NRU News
9 October 2013
In this issue
Club League reach climax at finals The local club league kicked off in May this year and concluded on 5 October where
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Club League concluded Get Into Rugby Successful World Cup Q ualifiers 2014
Western Suburbs beat Rehoboth in the finals to walk away with the Premier League Cup for the second time in two years. Wanderers beat Reho Falcon in the final of the Premier League Plate competition. The first league winner over Rosh Pinah was United 3, and the First League Shield winner was Walvisbay 2 after beating Rehoboth 2 narrowly. In the women’s league it was Phoenix who won Reho Pandas for the second
Navachab Gold Mine Regional Cup
consecutive year.
Tri-‐Nations Rugby Series
The finals were played in good spirit with no major incidents on or off the field. The NRU want to thank all the players and club managements for the success of the day. The spectators enjoyed themselves and were hosted to a feast of tries and spectacular rugby during the day. The NRU also thank and congratulate all clubs who did not stand back when no sponsor was available for the club league, but worked hard to make it a success.
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Get Into Rugby a huge success in Namibia
“…close to 5,000 players between grade 1 and 4 and more than 130 coaches and referees who are being introduced.
The IRB accredited Get Into Rugby (GIR)
Phase 3 was to train a coordinator and
program finally reached the
Henry Kemp as Development Manager
implementation phase in the beginning
of the NRU was send to Cape T own to
of September, and the result is
get training from the IRB together with
overwhelming.
coordinators from all over Africa.
Since the beginning of the year the NRU
Phase 4 was to order all branding
have been working on implementing the
material and t-‐shorts, as well as visiting
GIR program. The first phase was to do
all the schools identified to introduce
all the planning which included details
the GIR program to them. Once the
plans of where the program will be
schools has been introduced and
introduced, how many children will be
committed to the program, we were
exposed to the program, how many
ready for phase 5, the implementation
coaches and referees will be trained, etc.
phase, which started in the first week of
Once approval was obtained from the IRB, the second phase was to draw up a budget and secure funding for the program. FNB Foundation came on board as sponsor and are sponsoring the NRU N$300,000 per year for the next three years for the GIR program. Shoprite came on board as food sponsor for all the tournaments we will have in all the regions. Auas Motors supplied a vehicle that can be used for all the miles to be driven to implement the program. The IRB supplied the NRU with 16 GIR kits which contained balls, bips, tags and cones.
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September. Henry Kemp visited all the schools from the following towns to teach teachers and volunteers how to implement the GIR program: Katima Mulilo, Rundu, Oshakati, Walvisbay, Windhoek and Keetmanshoop. Our planning was to introduce about 2160 players and 42 coaches and referees to the program in 2013. A fter consultations with the schools, we realized that they are so enthusiastic that our numbers will be doubled. At the moment we are looking at close to 5,000 players between grades 1 and 4 and more than 130 coaches and referees who are being introduced.
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The children started to train during the last 3 weeks and the first GIR tournaments are kicking off tomorrow, Thursday , and Friday in Katima Mulilio where about 2,000 players will participate. The schools are so enthusiastic about the program, and they have taken full ownership of it. They have printed programs, organsied a PA system, arranged the governor to open the program, have people to exhibition products, etc. Next weekend the next tournament will be held in Rundu, from where similar tournaments will be held in all other towns as well, with the final tournament of the year being held in Windhoek on 16 November with the Tri-‐Nations Rugby Series. The objective of the GIR program is to increase participation from our current figure
The objective of the GIR program is to increase participation from our current figure of just over 6,500 rugby players to 15,000 by the end of 2015
of just over 6,500 rugby players to 15,000 by the end of 2015. The program will be introduced to more schools in 2014. In addition to the grade 1 to 4 GIR program, we will also introduce GIR for Girls in 2014 which will focus on girls from 12-‐16 years of age. T his initiative will rapidly increase the number of girls playing rugby in Namibia, which is so important if we want to be able to field competitive teams to qualify for the Commonwealth Games and Olympics. The NRU want to thank Henry Kemp for all the hard work he have put in to implement the program successfully We also want to thank the sponsors for their very valuable contribution to make this program a success for the children of Namibia.
