Harders Cup brings boots
The Harders Cup will bring a new football feel to the sleepy bay town in March.
Players playing in the Harders Cup will now have a chance to brag as they will be playing with brand new boots.
The town of Lüderitz awaits magical football when the competition starts on 25 March.
The much-anticipated event has a grand cash prize award of N$100 000 for the winners and N$50 000 for the runners up.
The team which secures a third place will be compensated with N$20 000 for their efforts.
Each of the six participating teams will receive N$5 000. All six clubs will also receive one set of brand new soccer kits for the tournament.
Chairperson of the tournament Tim Ekandjo said: “Yes, we have decided to give the top 15 players of every team a brand new pair of Olympic soccer boots because we don't want to assume they all have boots.
“We want the players to have the basics and soccer boots is a basic need.
“All they now need to worry about now is to play football, and beautifully so,” Ekandjo said.
The chairman also confirmed that the finals of the tournament will air live on the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC).
The semi-finals and third-place play-offs will be recorded and broadcast later on national TV.
“Live games naturally excites players and makes them play better because they know the entire Namibia is watching. “This is our contribution to exposing the talents,” he said.
The competition will be spiced up by a music bash taking place on Saturday night.
Local artist Gazza and South Africa's wonder man Heavy K will be entertaining the crowd.
Entry to both the soccer tournament and the music bash is free of charge.
Tafel Lager, Standard Bank, Debmarine, Seaflower, Profile Investments, Marco Fishing, Naftal Trading and Ricky Hameva Properties are the sponsors of the tournament.
The entire budget of the event is N$895 000.
Jesse Jackson Kauraisa
The town of Lüderitz awaits magical football when the competition starts on 25 March.
The much-anticipated event has a grand cash prize award of N$100 000 for the winners and N$50 000 for the runners up.
The team which secures a third place will be compensated with N$20 000 for their efforts.
Each of the six participating teams will receive N$5 000. All six clubs will also receive one set of brand new soccer kits for the tournament.
Chairperson of the tournament Tim Ekandjo said: “Yes, we have decided to give the top 15 players of every team a brand new pair of Olympic soccer boots because we don't want to assume they all have boots.
“We want the players to have the basics and soccer boots is a basic need.
“All they now need to worry about now is to play football, and beautifully so,” Ekandjo said.
The chairman also confirmed that the finals of the tournament will air live on the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC).
The semi-finals and third-place play-offs will be recorded and broadcast later on national TV.
“Live games naturally excites players and makes them play better because they know the entire Namibia is watching. “This is our contribution to exposing the talents,” he said.
The competition will be spiced up by a music bash taking place on Saturday night.
Local artist Gazza and South Africa's wonder man Heavy K will be entertaining the crowd.
Entry to both the soccer tournament and the music bash is free of charge.
Tafel Lager, Standard Bank, Debmarine, Seaflower, Profile Investments, Marco Fishing, Naftal Trading and Ricky Hameva Properties are the sponsors of the tournament.
The entire budget of the event is N$895 000.
Jesse Jackson Kauraisa
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