Golden Star football team shines
The winners in each category received a full football kit and prize money as a way to support local football teams.
Golden Star Football Team, Onelago United and Ongwediva City Veteran Team scooped the 2017 Sand of Armas annual soccer competition at Mvula sport field at Omaalala village.
Walvis Bay businessman Andreas Armas sponsored the three categories of the competition to the tune of N$10 000.
The first category included all village football teams in Oshana; the second category consisted of ten veteran teams from the region and the last category consisted of four senior teams.
The three-day competition started on 30 December and the finals took place on New Year's Day.
Golden Star won the first category after beating Mvula Football Team 1-0 and received a trophy, a football kit, soccer balls and N$2 000.
Ongwediva City Veteran Team scooped their category after beating the Ondangwa Legend team 3-0, and also received a trophy, a football kit, soccer balls and N$2 000.
The third category consisted of three Oshana Second Division teams - Oshakati City Football Club, Onelago United and GK - and a North-West First Division team, Ongwediva City.
Onelago United scooped this category after beating GK by 1-0. They were awarded a trophy, football kit and training accessories, soccer balls and N$15 000.
A member of the organising committee, Linekela Shipindo, told Namibian Sun that the tournament was introduced in 2012 as an initiative to unite former football players in the Oshana Region and later it was set as a platform to motivate and inspire young local football players by mingling them with regional football legends.
Armas, who is originally from Omaalala village were the tournament took place, said the competition was aimed at supporting local football teams who had approached him for support.
“Many football teams approached me to support them. As much as I would like to support them, they are a lot and I cannot support them all. I also do not want to support one team only. I then decided that all the teams that need my support have to work hard for it through competition,” Armas said.
Armas invited other businesspeople in the region to come on board to make the competition bigger and better. The chairperson of the Oshana Village-based Football League, Herman Paulus Kalimbo, said most of the teams in the region could not afford soccer kit, balls and transport money.
“It's through competitions like these where they earn what they need only by working hard,” Kalimbo said.
Among the prominent players who played for the veterans' teams were former Brave Warriors player Cascas Angula and former Premier League players Angula Shikatana, Rasta Mandume, Chichi Nambuli and Johannes Iyambo.
ILENI NANDJATO
Walvis Bay businessman Andreas Armas sponsored the three categories of the competition to the tune of N$10 000.
The first category included all village football teams in Oshana; the second category consisted of ten veteran teams from the region and the last category consisted of four senior teams.
The three-day competition started on 30 December and the finals took place on New Year's Day.
Golden Star won the first category after beating Mvula Football Team 1-0 and received a trophy, a football kit, soccer balls and N$2 000.
Ongwediva City Veteran Team scooped their category after beating the Ondangwa Legend team 3-0, and also received a trophy, a football kit, soccer balls and N$2 000.
The third category consisted of three Oshana Second Division teams - Oshakati City Football Club, Onelago United and GK - and a North-West First Division team, Ongwediva City.
Onelago United scooped this category after beating GK by 1-0. They were awarded a trophy, football kit and training accessories, soccer balls and N$15 000.
A member of the organising committee, Linekela Shipindo, told Namibian Sun that the tournament was introduced in 2012 as an initiative to unite former football players in the Oshana Region and later it was set as a platform to motivate and inspire young local football players by mingling them with regional football legends.
Armas, who is originally from Omaalala village were the tournament took place, said the competition was aimed at supporting local football teams who had approached him for support.
“Many football teams approached me to support them. As much as I would like to support them, they are a lot and I cannot support them all. I also do not want to support one team only. I then decided that all the teams that need my support have to work hard for it through competition,” Armas said.
Armas invited other businesspeople in the region to come on board to make the competition bigger and better. The chairperson of the Oshana Village-based Football League, Herman Paulus Kalimbo, said most of the teams in the region could not afford soccer kit, balls and transport money.
“It's through competitions like these where they earn what they need only by working hard,” Kalimbo said.
Among the prominent players who played for the veterans' teams were former Brave Warriors player Cascas Angula and former Premier League players Angula Shikatana, Rasta Mandume, Chichi Nambuli and Johannes Iyambo.
ILENI NANDJATO
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