A total of 204 teams (24 Men and 180 Mixed Teams) entered the Windhoek Draught/DTS Volleyball for All tournament which was held on 17 courts at the DTS club on Saturday.
The following results were achieved:
Mixed:
1 Bose Namibia (21-18, 21-12). Gold medals and Windhoek Draught Cooler bags
2 Flying Potatoes: Silver medals and Windhoek Draught Shoulder Bags.
3. Die Pauker (15-14) Bronze medals and Windhoek Draught Travel Bags.
4. JOCV (Japan Overseas Corporation Volunteers).
The final games already saw a high standard of volleyball, although most of the players were non-volleyball players.
Men:
1. Nasria Riot (21-12,21-8). Gold medals and Windhoek Draught Cooler bags.
2. Jumpin’ Potatoes. Silver medals and Windhoek Draught.
3. Meatco Sailors (17 -13). Bronze medals and Windhoek Draught Travel Bags.
4. Cats and Dogs
Only the finals were played best out of three sets, while all other games were played over ten minutes with five-minute breaks in between. The teams fought with passion, but competed in a good spirit and everybody seemed to enjoy themselves enormously, which was reflected at the party in the beer tent till late.
As this tournament is mainly for non-volleyball players, additional prizes were awarded:
Best dressed Team: The Pan Tinks (Maerua Superspar huge delicacy food hamper)
Most Passionate Team Manager: Heiner Ihlein from the “Potatoes” registered seven teams and he was rewarded with three cases of Tafel Lager sponsored by the Namibian Breweries.
A Mini Volleyball tournament was hosted on the beach courts with a lower net and smaller courts. Two coaches trained the kids throughout the day and the following results were achieved:
Four teams entered altogether and according to the coaches the level of playing increased tremendously during the day.
Only one category registered and the results were as follows:
Category U13:
1. Eagles (DHPS/Delta School)
2. Omayeva Fizzers (Pionierspark School)
3. Stoksterte (Delta School Windhoek)
4. WIS Junior Falcons (Windhoek International School)
The kids received medals, Liqui Fruit Juices, sponsored by African Marketing, as well as free workouts and promotional items, sponsored by Fx Fitness.
Karen Curschmann thanked the various sponsors as well as individuals who contributed to the success of the tournament:
“We want to thank our people in the tower who did the announcements and kept the players and spectators in excellent spirit: Peter Jones and Wilfried Hähner. Of course a big thank you to the referees who did a fantastic job by refereeing plus minus 930 games. As this event is a team effort of the whole club, a warm felt thank you to each and every person that participated to help make this day the success it was. Taleni Africa Tourism Holdings sponsored a voucher for two nights self catering at Taleni Etosha Village, which was awarded to Gunnar von Dewitz for the untiring effort he puts into this annual event. Hartlief food hampers were handed over to Attie Risser and Udo Sentefol for their hard work over the past few weeks, ensuring enough parking space and keeping the premises secure.”
“The weather behaved and it was a sunny and very colourful day. The beer tent was packed and players, spectators and visitors enjoyed the evening, dancing to the music of DJ Coco till late.”
“Thank you to our main sponsor: Windhoek Draught who made it possible to host an event of this magnitude, Business Connexion for drawing up and running the playing program, Radiowave our media partner, Hartlief for doing the catering, Mweb for sponsoring the e-mail connection and website, and Rent-a-Drum for keeping our premises clean. A very special thank you goes to Emed Rescue 24 for helping us out with emergencies, although they were not on standby.
Bose Namibia provided the sound system for the final games, making it possible that Heiko Kesselmann could commentate the final games and keep the spectators informed about the techniques and rules of volleyball, players profile and scores.”
We believe everybody had a great time and we will see you all next year again, on first Saturday in February,” she concluded.