Omuthiya hosts BMX championship
The Namibia Cycling Federation (NCF) and Rand & Merchant Bank (RMB) on Saturday hosted the BMX Inter-Regional Championship at Omuthiya.
The project was launched last year with the support of RMB through the First National Bank Foundation.
A total of 148 children showed off their cycling skills. The majority, 110, were from Omuthiya.
The same event was held at Rundu the previous weekend, with about 90 participants.
Regional BMX committees have been established at Omuthiya, Gobabis, Omaruru, Okahandja, Rundu and in Windhoek since the NCF added BMX as a recognised sport code last year. All participants get to use BMX bicycles donated to the regional committees by RMB.
The participants in Saturday's event were categorised into five age groups ranging from eight to 16-years, boys and girls separately.
The Oshikoto regional sports officer, Nicodemus Amadhila, commended the NCF and RMB for developing cycling at the town.
“The event was very successful and we cannot wait for the next round. This initiative is great in a sense that it gives the youngsters a sense of competition at a very young age, which enables them to take this further as they grow older,” he told Nampa on Saturday.
NCF chairperson Salomo Ndeshimona told Nampa that the tricks performed in the competition were kept simple, since the participants are young and are still learning.
“We will however add a few more to the already existing tricks, which are straight line and around-a-corner riding in the next competition, which will be held in Windhoek,” Ndeshimona said.
The names of the six winners in each group will be announced in due course.
BMX, or bicycle motocross, started in the 1970s with children racing and performing all sorts of stunts on the dirt roads of California in the United States, using bicycles that are light and easy to manoeuvre.
NAMPA
The project was launched last year with the support of RMB through the First National Bank Foundation.
A total of 148 children showed off their cycling skills. The majority, 110, were from Omuthiya.
The same event was held at Rundu the previous weekend, with about 90 participants.
Regional BMX committees have been established at Omuthiya, Gobabis, Omaruru, Okahandja, Rundu and in Windhoek since the NCF added BMX as a recognised sport code last year. All participants get to use BMX bicycles donated to the regional committees by RMB.
The participants in Saturday's event were categorised into five age groups ranging from eight to 16-years, boys and girls separately.
The Oshikoto regional sports officer, Nicodemus Amadhila, commended the NCF and RMB for developing cycling at the town.
“The event was very successful and we cannot wait for the next round. This initiative is great in a sense that it gives the youngsters a sense of competition at a very young age, which enables them to take this further as they grow older,” he told Nampa on Saturday.
NCF chairperson Salomo Ndeshimona told Nampa that the tricks performed in the competition were kept simple, since the participants are young and are still learning.
“We will however add a few more to the already existing tricks, which are straight line and around-a-corner riding in the next competition, which will be held in Windhoek,” Ndeshimona said.
The names of the six winners in each group will be announced in due course.
BMX, or bicycle motocross, started in the 1970s with children racing and performing all sorts of stunts on the dirt roads of California in the United States, using bicycles that are light and easy to manoeuvre.
NAMPA
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