Playing like champions
Russell Bartlett Hockey Mini World Cup kicks off
The 17th edition of the Russell Bartlett Hockey Mini World Cup will be held at Windhoek Gymnasium this weekend.
K5 Sports CC alongside Standard Bank Namibia launched the competition on Tuesday. The tourney will take place today and tomorrow at the school premises.
Over 600 children from nine schools are expected to take part in 74 games of hockey.
Each school is assigned a country and they compete to decide the overall winners of the mini world cup. The cup will see schools from Katutura and Khomasdal, the coast and the wider central region competing for top honours.
The tourney started with a dream that Russel Bartlett and his daughter Shayne Cormack had. With the passing of her father, Cormack decided the tourney should be named after him.
According to Isack Hamata, Standard Bank's public relations and communications manager, their decision to come on board was based on their resolve to play a meaningful role in providing opportunities for growth and development in various sectors.
Hamata added that the bank and K5 Sports CC entered into a three-year sponsorship agreement.
“Our initial investment for this year is N$100 000. This will increase to N$120 000 next year and N$140 000 in the third year,” he said.
Hamata also touched on the benefits of sport for young people.
Shayne Cormack, one of the organisers and the founder of K5 Sports CC, said in 2002 she came up with the idea of the hockey mini world cup and it has continued to grow over the past years.
Cormack stressed the aim is to inspire youth to be involved in hockey and expose them to high-level platforms of competition.
“Through the years we have produced many national hockey players through the hockey mini world cup,” she said.
She said they have grown from six 'countries' to nine, and hope to extend the tourney to other regions.
Justicia Shipena
K5 Sports CC alongside Standard Bank Namibia launched the competition on Tuesday. The tourney will take place today and tomorrow at the school premises.
Over 600 children from nine schools are expected to take part in 74 games of hockey.
Each school is assigned a country and they compete to decide the overall winners of the mini world cup. The cup will see schools from Katutura and Khomasdal, the coast and the wider central region competing for top honours.
The tourney started with a dream that Russel Bartlett and his daughter Shayne Cormack had. With the passing of her father, Cormack decided the tourney should be named after him.
According to Isack Hamata, Standard Bank's public relations and communications manager, their decision to come on board was based on their resolve to play a meaningful role in providing opportunities for growth and development in various sectors.
Hamata added that the bank and K5 Sports CC entered into a three-year sponsorship agreement.
“Our initial investment for this year is N$100 000. This will increase to N$120 000 next year and N$140 000 in the third year,” he said.
Hamata also touched on the benefits of sport for young people.
Shayne Cormack, one of the organisers and the founder of K5 Sports CC, said in 2002 she came up with the idea of the hockey mini world cup and it has continued to grow over the past years.
Cormack stressed the aim is to inspire youth to be involved in hockey and expose them to high-level platforms of competition.
“Through the years we have produced many national hockey players through the hockey mini world cup,” she said.
She said they have grown from six 'countries' to nine, and hope to extend the tourney to other regions.
Justicia Shipena
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