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Sports News
Sports News Thursday, 28 July 2016
Sahara Race returns to Namibia
The 4 Deserts Race Series organisers have announced that the Sahara Race 2017 is returning to “the stunning Skeleton Coast National Park of Namibia. Seals, shipwrecks, dunes, beaches and the red Namib Desert lie in store. Unique permission has been given to the 4 Deserts to use this special area for the race only. The amazing coastal town of Swakopmund is the host
town for the race. Famous colonial landmarks, like the Swakopmund Lighthouse and the Mole, an old sea wall, await participants.” The organisers say registration is now open for the Sahara Race 2017. Readers can learn more about the race at www.4deserts.com/ sahararace. (Photo: Sahara Race 2016 - http://www.4deserts.com/ sahararace.)
Rugby legends support kickboxing Bernabé Blaauw
Springbok Rugby icons Victor Matfield, Bakkies Botha and Toks van der Linde were the guests of honour in Walvis Bay last week at the fundraising dinner, hosted by Namibia Breweries Limited (NBL), for the Walvis Bay Kickboxing Club. NBL, through its brand Vigo, is the main sponsor of the Walvis Bay Kickboxing Club to participate in the annual Destiny Kickboxing
tournament in South Africa. This tournament provides an opportunity to the Namibian athletes, members of the Walvis Bay Kickboxing Club, to compete on a national level against South African teams, being the only team to represent Namibia. As the club is a non-profitable organisation, it is struggling to financially cope with the increasing costs due to an increase in members, of whom about 50 percent cannot afford to pay membership fees.
Hendrik “Wessie” vd Westhuizen, managing director of NBL, said that, “NBL's decision to assist the Walvis Bay Kickboxing Club was based on raising funds in order to sustain the cost to continue to fund disadvantaged and previously disadvantaged children as members of the club. It is in light of the above that NBL sees the need to assist and stay true to our Purpose of Creating a Future, Enhancing Life for the Club and its members.”
Toks van der Linde (MC) sharing rugby stories with Victor Matfield and Bakkies Botha. (Photo: Bernabé Blaauw)
Legendary rugby players Phil Davies (former Welsh rugby union footballer and current Namibia national rugby team’s coach), Victor Matfield, Bakkies Botha and Toks van der Linde (Springbok ruby icons) tower above Bernabé Blaauw of the Namib Independent at last week’s fund-raising dinner for the Walvis Bay Kickboxing Club. (Photo: Manfred Dedekind)
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