Saints maintain outdoor lead

The Bank Windhoek national outdoor hockey league’s second round fixtures in both the men and women divisions, took place last week and over the weekend at the Windhoek High School (WHS) and the Windhoek Gymnasium hockey turfs in Windhoek. As it stands, Saints are still in the commanding lead in both divisions. MEN’S PREMIER LEAGUEOn Friday, UNAM and Windhoek Old Boys (WOBSC) were in a deadlock at halftime. Midway into the third quarter, UNAM’s Delron Handura scored a break-away field goal. At the end of the same quarter, Handura slotted his second goal in from the spot after UNAM was awarded a penalty for an illegal tackle by a WOBSC’s defender. WOBSC started to put pressure on UNAM’s defence from the first minute of the last quarter and was rewarded with a goal by Dylan Finch. In the last minute, UNAM intercepted a WOBSC attack and scored a counterattack goal by Gifana Seibeb, to won the match 3-1. • Newcomers X-Team from Walvis Bay clashed with Wanderers on Saturday at WHS. Full of passion, X-Team started on a high note when Diaz Visagie scored two goals in the first quarter. However, Wanderers took control from the second quarter and walked away with a 7-2 victory. Wanderers’ Jan-Izak de Villiers and Wayne Jeffery scored two goals each, while Penda Namundjebo, Armando van Wyk and Herschelle van Schalkwyk each scored a goal. • X-Team lost their second match against DTS by 5-1, as Jason Bolton scored a hat trick while JP Britz and Lenard Fick scored one goal each. Vialli Visagie scored X-Team’s solitary goal. • On Sunday, X-Team took on Bank Windhoek’s National Outdoor Hockey League’s champions, Saints. The final score was 7:0 in favour of Saints. Fagan Hansen scored a hat trick, while Brendan Lensen, Neville Gora, Joseph van Niekerk and Josh van der Merwe, scored the rest.WOMEN’S PREMIER LEAGUEOn Friday, UNAM and WOBSC’s fixture ended in a 1-all stalemate. UNAM’s Tsungai Chadzinya and WOBSC’s Danielle Labuschagne were the goal scorers.On Saturday, DTS and WOBSC clashed at the WHS turf. In a game which was evenly contested in the first half, WOBSC got the better of DTS in the second half and eventually won 2-0, as Elzanne McCullough and Jade Schumacher hit the target. Saints outplayed Wanderers 8-2 as their speedy play delivered goals for Tara Myburgh (4), Azaylee Philander (2), Danja Meyer and Gina Olles. Wanderers’ Bianca Muller managed to score two goals. The Bank Windhoek national outdoor league will continue this week with exciting matches scheduled for Saturday at the same venues in Windhoek.

Saints maintain outdoor lead

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