Youth Cup to hit Namibian schools

OVER a hundred secondary schools around Namibia are expected to compete in the first ever Coca Cola Football Youth Cup which was launched in the capital on Friday.

The tournament starts from July 24, with the finals billed for September 26 this year. The competition, which will be played on a knock-out basis, will see 13 regional champions emerging who will then proceed to the national stage where the ultimate champion will be crowned.The winners of the Cup will walk away with a whopping N$70 000, which will according to the General Manager of Namibia Beverages, Frik Oosthuizen will be used to purchase the necessary educational resources at the respective winning schools.The runners up will walk away with N$30 000, while the third place school will receive N$15 000.The fourth-placed team goes home with N$7 500.Oosthuizen said the competition is a global grassroots effort that encourages scholars to play and watch the best loved sport in the world.”Hundreds of thousands of school children from Mexico to Mozambique have participated in such successful grassroots youth soccer programmes through the encouragement and support of the company and its network of bottlers.Oosthuizen also announced that for every goal scored, a cash donation of N$100 will be made towards the nurturing of Namibia’s HIV/AIDS orphans.Basic Education Sport and Culture Minister, John Mutorwa, launched the competition and urged for the involvement the private sector in financially supporting sport as Government cannot do it alone.The tournament has been endorsed by the Ministry and will be run under the auspices of the Directorate of Sport.The competition, which will be played on a knock-out basis, will see 13 regional champions emerging who will then proceed to the national stage where the ultimate champion will be crowned.The winners of the Cup will walk away with a whopping N$70 000, which will according to the General Manager of Namibia Beverages, Frik Oosthuizen will be used to purchase the necessary educational resources at the respective winning schools.The runners up will walk away with N$30 000, while the third place school will receive N$15 000.The fourth-placed team goes home with N$7 500.Oosthuizen said the competition is a global grassroots effort that encourages scholars to play and watch the best loved sport in the world.”Hundreds of thousands of school children from Mexico to Mozambique have participated in such successful grassroots youth soccer programmes through the encouragement and support of the company and its network of bottlers.Oosthuizen also announced that for every goal scored, a cash donation of N$100 will be made towards the nurturing of Namibia’s HIV/AIDS orphans.Basic Education Sport and Culture Minister, John Mutorwa, launched the competition and urged for the involvement the private sector in financially supporting sport as Government cannot do it alone.The tournament has been endorsed by the Ministry and will be run under the auspices of the Directorate of Sport.