National colours for teams
The Namibian Sport Commission has handed over national colours to swimmers and chess players.
Two swimmers and 12 chess players received national sport colours from NSC chief administrator Freddy Mwiya yesterday.
Heleni Stergiadis and Zune Weber will be travelling to the sixth annual FIINA Junior World Swimming Championships scheduled for 23 - 28 August in Indianapolis, USA.
The team will be accompanied by coach Janis Stergiadis and team manager Phinelia Stergiadis. The team was supposed to consist of three swimmers but Roman Wantenaar pulled out because of injury.
The Namibia Chess Federation will send Ottilie Hinda, Lilian Jansen, Lure Horn, Kisha van Wyk, Taisha Uris, Patience Tsuses, Galeshewe, Jane Ditshaba, Jazzmo Kotze, Kevin Guirab, Manfredo Gaoseb and Anthony van der Meer to compete in the 2017 African Schools Individual Chess Championships which will take place from 19-27 August in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Stergiadis said swimming is a very demanding sport but they prepared the swimmers well for the championship.
“The swimmers wake up early every day to train and then again in the afternoon. They have no social life because training takes up most of their time. They are ready to take up the challenge in the US,” she said. Weber, one of the swimmers, said they have been pushing themselves at training. “We will do our best and improve on our personal best times,” she said.
Van Wyk, an experienced chess player who has been playing the game for eight years, said she was well prepared and hoped to return with a medal. Mwiya was impressed with the work the swimming federation is putting into grooming great swimmers and encouraged them to reach out to potential swimmers in regions such as Zambezi.
He also encouraged the Chess Federation to continue grooming young players. “You have very young players in your federation, let's groom them into great sport ambassadors for Namibia,” he said.
The Namibia Boxing Federation was also supposed to receive national colours but did not turn up as they had to meet a potential sponsor.
LIMBA MUPETAMI
Heleni Stergiadis and Zune Weber will be travelling to the sixth annual FIINA Junior World Swimming Championships scheduled for 23 - 28 August in Indianapolis, USA.
The team will be accompanied by coach Janis Stergiadis and team manager Phinelia Stergiadis. The team was supposed to consist of three swimmers but Roman Wantenaar pulled out because of injury.
The Namibia Chess Federation will send Ottilie Hinda, Lilian Jansen, Lure Horn, Kisha van Wyk, Taisha Uris, Patience Tsuses, Galeshewe, Jane Ditshaba, Jazzmo Kotze, Kevin Guirab, Manfredo Gaoseb and Anthony van der Meer to compete in the 2017 African Schools Individual Chess Championships which will take place from 19-27 August in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Stergiadis said swimming is a very demanding sport but they prepared the swimmers well for the championship.
“The swimmers wake up early every day to train and then again in the afternoon. They have no social life because training takes up most of their time. They are ready to take up the challenge in the US,” she said. Weber, one of the swimmers, said they have been pushing themselves at training. “We will do our best and improve on our personal best times,” she said.
Van Wyk, an experienced chess player who has been playing the game for eight years, said she was well prepared and hoped to return with a medal. Mwiya was impressed with the work the swimming federation is putting into grooming great swimmers and encouraged them to reach out to potential swimmers in regions such as Zambezi.
He also encouraged the Chess Federation to continue grooming young players. “You have very young players in your federation, let's groom them into great sport ambassadors for Namibia,” he said.
The Namibia Boxing Federation was also supposed to receive national colours but did not turn up as they had to meet a potential sponsor.
LIMBA MUPETAMI
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