Team Hardap selects strong team for inaugural NYG

REHOBOTH, 10 MAY  – The Hardap Region selected a strong 42-member team for the inaugural National Youth Games underway in Windhoek.
The games commenced Thursday and end Saturday.
Hardap will compete in athletics for people with disabilities, football and netball.
Team Hardap Manager Ivan Pieters told Nampa on enquiry Thursday they have a strong line-up of footballers for both the male and female teams, which he believed will bring gold medals home.
“Our preparations have been very good and we have been camping for twee weeks during which coaches worked intensely with the teams,” Pieters remarked.
The games will be used to select a national under-20 team to represent the country at the Region Five Games in Gaborone, Botswana in December.

Women’s Football Team: Ivone Kooper, Claudia Oosthuizen, Mercia Skrywer, Paulina Kiewiet, Karlieneken de Vries, Madalein Higoam, Ottilie Vries, Andrea Diergaardt, Elmien Swartz, Christa Januarie, Petrina Apollus, Jessica Byl, Alfia Nero, Elizabeth Swartz.
Coach – Tangeni Isak

Men’s Football Team: Rudiger Isaak, Denzil Matroos, Mandema Kudumo, Mario Jantze, Ronaldino Swartbooi, Dylan Jarson, Gilberto Karigub, Jason Karigub, Quinton Hanaseb, Abraham Isaak, Edmund Oarum, Michael Situte, Rowan Pieters, Elzai Saal.
Coach – Foresta Misaona

Netball: Uakaa Hambira, Nolene Karigus, Karen Kisting, Jane Willibaldt, Florence Kooper, Hope Kaizemi, Vinolia Dreyer, Zennith Afrikaner, Rose Aitabes, Shaznay van Rooyen
Coach – Erika Aitabes

Athletics for the disabled: Valencia van Neel, Ronelcia Anton, Amore Sageus, Johanna Lambert, Felix Afrikaner, Sharon Engelbrecht.
Coach – Johannes ||Garoëb

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