Daweb shines at Metropolitan Super Cup

ILENI NANDJATOThe Daweb Junior Secondary School (JSS) from Maltahöhe in the Hardap Region was crowned the champion of the 2018 Metropolitan Summer Football Cup.Okalongo School from Omusati Region, Oshaaluwata Combined School (CS) won the netball category, which ended at Oshakati on Saturday.Daweb JSS defeated the Erongo-based Karibib JSS 3-2 on penalties after a one-all draw, while Oshaaluwata handled Kavango East’s Nyangana CS 19-16 at the Oshakati Independence Stadium.The Hardap Region’s sport officer, Hukununa Andreson, said this was the second time the school took part in this under-17 tournament after it reached the quarterfinals in 2015 and failed to qualify for the finals the past two years.Metropolitan has sponsored the Summer Cup for the past 14 years.The company’s communication and branding officer, Laurencia Prinzonsky, told Namibian Sun that the aim of the competition is to creating a platform for junior secondary and combined schools with only up to grade 10 to compete against each other in netball and soccer.This year Metropolitan sponsored the competition to the tune of N$450 000 and eight regions participated.“This is our unique way of giving back to the community what they have put into the company. When we started it was only the northern regions of Omusati, Oshana, Ohangwena and Oshikoto that used to participate. “Each year we try to increase the sponsorship money and add at least one region and today we are now talking about eight regions. Our aim is for all the 14 regions to be fully represented in this youth football development,” Prinzonsky said.Daweb JSS CS defeated Adam Steve CS from the //Karas Region 3-0 in the semi-final, while Karibib JSS handed Nyangana CS, also from the Kavango East Region, a 7-6 defeat on penalties to advance to the final. Nyangana CS then defeated Adam Steve 8-1 to scoop the third place.On the netball category, the Oshaaluwata defeated Oshana-based Oshekasheka CS 21-16, while Kavango East’s Ndiyona defeated //Karas’s Lordville 23-12 to reach to the final. Oshekasheka defeated Lordville to take the third place.As champions of the tournament’s football category, Daweb JSS scooped a cash prize of N$15 000, a floating trophy and gold medals, while the Karibib CS boys received N$9 000 and silver medals, Nyangana CS received N$6000 and bronze medals.The prizes in the netball competition were the same as in the football category. The sport officer for Omusati, Mathew Ndeshitila, told Namibian Sun that his region is taking sport development seriously. “For three consecutive years we were the Skorpion Zinc champions for the under-17 regional football team, we are the 2015 Newspaper Cup winners and today we are the 2018 Metropolitan Super Cup netball winner. The region is on fire and all the sport trainers are just on fire. Oshaaluwata was last year’s runner-up and but they manage to come back and become the winner. There is good cooperation between school coaches and the sport ministry,” Ndeshitila said.“I would like to applaud everyone involved in the sport development of the Omusati Region.”The Oshana youth officer, Toini Kasheeta, said they felt privileged to be the host region of the tournament every year. She said the competition keeps learners and trainers busy throughout the year to achieve the best results.“Before we get to the national finals, the competition starts at cluster level. Winners from the clusters compete at the circuit level, and the circuit winners compete to go to the national finals at the regional levels. At all these levels learners are being trained professional sport and only the deserving team will go to the finals,” Kasheeta said. She said the ministry of sport is responsible for transporting the learners to the tournament and they always get involved from the beginning. The eight regions that participated and their schools are: Oshikoto represented by Onyuulaye (football) and Ondjamba (netball); Ohangwena - Immanuel Uahengo (football) and Ehafo (netball); Oshana - Okau (football) and Oshekasheka (netball); Omusati - John Shekundja (football) and Oshaaluwata (netball); Kavango East - Nyangana (football) and Ndiyona (netball); Erongo - Karibib (football) and Atlantics (netball); Hardap - Daweb (football) and Danie Joubert (netball); //Karas - Adam Steve (football) and Lordville (netball).

Daweb shines at Metropolitan Super Cup

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Namibian Sun 2025-09-11

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