Author: Maurice Kambukwe (Maurice Kambukwe )

The Namibia Hockey Union over the weekend held trials to select a training squad for this year’s Outdoor Hockey Africa Cup, which will take place in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Okahandja Turf Club will this Saturday play host to the much-anticipated Okahandja Expo Derby horseracing event, and will again see the country’s top thoroughbred horses grinding shoulders in the garden town. 

Unam Rugby Club on Saturday overpowered Wanderers 37-31 in a well-attended premier league match at the Unam stadium in the capital.

Twenty teams are expected to tussle for top honours in the newly-launched Ongos Valley Futsal Winter Cup slated for next month in the capital.

Debmarine Desert Jewels head coach Sunette Burden said the Tri-Nations competition held last week was of great importance, as it helped them gauge themselves ahead of the 2023 World Cup qualifiers set for Cape Town, South Africa in August this year.

Coastal rugby outfit Kudus’ head coach Gawan Esterhuizen yesterday said his charges are upbeat and ready to lock horns with Grootfontein Rugby Club in tomorrow’s Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) Premier League clash in Walvis Bay.

Renowned athletics coach Henk Botha has said the recent 22nd edition of the African Athletics Championships in Mauritius was an important learning curve for young and upcoming Namibian athletes. 

Namibia’s senior netball team, the Debmarine Desert Jewels, yesterday dusted themselves off with a hard-fought 38-34 win over Zimbabwe to get their Tri-Nations Cup campaign back on track.

Although the sport of horseracing has seen tremendous growth over the last couple of years, event organisers feel much more work needs to be done, especially in the area of infrastructure development.

Seasoned racehorse Starlile from the Okahandja Racing Club on Saturday again proved its dominance during the MTC Winter Cup at the Okahatjipara turf in the Okondjatu vicinity, where it scooped the all-important 2200m Import Open category.