Mini Basketball Tourney a Hit in Tsumeb - Apr 11, 2013
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Windhoek The Namibian Basketball Federation (NBF) successfully hosted its highly anticipated mini basketball development tourney at Tsumeb on Saturday.
About 100 participants took part in the Tsumeb Mini Basketball Programme, which attracted participants from St Francis Primary School (boys and girls team), Nomtsoub Primary School (boys and girls team), Francis Galton Primary School (mixed team), Ondundu Primary School (boys team) and Tsumeb English Medium Primary School (boys team) [read more]
Windhoek The Namibian Basketball Federation (NBF) successfully hosted its highly anticipated mini basketball development tourney at Tsumeb on Saturday. About 100 participants took part in the Tsumeb Mini Basketball Programme, which attracted participants from St Francis Primary School (boys and girls team), Nomtsoub Primary School (boys and girls team), Francis Galton Primary School (mixed team), Ondundu Primary School (boys team) and Tsumeb English Medium Primary School (boys team). The NBF held several individual training sessions that included ball handling and shooting skills to help motivate the youngsters to continue working on their fundamentals. The youngsters were also taken through the ropes as they played a few games that were aimed at giving them a taste of competition. St Francis won both the boys and girls category, while Grootfontein won the mixed category. The NBF development officer, Francina Amakali, assisted by German expert Frank Albin and several local volunteers organised the mini development tourney. The tournament was made possible through Dr Nderecha from Alpha Clinic who sponsored the trophies, FNB, the German Olympic Sports Confederation and the German Federal Foreign Office, who donated equipment to the participating teams. Meanwhile, the NBF also launched their first basketball high performance centre in Namibia in Tsumeb under the guidance of Francina Amakali, Frank Albin and local coaches. Selected players born during the period 1996 to 2000 will work every week on their individual skills according to standards set by the NBF and progress will be evaluated on a regular basis. The NBF is planning to implement such high performance centres in various regions to raise skill level and groom future national players. Courtesy of: http://basket-in-africa.blogspot.com
KHOMAS Basketball Association (KBA) League Director Allan Nghixulifwa allegedly assaulted Polytechnic Blues player Penda Hashoongo on Sunday.
Hashoongo told The Namibian Sport yesterday that Nghixulifwa attacked him before a friendly match between Poly Blues and Ocean Splash at the University of Namibia basketball court.
The small forward and captain of Poly Blues believes the "shock" attack may have been sparked by a comment he (Hashoongo) made on the social network Facebook a week earlier [read more]
KHOMAS Basketball Association (KBA) League Director Allan Nghixulifwa allegedly assaulted Polytechnic Blues player Penda Hashoongo on Sunday. Hashoongo told The Namibian Sport yesterday that Nghixulifwa attacked him before a friendly match between Poly Blues and Ocean Splash at the University of Namibia basketball court. The small forward and captain of Poly Blues believes the "shock" attack may have been sparked by a comment he (Hashoongo) made on the social network Facebook a week earlier. According to Hashoongo, who has since opened a case of assault against Nghixulifwa (CR229/04/13) with the police, the post had made no reference to Nghixulifwa as it only intimated that he intended to register his team for the upcoming season. However Nghixulifwa is understood to have taken exception to the post and instructed Hashoongo to delete the post, a directive which the latter ignored. "He just walked up to me and punched me in the stomach and pushed me against the wall and choking me. He said he was tired of my sh*t," Hashoongo said. While Nghixulifwa confirmed the attack, he declined to give his version of the story but hinted at personal differences between him and Hashoongo. "I don't want to say much on what happened. All I can say is that what happened between Penda and I was not a matter between an official and a player," Nghixulifwa said. Hashoongo claims that he and Nghixulifwa are not acquaintances and that he reported the assault to the KBA authorities on Monday. "I don't know him outside of basketball. I don't know why he attacked me. I followed him to ask why he punched me and he just walked away. It doesn't make sense," Hashoongo said. KBA president Isak Nahum said this was a personal dispute which had nothing to do with basketball. "If there is a case opened with the police then we must let the police deal with it. I have spoken to both men and told them to resolve the matter amicably and not drag the basketball fraternity into disrepute," Nahum said. Courtesy of: http://basket-in-africa.blogspot.com
Egypt Eases Past Zambia in Fasu Basketball Match - Dec 25, 2012
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The Egyptian Basketball Male Team on Tuesday made light work of the Zambian team at the ongoing sixth edition of the Federation of Africa Sports Universities being held in Windhoek.
Clearly the higlight of the day, the game between Egypt and Zambia attracted a huge crowd which came to witness the two teams battle it out on the courts for the second time in three days. The two teams had met on Sunday in the first match in which Egypt also came out tops [read more]
The Egyptian Basketball Male Team on Tuesday made light work of the Zambian team at the ongoing sixth edition of the Federation of Africa Sports Universities being held in Windhoek. Clearly the higlight of the day, the game between Egypt and Zambia attracted a huge crowd which came to witness the two teams battle it out on the courts for the second time in three days. The two teams had met on Sunday in the first match in which Egypt also came out tops. In the second match on Tuesday, Egypt survived an early scare after the Zambians led 21-19 in the first quarter of the game, but the Egyptians eventually came out 85-70 victors. Also on the same day at the UNAM Gym Hall, the Namibian Woman's Basketball Team did the country proud by walloping the Botswana Women's Basketball Team 80-63. The Namibian team stamped its authority from the beginning of the game, seemingly getting stronger and stronger as the seconds ticked. Eleven countries are taking part in this year's Federation of Africa Sports Universities Games which where originally scheduled to be hosted by Senegal. The event brings together hundreds of University students from across Africa to participate in different sports codes namely: Volleyball, Basketball, Football, Netball, Table Tennis, Chess, Karate and Athletics. The games started 15 December and will run until Saturday 22 December. Courtesy of: http://basket-in-africa.blogspot.com
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