Omaheke Top 8 for July The Epukiro Sports Council will host the Omaheke Top 8 football and netball tourney on 7 July 2018 at the Legare Stadium in Gobabis. The tournament is played by teams from Omaheke's constituencies that reached the quarterfinals of their annual December tournaments.
Speaking to Nampa on Thursday, the public relations officer of the Epukiro Sports Council, Kuveri Tjonga, said the total budget is N$35 000. Football gets N$23 000 and the remaining N$12 000 is reserved for netball.
The registration fee per soccer team is N$1 500 and netball teams pay N$800.
However, there is a N$600 discount for clubs that enter both football and netball teams, said Tjonga.
“This is intended to encourage village teams to perform better in the two sports codes and especially to promote netball,” he explained.
The netball winners will receive N$6 000, a trophy plus 12 gold medals, while the runners-up will get N$3 000 and 12 silver medals. The two semi-finalists will each take home N$1 500.
As for soccer, the winner will walk away with N$11 000, a trophy plus 20 gold medals and the runners-up will take home N$6 000 and 20 silver medals.
There will be special prizes for the player of the tournament, coach and most disciplined player of the tournament in both sport codes.
In addition, the goalkeeper and defender of the tournament will take home trophies in the football category.
“We usually do this to promote the players and discipline them as well,” added Tjonga.
Last year's soccer winners were Okaoveni from Otjinene, who failed to qualify for this year's competition, while Aminuis-based outfit Evero won the netball category.
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