did not have it easy against the youngsters from Rehoboth, having won by just one goal in a game that ended 4-3.Hockey cc Rehoboth was promoted to the Men’s First League after they won the Men’s Second League convincingly in 2005.X Team then went on to beat defending champions DTS Draughters by 3-1, from one goal down after the first stanza.DTS’s Luke Pennefather opened the scoreboard with a goal through a short corner in the first half.X Team tried tirelessly to get even but two of their goals were disallowed by referee Cedric Makati, who made a number of questionable decisions.Soon after the break, X Team’s Jasper van Zyl equalised.The goal ignited the fire within X team and they soon took over the lead thanks to excellent play by Van Zyl.The coastal sides’ third goal came through Shaldon Isaacs who ran and scored into an empty net after the goalkeeper misjudged his attempt to stop the opposing player.Thanks to clever play and teamwork by Isaacs, Fabio Silheu and Sydney Nawuseb, X Team went home a happy bunch.Sparta, on the other hand, lost one match out of three against Unam (0-1), but managed to play to a stalemate against Wanderers (1-1) and Windhoek Old Boys Sports Club (WOBSC) (2-2).In other matches played, Unam’s Men’s Premier League team recorded the highest score margin with a 10-2 win over Wanderers.The results of the weekend: Friday Civics 3-2 Ramblers Men’s First League Unam 7-2 WOBSC Men’s First League Saturday Wanderers 1-1 Ramblers Men’s First League Sparta 1-1 Wanderers Women’s First X Team 4-3 Hockey cc Rehoboth Men’s First Unam 1-0 Sparta Women’s First DTS Draughters 1-3 X Team Men’s First Hockey cc Rehobth 1-1 Unam Men’s First Sparta 2-2 WOBSC Women’s First Ramblers 3-3 WOBSC Women’s Premier Wanderers 2-10 Unam Men’s Premier League.-NampaIn their first match, X Team, runners up in the 2005 Men’s First League, showed Hockey cc Rehoboth how tough the competition was in their division.However, X Team did not have it easy against the youngsters from Rehoboth, having won by just one goal in a game that ended 4-3.Hockey cc Rehoboth was promoted to the Men’s First League after they won the Men’s Second League convincingly in 2005.X Team then went on to beat defending champions DTS Draughters by 3-1, from one goal down after the first stanza.DTS’s Luke Pennefather opened the scoreboard with a goal through a short corner in the first half.X Team tried tirelessly to get even but two of their goals were disallowed by referee Cedric Makati, who made a number of questionable decisions.Soon after the break, X Team’s Jasper van Zyl equalised.The goal ignited the fire within X team and they soon took over the lead thanks to excellent play by Van Zyl.The coastal sides’ third goal came through Shaldon Isaacs who ran and scored into an empty net after the goalkeeper misjudged his attempt to stop the opposing player.Thanks to clever play and teamwork by Isaacs, Fabio Silheu and Sydney Nawuseb, X Team went home a happy bunch.Sparta, on the other hand, lost one match out of three against Unam (0-1), but managed to play to a stalemate against Wanderers (1-1) and Windhoek Old Boys Sports Club (WOBSC) (2-2).In other matches played, Unam’s Men’s Premier League team recorded the highest score margin with a 10-2 win over Wanderers.The results of the weekend: Friday Civics 3-2 Ramblers Men’s First League Unam 7-2 WOBSC Men’s First League Saturday Wanderers 1-1 Ramblers Men’s First League Sparta 1-1 Wanderers Women’s First X Team 4-3 Hockey cc Rehoboth Men’s First Unam 1-0 Sparta Women’s First DTS Draughters 1-3 X Team Men’s First Hockey cc Rehobth 1-1 Unam Men’s First Sparta 2-2 WOBSC Women’s First Ramblers 3-3 WOBSC Women’s Premier Wanderers 2-10 Unam Men’s Premier League.-Nampa