20 NAMIB TIMES
7 JANUARY 2014
namib times SPORT
Namibian Premier League Soccer update
Otis Finck
Action form the last match played in December between LHU Blue Waters and Orlando Pirates in Walvis Bay In matches played before the Christmas holiday break Eleven Arrows pulled off a 2-1 away victory against Rundu Chiefs in Rundu on 21 December. Joseph Mundumbu th th opened the score for Chiefs in the 15 minute. Richard Tjitavi equalised in the 38 minute and Donald Geiseb scored the winner for Arrows in the 85th minute.
Arrows started practising yesterday and announced that the team will not conduct open trials. “We have invited selected players to join us and requested these players to join us for training sessions” said Arrows Team manager Graham Swartz who called for the continued support from the management and supporters of the team. Orlando Pirates recorded a 2-1 away victory against Blue Waters in Walvis Bay. Gustav Isaaks established an early lead for Pirates. Engelhardt Kahua made the score 2-0 midway through the first half. Paulus Job scored for Blue Waters early in the second half. Blue Boys and Black Africa played to a 1-all draw
in Swakopmund. McBride Ndjavera scored for Black Africa. Romanus Shilongo equalised for Blue Boys. United Stars dealt Civics a second successive 3-2 home defeat. Nqobani Pakhathi scored two goals. Tafadzwa Ndzombe added another goal for Stars. Richard Kavendji and Stanley Neumann scored for Civics. Ramblers beat Tura Magic 1-0. Immanuel Heita scored the winner African Stars handed log leaders Tigers their first defeat of the season on 20 December. Winger Deon Hotto scored the winner in the 30 t h minute at the Sam Nujoma Stadium. His goal and the victory trimmed Tigers’ lead to a single point on 20 with African Stars in
second position on 19 points after 9 matches. A late goal by Quinton Khuruseb scored moments before fulltime ensured a share of the spoils for Civics in a 1-1 draw against Tura Magic on 18 December. Papi Kavezembi scored first for Tura
Magic in the 33th minute. At this stage of the League race African Stars have scored the most goals (16), Tigers have conceded the least (5) and Rundu Chiefs the most goals (20).
NPL Log Standing Pos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Team Tigers African Stars Black Africa Orlando Pirates Blue Boys United Stars Civics Tura Magic Blue Waters Eleven Arrows Ramblers Rundu Chiefs
P W D 9 6 2 9 6 1 9 5 3 9 5 2 9 3 3 9 3 2 9 3 2 9 3 2 9 2 3 9 3 0 9 2 2 9 1 2
L 1 2 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 6 5 6
FG 13 16 12 13 12 13 8 7 11 13 9 8
GA 5 8 6 8 11 17 9 9 13 16 13 20
P 20 19 18 17 12 11 11 11 9 9 8 5