Debmarine tourney attracts regions

Eleven regions have confirmed their participation in the Debmarine Netball championship in Windhoek this weekend. The tournament will give netball players a chance to be selected for the national senior netball team.There are two pools in which players will compete. Pool X will consist of Kavango East, Kavango East, Otjozondjupa, Kavango West, Karas and Omaheke. Pool Y will consist of Khomas, Erongo, Oshana, Ohangwena and Zambezi.Matches will be played on a round robin basis. Games will start on Friday, with Otjozondjupa playing Omaheke Region at 18:00 and then Khomas taking on Erongo Region at 18:45.Games will continue on Saturday, accompanied by training for umpires and bench officials. This is to empower and develop administrators for the game according to Rebekka Goagoses, spokesperson for Netball Namibia.Goagoses says not only will players get the opportunity to hone their skills on the court but administrators will also receive training to help grow the game.At the end of the tournament, the winners will receive N$30 000, the runners-up N$15 000 and the third-placed team N$9000.Netball has suffered from lack of sponsorship in recent years, which resulted in limited tournaments, but recently Debmarine Namibia came to the rescue of a financially struggling Netball Namibia with a sponsorship of N$1.8 million over three years.Netball Namibia will receive N$600 000 each year from the diamond-mining company until the contract ends.The code has become the second recipient of a lucrative sponsorship from the company after the Namibia Football Association (NFA) also received a sponsorship last year.The funds will be used for staging netball championships and an annual five-nation tournament which will see Namibia, Swaziland, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe challenging for top honours.N$10 000 will be distributed to 14 regional leagues, while the remaining funds will be used for administration purposes.Entrance to the weekend's netball games is free of charge. All matches will be paid at Khomasdal Court in Windhoek.

Debmarine tourney attracts regions

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Namibian Sun 2025-05-12

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