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Get Into Rugby storyboard in pictures
Notice the smiles on the children’s faces… Not only playing together, but time to also eat together…
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World Cup Qualifiers 2014 CAR 1A, 2014 The Confederation of African Rugby has announced the dates and venue for the 2014 Division 1A championships, which will serve as the final round of African qualification for the 2015 Rugby World Cup slated for England. Antananarivo, Madagascar, who played host to this year's event will again host the championships which will be played on a round robin format. While the actual run of play is yet to be determined, the opening fixtures will take place on Saturday 28th June 2014, with the next set of matches taking place on Wednesday 2nd July 2014 paving way for the final round of
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matches on Sunday 5th July 2014. Kenya is the African champions for 2013, having defeated Zimbabwe 29-‐17 in the final played in July 2013. Namibia was promoted to Division 1A after beating both Senegal and Tunisia in Dakar, Senegal in June.
Kenya, Zimbabwe, Madagascar and Namibia will thus compete against each other in 2014 to determine the African Qualifier at the next RWC.
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TThe second round of the Navachab Gold Mine Regional Cup will kick off on
On 16 November, just before the main
test, we will do the handover of medals
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to the teams as well as the handover of the Cup and the prize money.
Six Regional Teams namely Khomas Knights, Hardap Raiders, Western Chiefs
The regional games will serve as trials
(all
for the National team that have to be
Pool
A),
//Kharas
Mustangs,
Northern Reds and Samurai’s (all Pool B)
selected to play in the Tri-‐Nations.
will participate in the competition. The
winner of each pool will receive N$20,000 prize money, the runner-‐up
The NRU want to once again thank
will receive N$15,000 and the team in
Navachab Gold Mine and Streethouse
third place will receive N$10,000 each.
for their sponsorships to enable us to
Travelling and accommodation costs as
make the regional competition a reality.
well as the prize money will be contributed
by
the
Navachab Gold Mine Regional Cup
The regional games will serve as trials for
generous
the National team that have to be selected
sponsorship of Navachab Gold Mine. The
to play in the Tri-‐Nations.
teams will play each other on 19
October, 2 November and 9 November.
Windhoek Draught Tri-‐Nations Rugby Series
The NRU will host the second Windhoek Draught Tri-‐Nations Rugby Series from 8 – 16 November at the Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium. Both Zimbabwe and Kenya confirmed their participation in this all Africa Rugby series. Namibia Breweries through their brand Windhoek Draught will once again be the title sponsor. Zimbabwe will arrive in Windhoek on Wednesday, 6 November and will open the Tri-‐Nations with a test against the host, Namibia on Friday night, 8 November. The last time these two sides played against each other, Zimbabwe was defeated by Namibia 37-‐ 34 in last year’s Tri-‐Nations.
The Tri-‐Nations will thus be a tournament full of rugby to end off the year on a high note.
Kenya will arrive in Windhoek on Sunday, 10 November and will have their first match against Zimbabwe on Tuesday, 12 November. The last time these two sides met was in July this year where Kenya beat Zimbabwe in the
finals of CAR 1A. The final test of the series will be played on Saturday, 16 November between Namibia and Kenya. Both these sides have improved their standard of rugby during the last year and would want to win this game, as the next time these two sides will meet, it will be in the CAR 1A competition in 2014 to determine the African qualifier for the RWC 2015. In addition to the tests being played, our Namibia U/20 team will play a curtain raiser against a Namibia Invitational XV for all 3 tests. These matches will assist to prepare the U/20 team who are preparing for the JWRT in Hong Kong from 3 April 2014. We will have a 7’s tournament on 16 November where clubs can enter teams to play. The final GIR tournament will also be played on 16 November at the stadium.