October 14, 2022 – She Reps Sports Magazine

The 2022 MTC NSC NASA Nominees Announced

By: Joviita Kandjumbwa

Images: Contributed

The harbour town of Luderitz will host this year’s MTC NSC Namibia Annual Sports on the 19th of November at the Luderitz Waterfront Auditorium.

The nominees for this year’s awards were unveiled last night during a special programme on NBC TV.

13 women have been nominated in the various categories, with the big winner of last year’s Namibia Annual Sports Awards, Christine Mboma scooping two nominations for MTC NASA Sportswoman of the year and MTC NASA Junior Sportswoman of the year.

Commonwealth Bronze medalist and marathon runner Helalia Johannes has also been nominated in two categories, the MTC Sportswoman of the year and MTC NASA Star of the year, respectively.

While Cricket Namibia and the Namibia Rugby Union have been nominated in the NASA National federation of the year category.

Speaking at the occasion Chief administrator of the Namibia Sports Commission Freddy Mwiya emphasized on the importance of taking the awards to all the 14 regions.

“Namibia is comprised of 14 regions with countless towns and Luderitz is one of the historical places in Namibian history, we at the Commission are indeed proud that this year we will make history with our little contribution and civil duty to position Luderitz and market it to the entire globe using sports tourism as a vehicle not only to market Luderitz but the land of the brave to the entire globe.” He said.

Tickets will be available to the public for N$ 500 and corporate tables well cost N$ 20 000. Tickets can be bought using the Standard Bank PayPulse or at the sports commission +264 61 246 105.

And the nominees are:

MTC NASA SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

Athletic Namibia: Christine Mboma

Athletic Namibia: Helalia Johannes

Namibia Karate Federation: Pronk Suzelle

MTC NASA JUNIOR SPORTWOMAN OF THE YEAR

Namibia Equestrian Federation: Jenna Gilchrist

Athletic Namibia: Mboma Christine

Athletic Namibia: Tuane Silver

NAMPOWER NASA SPORTWOMAN OF THE YEAR WITH A DISABILITY

Namibia National Paralympic C: Ishitile Lahja

Namibia National Paralympic C: Johanna Benson

Namibia National Paralympic C: Mushongo Kamuti

NAMPOWER NASA JUNIOR SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR WITH A DISABILITY

Namibia National Paralympic C: Kambai Kavemumuine

Namibia National Paralympic C: Lahja Ipinge

Special Olympics Namibia: Lize Meyer

DEBMARINE NAMIBIA NASA SPORTS TEAM OF THE YEAR

Special Olympic Namibia Unified Junior Sport Team

NASA UMPIREE/ REFEREE OF THE YEAR

Namibia Football Association: Vistoria Shangula

NASA NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE YEAR

Cricket Namibia Cricket Namibia

Namibia Rugby Union Namibia Rugby Union

NASA SPORT JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR – BROADCASTING

Namibia Broadcasting Corporation: Matheus Hileni

New Netball Premier League Champions: Mighty Gunners

Strong Gunners

By: Leena Ndakevondjo

Photographs: Contributed

Mighty Gunners are the winners of the MTC Netball Premier League that concluded over the past weekend at the Patrick Iyambo college in Windhoek.

Gunners played a total of 22 games this season and drop no ball winning all their games, concluding the season on a high note defeating the Namibia Correctional Service Netball club 46: 36 on the final day of the season.

Hilma Ndapewa Dawid, coach of Mighty Gunners said the season went according to plan, their aim was to win the title and are happy that they managed to reach their goal.

“We are looking forward to turning the negatives into positives and to ensure that we strengthen the team further for us to come back stronger next season”, she said.

Dawid says they have learned a lot, their biggest lesson being that it is not easy to win the title, it took them a lot of hard work, commitment, sacrifices, and perseverance.

“I think the main mistake we did last season was that we scored less goals unlike this season, and the other mistake was that we didn’t work on our fitness much, but we managed to rope in a fitness trainer this season which made a big difference,” she added

Gunners did not encounter any severe injuries during the season, however they lost one of their best player, Tiny Tjozongoro who went abroad midway through the season.

Gunners managed to be champions due to the team effort that was in place, “our main aim was to win the title so we worked hard and we were guided by the 5P’s, which are PROPER PREPARATION PREVENTS POOR PERFORMANCE” Dawid said.

Gunners’ defender Ray Amukwaya stood out as the best player this season, “she was absolutely exceptional in défense, always on top of her game and was very consistent” as stated by her team players.

After the final game of the season, Gunners player Tutzi tjihero, expressed that it was a fantastic feeling to win this year’s league after setting a goal of winning, which they achieved.

“We have been consistent throughout the past two seasons, our superpower is that we put in a lot of work during this season to get stronger”, she added.

Gunners currently don’t have new players but will surely get new players going into the new season as they are looking forward to strengthening the team.

Dawid concluded that they won’t really do much to retain the title, “We will continue working hard, strengthen the team and rectify all the shortcomings” she said