Facebook tournament crowns champions The 2016 Facebook Sports Tournament at the Oluno Sports Ground in Ondangwa ended with a prize-giving ceremony on Saturday. The tournament started on the weekend of 6 August with different sport codes such as netball, volleyball and football for veterans and youth. One of the event organisers, Vaino Shimutwikeni, told Nampa that Air Force A and Ondangwa Masters are the tournament’s champions in the youth and veterans’ football respectively.
Air Force A won after beating Hope Academy 4-3 on penalties, following their goalless draw in normal time of the final.
Ondangwa Masters defeated Eenhana-based Green Side 5-4 on penalties, after the two teams played to a 2-all draw in the normal time of their final match.
Air Force B took the third prize in the youth football category after beating NamPol Ohangwena 2-0, while the third prize in the veterans’ football category went to Ondangwa Legend. Netball and volleyball competitions were completed during the first round on 6 and 7 August and won by two Namibia Defence Force (NDF) teams - Composite Depot and Six Stars. As the winning teams, Composite Depot received a floating trophy, gold medals and N$5 000, while Six Stars took home a floating trophy, gold medals and N$3 000.
Twenty-one Brigade, also an NDF team, were the runners-up in both the netball and volleyball categories. “Six Stars ended third in the netball category, which shows the NDF dominated the tournament,” Shimutwikeni said. Air Force A and B were the other NDF teams in the semi-finals of the youth category on Saturday. Prizes for the veterans’ football category are a floating trophy, gold medals and N$5 000 (first prize), silver medals and N$3 000 (second prize) and N$2 000 (third prize).
In the youth football category, prizes awarded were a floating trophy, gold medals and N$7 000 (first prize), silver medals and N$4 000 (second prize) and N$2 000 (third prize). The tournament caters for those not playing in formal football league, and is aimed at socialising and displaying the talent of retired and emerging players.
Shimutwikeni appealed for more financial contributions by businesses and individuals in order to make the organising committee’s dream of big prizes for future champions a reality.
NAMPA