Namibia’s Squash Clubs Dressed For Battle
Selection tournaments: finished. Squad training: complete. Team selection agony: over. Namibia’s top squash clubs are ready for action.
The annual National Squash Club Championships, boosted by Trustco support and a ground-swell of competitive squash in Namibia, is going to be a chest-beating, floor-scraping, fire-breathing Battle Royale.
In just four days, 36 of Namibia’s top squash players will hammer out 81 full-throttle squash matches, every one a potential five-setter and every one a potential title clincher. The final result may well be decided on the final match of the final day. Sunday. Mark your diaries.
Head to head and on paper the Men’s event is a bookie’s nightmare. Read the team list of Wanderers A and you’ll give them odds-on to win; read the team list of Buccaneers A and they’re the new favourites; then read the team list of host club Swakopmund’s SFC, and they are the new David-to-Goliath odds-on favourites. Impossible to predict: you’ll have to pick your own favourite and come see for yourself. Wanderers and Buccaneers Women will also march to the music and lights with a single-shot duel on Sunday. Points from both events go towards the coveted Overall Winner as all teams - Mens A, Mens B and Womens - compete for the ultimate prize.
Livening up the proceedings is a 5-team Squash Festival side-show attracting social players, beginners and wily veterans all in the name of squash. And fun. The Festival is a competition of sorts where points count but so do outlandish outfits, outrageous behaviour and out-shining team spirit.
The National Club Championships event begins with preliminary matches at each club on Thursday 27 August. From Friday 28 August, all matches and social functions are at the SFC Squash Club in Swakopmund. The final matches begin at 10h30 on Sunday and you’d be wise to get there early - you’ll want a good seat with easy access to the bar.
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Get the full team lists and match fixtures. For more information contact the SFC Squash Club Committee.
Posted by Ian Rowett in
on August 25th, 2009
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