Basketball to light up the week

Basketball to light up the week The highly-anticipated Namibia Basketball School League (NBSL) will see thrilling second round matches being played this week, starting today at the Deutsche Höhere Privatschule (DHPS) sports field at 14:20.

Wednesday's matches will take place at the Katutura Youth Complex, while the Friday and Saturday clashes will take place at DHPS.

The organisers hope this round of matches will be as successful as last weekend's clashes in which the under-16 girls from Windhoek International School reigned supreme.

They beat Amazing Kids 38-10. The u-14 Windhoek International girls also showed dominance by defeating Van Rhyn Primary School 20-0.

Saturday's games were all played at the Chairman Mao Zedong High School in Otjomuise. The Windhoek International u-14 girls continued their winning streak by scooping another win against People's Primary School, with the game ending 20-0.

Mandume Primary School's u-14 girls beat Gammams Primary School 20-0.

The u-14 Van Rhyn boys also claimed a 20-0 win over Gammams Primary. The older divisions also served up some action with Khomas High School taking the away win against St George's 20-0.

Dawid Bezuidenhout High School beat the u-16 boys from Amazing Kids 20-0. The u-19 boys division saw Windhoek International beating St George's 20-0.

Immanuel Shifidi Secondary School u-19 girls beat Dawid Bezuidenhout 103-15.

In a nail-biting game in the same age group, the Academia High School boys walked away as the winners against Khomas High 41-40

The NBSL was started in 2018 and is run under the auspices of the Namibian Basketball Federation (NBF). The league attracts public and private schools that compete at u-11, u-14, u-16 and u-19 level.

The league is one to watch in terms of basketball and sport development generally.

“The league is really growing. It's the first time we have enough girls in the under-14 division. I would really urge parents to encourage their children to partake in sport, especially basketball,” said Jacobina Uushona, one of the organisers of the league.

LIMBA MUPETAMI