Sportsmanship rewarded

Mini sports tournaments took centre stage at the Emeraldsand Platforms Creative.Sport.Tourism Expo in the capital last week.

Basketball

In the three-on-three basketball event, The YN’s won the boys’ title, followed by ISO Elite and Muffins.

DHPS claimed the girls’ crown, with BAS Swiss Sisters finishing second and BAS Net Ninjas third.

Football

In the seven-a-side football match between the Namibia Media Team and the Chinese Embassy, the latter claimed a 3-1 victory.

Rugby

The seven-a-side rugby tournament saw Aca-Tech win the boys’ U17 title ahead of their only other opponent, Bawid Bezuidenhout, while Parkies claimed the boys’ U13 event after beating Suiderhof.

Bodybuilding

In the bodybuilding event, six athletes competed across three categories.

Herman Shimana won the Jeans Model category ahead of O’yisa Makayi, while Shikongo Stefan took top honours in Classic Bodybuilding ahead of Pedro Mututo and Makayi.

Max Mbuyi won the Open Bodybuilding division.

Shikongo, Shimana and Mbuyi consequently emerged as the three category champions.

Esports

Champions were crowned across Street Fighter 6, eFootball, Assetto Corsa Competizione and Geometry Dash Lite.

Johannes “Karmaloki” Johannes took first place in Street Fighter 6, with Kieyondre “Dremon” Maletzky finishing second and Taloshili “Talo” third.

Tommy “KING_IKELA21” Ikela won the eFootball title ahead of Divaldo “Nrg Mirries” Tavares in second place and Dhimbulukweni “@Zar_” Amoonga in third.

Richard Reschke won Assetto Corsa Competizione, with Adriaan Nel finishing second, while Joshua “Dexify” took the Geometry Dash Lite title.

Volleyball

The CST Volleyball Tournament saw Progress Private School and Deutsche Höhere Privatschule Windhoek (DHPS) crowned boys’ and girls’ U13 champions, respectively.

Chess

The 061 Crew was crowned Open section champion after going unbeaten throughout the chess event.

Grit Chess Women, meanwhile, emerged victorious in the women’s section, topping the three-team competition.