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Wrestling, boxing added to Khomas Community Cup

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Wrestling, boxing added to Khomas Community CupWrestling, boxing added to Khomas Community Cup The Khomas Community Cup will see a host of sport activities taking place at two venues in Windhoek over the weekend.

This will be the third year that the competition will be hosted.

While football and netball have featured prominently during the past editions, two more codes have been added to the line-up this year.

Wrestling and boxing have been added with the UN Plaza in Soweto due to stage bouts on Friday and Saturday respectively.

Sport officer, Gabriel Katuuo explained that they opted to expand the sporting codes as a way of raising awareness.

“People in the grassroots level do not know much about wrestling and we thought it would be good to draw attention to the sport,” he told Namibian Sun.

Katuuo added that there appears to be significant interest in the code as about 50 kids regularly receive training at the After School Centre in Katutura''s Grysblok Township.

“They are trained by Luis Forcelledo and sometimes they do not get enough competitions. And bearing in mind that Namibia did not manage to send a wrestler to this year''s Olympic Games, unlike the 2012 event, we felt this can help boost them to achieve that level of success again,” he said.

Since there are not many wrestling clubs in Windhoek, the youngsters will be divided according to weight and compete in about 15 bouts.

The boxing tournament will pit a team from Erongo against a Khomas side.

“The Khomas boxers normally just compete amongst each other and again we thought it would be good for them to get fighters from outside to improve their level of competition,” Katuuo informed.

The cup is targeted at teams at the periphery of the Khomas Region with sides from Groot Aub joining sides from informal settlements like Havana, Okahandja Park and Agste Laan.

The winning football and netball teams are set to walk away with a floating trophy, a sponsored team kit and training gear.

The runners-up and losing semi-finalists will receive balls they can keep after the tournament.

In boxing, the region with the most wins at the end of the day, will receive a cup and medals.

“I want to thank the Ministry of Sport for their support and also extend a word of appreciation to the Namibia Breweries Limited, who sponsored us with some drinks.

“I also plead to other companies to join in our efforts to uplift the Khomas community,” Katuuo said.

HECTOR MAWONGA

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