Summer Cup crowns its champions

The Metropolitan Swabou Summer Cup tourney that took place in Oshakati at the weekend saw schools from Erongo and Kavango East regions crowned soccer and netball champions.Dibasen Junior Secondary School, which represented Erongo Region, won the football tournament by defeating Nyangana Combined School in the heated final match.Dibasen came from a goal behind to win the match by two goals to one.Erick Nankema from Nyangana scored the first goal of the match when the goalkeeper and defenders of Dibasen were caught off guard after their opponents were handed a throw in near the corner post in the early minutes of the game.Dibasen responded just seconds before the end of the first half when Benjamin Paulus netted a goal from the spot kick after a player was fouled in the 18 area.In the second half of the match, both teams showed what they were made of.It was in the last 10 minutes of the match when a ball from the left wing of Dibasen determined the outcome of the match as Paulus connected well with the ball and scored his second of the game.Nyangana did not give up and created a couple of good chances to level the scores but the goalkeeper and goalpost of Dibasen stood in their way.After the match, Dibasen Junior Secondary School coach Alouis Sabatha gave credit to his players' hard work.Sabatha said since 90 percent of his players are in grade 10 this year, winning the tournament was part of giving back to the school as they would be leaving the school end of this year.He also said that the reason for the good performance was due to the fact that football is the only entertainment for them in Okombahe village where they hail from.“Soccer is the only entertainment for them. What they did today was for the school because now they will have left something for the school,” Sabatha said.He said part of the winnings will be used to invest in sports at the school and the rest will be used to buy photocopier paper as they are approaching the year-end examinations.For winning the tournament, Dibasen Junior Secondary School walked away with N$15 000, gold medals and a trophy.Runners-up Nyangana Combined School walked with silver medals and N$9 000.Ombuumbu Junior Secondary School from Omusati Region took the third prize of N$6 000 and bronze medals while fourth-placed Empleheim Combined School from the Hardap Region walked away with N$4 000.In the netball division, first-time entries Ndiyona Combined School from Kavango East were crowned champions after they defeated Oshaaluwata Combined School from Omusati Region 24-18 in the final match.Ndiyona walked away with the first prize of N$15 000, gold medals and a trophy while runners-up Oshaaluwata received N$9 000 and silver medals.Oshekasheka Combined School from Oshana Region walked away with the third prize of N$6 000 and bronze medals while fourth-placed Danie Joubert Combined School from Hardap Region received N$4 000.KENYA KAMBOWE

Summer Cup crowns its champions

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Namibian Sun 2025-07-07

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Summer Cup crowns its champions

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