Coach wants a league for players
An Omaheke netball enthusiast wants a netball league in the region to showcase players' talents.
Netball enthusiast Constancia Katjimune in the Omaheke Region has called for the establishment of a formal regional league to allow local players an opportunity to showcase their talents.
Katjimune, a netball coach who led the Omaheke team during the Debmarine Senior Regional Netball Championship in Windhoek earlier this month, said the players gave their all in the competition and proved that there was a great future for netball in Omaheke.
She said there had been no senior netball in the region for close to ten years.
“The team that represented Omaheke Region was put together in a matter of less than a month; all this because there is no active netball league,” she said.
Katjimune bemoaned the lack of sponsorship for local netball, saying that the region had a lot of undiscovered talent.
“I am sure that if we get a sponsor for a netball league, we will go a long way in uplifting local netball,” she said.
She said more local netball tournaments would be organised in due course to raise the profile of the sport in the region and to give talented players a chance to be spotted by scouts.
Omaheke ended third of ten regions that took part in the tournament after clinching a 15-14 victory against Otjozondjupa in a narrowly contested third-place encounter.
The team had earlier lost to an in-form Erongo Region by 37-22 points in the semi-finals. Omaheke walked away with N$9 000 and bronze.
The nail-biting encounter against Otjozondjupa and the team's overall performance in the competition led local netball pundits to believe that netball in the region is on the right path.
The tournament was eventually won by Khomas after edging Erongo 41-29.
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Katjimune, a netball coach who led the Omaheke team during the Debmarine Senior Regional Netball Championship in Windhoek earlier this month, said the players gave their all in the competition and proved that there was a great future for netball in Omaheke.
She said there had been no senior netball in the region for close to ten years.
“The team that represented Omaheke Region was put together in a matter of less than a month; all this because there is no active netball league,” she said.
Katjimune bemoaned the lack of sponsorship for local netball, saying that the region had a lot of undiscovered talent.
“I am sure that if we get a sponsor for a netball league, we will go a long way in uplifting local netball,” she said.
She said more local netball tournaments would be organised in due course to raise the profile of the sport in the region and to give talented players a chance to be spotted by scouts.
Omaheke ended third of ten regions that took part in the tournament after clinching a 15-14 victory against Otjozondjupa in a narrowly contested third-place encounter.
The team had earlier lost to an in-form Erongo Region by 37-22 points in the semi-finals. Omaheke walked away with N$9 000 and bronze.
The nail-biting encounter against Otjozondjupa and the team's overall performance in the competition led local netball pundits to believe that netball in the region is on the right path.
The tournament was eventually won by Khomas after edging Erongo 41-29.
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