Namibia: Athletics Championships on This Weekend

18 March 2011

The second leg of the Rossing National Athletics Club Championships will take place this Saturday, 19 March at 09:00 at the Swakopmund Stadium.

This leg (second of three legs) will determine the athletes who will qualify for the Bank Windhoek Senior National Championships, which is scheduled to take place from 8 to 9 April in Windhoek.

More than 260 athletes from the Khomas, Otjozondjupa, Kavango, Caprivi, Oshana, Erongo, Hardap and Ohangwena regions, have already confirmed their participation, said Frank Fredericks, the president of Athletics Namibia.

Fredericks said that through sport, the youth are kept off the streets and are taught discipline. “With dedication and hard work we can show the world what sporting talent Namibia has to offer,” he concluded.

According to Riaan van Rooyen, head of corporate communication and social investment at Bank Windhoek, the bank sees it as priority and responsibility to support different sport codes in Namibia.

He pointed out that through sport the youth learns respect, how to compete against each other in good spirit and to gain physical fitness.

Athletics Namibia and Bank Windhoek in January signed a new sponsorship agreement to the tune of N$250 000 to support the sport code’s efforts to host five championships this year.

The sponsorship agreement is in line with the bank’s support towards the hosting of the first leg of the National Club Championship which took place on 22 January in Oshakati.

The Junior Championships are scheduled to take place from 1 to 2 April in Windhoek, while the Senior National Championships will take place from 8 to 9 April in Windhoek.

Welwitschia 77 AC is currently first on the log, while Golden Cheetah AC is in second place following the first leg held in Oshakati. Ohangwena Star AC are placed third while NDF AC are in fourth position and Oshakati AC fifth on the log table.

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