Sportsmen and women back to training
Different sport codes have started with their year calendars and many athletes were spotted at the Katutura youth complex, training.
Local sports men and women have started training for various upcoming events.
Sport Wrap visited the youth complex this past Thursday afternoon where the country's pride and world champion, Julius “Blue Machine” Indongo was seen jogging around the field with former world champion Paulus “The Rock” Ambunda.
Indongo has started his preparation for his super fight slated for April against Ricky Burns of Scotland.
Meanwhile, a group of Para athletes were also seen making their way to the sport field where they train daily.
Founder of Namib Lion Athletics Club Mike Hamukwaya uses the same facility to train his athletes.
He said the club that has been in operation for about four years, is trying to give high technical training.
“We train both abled and disabled athletes and our aim is just to give them the necessary training so that they can be prepared for whatever competition,” he said.
The club so far has Paralympic champions such as Ananias Shikongo and silver medallist Johannes Nambala and hopes to house more professionals.
“We are now trying to have elite athletes and maybe also have champions in the abled body athletes,” he said.
A group of young basketball players was also training.
Speaking to Sport Wrap Basketball Artist School director, Ramah Mumba said the programme started in 2010 with only 24 schools kids.
He explained that the programme is run in the afternoon alongside education activities as well as basketball.
“The programme is more of an education and sports programme, so we mostly tutor the kids in subjects they have a problem with but we mainly focus on English and Mathematics,” he said.
He said assistance is offered to learners from Grade five to 12 and the learners meet every day after school at the youth complex.
Mumba further explained that the leaners come from schools the training centre is working with.
“We do go to schools and ask to do trials because we would also like to get kids with some basic skills and then also look at their academic performance,” Mumba said adding that it is not everybody that can join the programme because there is a selection criterion that is used.
He also mentioned that the selection criteria can take up to four months in order to monitor the commitment of the learner.
At the moment the programme has recruited 50 learners and selection is not done every year.
Local people were also seen at the venue engaged in different fitness activities.
Namibia's Special Olympics gold marathon runner Ruben Gowaseb made rounds at the field, shouting “no pain, no gain.”
KAINO NGHITONGO
Sport Wrap visited the youth complex this past Thursday afternoon where the country's pride and world champion, Julius “Blue Machine” Indongo was seen jogging around the field with former world champion Paulus “The Rock” Ambunda.
Indongo has started his preparation for his super fight slated for April against Ricky Burns of Scotland.
Meanwhile, a group of Para athletes were also seen making their way to the sport field where they train daily.
Founder of Namib Lion Athletics Club Mike Hamukwaya uses the same facility to train his athletes.
He said the club that has been in operation for about four years, is trying to give high technical training.
“We train both abled and disabled athletes and our aim is just to give them the necessary training so that they can be prepared for whatever competition,” he said.
The club so far has Paralympic champions such as Ananias Shikongo and silver medallist Johannes Nambala and hopes to house more professionals.
“We are now trying to have elite athletes and maybe also have champions in the abled body athletes,” he said.
A group of young basketball players was also training.
Speaking to Sport Wrap Basketball Artist School director, Ramah Mumba said the programme started in 2010 with only 24 schools kids.
He explained that the programme is run in the afternoon alongside education activities as well as basketball.
“The programme is more of an education and sports programme, so we mostly tutor the kids in subjects they have a problem with but we mainly focus on English and Mathematics,” he said.
He said assistance is offered to learners from Grade five to 12 and the learners meet every day after school at the youth complex.
Mumba further explained that the leaners come from schools the training centre is working with.
“We do go to schools and ask to do trials because we would also like to get kids with some basic skills and then also look at their academic performance,” Mumba said adding that it is not everybody that can join the programme because there is a selection criterion that is used.
He also mentioned that the selection criteria can take up to four months in order to monitor the commitment of the learner.
At the moment the programme has recruited 50 learners and selection is not done every year.
Local people were also seen at the venue engaged in different fitness activities.
Namibia's Special Olympics gold marathon runner Ruben Gowaseb made rounds at the field, shouting “no pain, no gain.”
KAINO NGHITONGO
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