WINDHOEK: The Tertiary Institutes Sport Association of Namibia (TISAN) won gold in football, netball tennis, volleyball and netball at the just-ended Confederation of Universities and Colleges Sport Associations Zone Six Games (CUSCA) games held in the capital over the past few days.

TISAN has also dominated athletics but came up short of success in ches, table tennis and basketball, said Sport Public Relations Officer Dan Kamati in a media statement availed to Nampa here on Friday.
In men football, Namibia beat Lesotho by three goals to nil (3-0) iun the final while Botswana defeated Malawi 4-1 in the third and fourth place play-off matches.

The TISAN women football team took a gold medal with a 1-0 win over Botswana in the final, while Zambia finished third after their 3-2 win over Zimbabwe. Gold for TISAN came in netball as Namibia finished thev competition unscathed with a comprehensive 55-24 win over Botswana in the. Zimbabwe finished third with a 38-20 victory over Malawi.

Namibia topped the rankings, followed Botswana, Zimbabwe and Malawi. In volleyball, the Namibia men team won gold with a 3-0 win over Zambia and Botswana took the women honours with a 3-2 victory over Angola.

In the third and fourth place matches, Zimbabwe beat Namibia 3-1 in the women section, while Botswana were 3-2 winners over Lesotho. In basketball, in the men section, Angola beat Zambia 93-65 in the final, while Namibia finished third following their 71-58 victory over Zambia.

Zambia piped Zimbabwe 59-51 to take the women section gold. In chess, host Namibia failed to win medals in the game of minds as they finished sixth in the men’ section and fourth in the ladies section.
In the men section in round four, Namibia draw 2-2 with Angola, Botswana beat Malawi 3-1 and Zambia defeated Zimbabwe 3-1.

In round five, Namibia lost to Zimbabwe 3.5-0.5, while Zambia got a two-all-two draw against Angola to all but win the men’ section with 14,5 points. Zimbabwe beat Malawi 2.5-1.5 to finish second on 12.5 points, with Botswana in the third with 12 points and Angola fourth on nine points.

Malawi took fifth place with nine points and Namibia finished last with a disappointing three points.
In the women section, in round three, Namibia drew 2-2 against Zimbabwe and Botswana defeated Zambia 3-1 to take the first spot with 11 points, six ahead of second placed Zimbabwe, and Zambia came in third with 4.5 points and Namibia last on 3.5 points.

In tennis, Johan de Wit won gold for Namibia in the men’ singles after his opponent Zambian Kondwani Gondwe retired with an arm injury after the first set and De Wit won the first set 6-4. In the ladies singles, Riekie Honibal defeated her compatriot Teri Olivier 6-1, 6-0 to taker gold. In the men’s doubles, Namibians Henco Serdyn and Jonathan Edmunds defeated Kondwani Gondwe and Fitchard Molenga of Zambia in the final 6-2, 6-2, 6-2.

In the ladies section, doubles: Nadi Jordaan and Teri Olivier of Namibia defeated Zimbabwe’s Pualine Phiri and Rosemary Banda in the final 6-0, 6-0, to take gold. In athletics, Namibia were the overall winners as they collected 12 gold, six silver and seven bronze medals for a total of 25 medals.
Botswana came in second with a total of 31 medals of which only 10 are gold.

Zimbabwe third with 25 medals including nine gold and Zambia came in fourth with a total of six medals (one gold) while Malawi frinished at the bottom with just one bronze medal. Namibia won gold in the men’s high jump as Roger Haitenge jumped 7.44 metres, Jan Swanepoel threw 41.4 metres to win the men’s discuss throw, Daniel Nghipandulwa ran 1.49.98 to win the men’s 800 metres.

Lavinia Haitope clocked 2:17.28 to win the women 800 metres, charlene Engelbrecht threw 44.88 metres to win the discuss throw. Jan Swanepoel won the men’s shot-put with 15.07 metres wile Roger Haitenge jumped 15.48 metres to win the men’s triple jump.

Charlene Engelbrecht won the women’ shot-put with 14.16 metres, Merlyn Diamond won the women 200 metres in a time of 25.40 seconds. Daniel Nghipangelwa took honours in the men’s 1 500 metres with a time of 4:00.21 and Merlyn Diamond also won the women 100 metres in a time of 12.20 seconds while Phillipus Paulus won metres sprint in 10.67 seconds.

In table tennis, Angola took top honours in the male category after winning the singles and doubles for men’s. Angola recorded a clean sweep in the singles and took first and third in the doubles.
Botswana came in second after finishing second in the doubles, ,while Zambia finished third overall without a win and podium finish.

In the ladies section, with only Namaibia and Botswana competing, it was Botswana whom scooped the doubles and singles awards and singles awards which included an all-three podium places in the singles and a one, two in the doubles.

(edited)WINDHOEK; The Tertiary Institutes Sports Association of Namibia (TISAN) won gold in football, netball, tennis, volleyball and netball at the just-ended Confederation of Universities and Colleges Sport Associations (CUSCA) Zone Six Games.

The games kicked off in the capital on Sunday and ended Friday. TISAN also dominated the athletics disciplines, but came up short of success in chess, table tennis and basketball, according to TISAN public relations officer Dan Kamati, who availed a media statement to Nampa here on Friday.

In men’s football, Namibia beat Lesotho by three goals to nil in the final, while Botswana defeated Malawi 4-1 in the third and fourth place play-off matches. The TISAN women’s football team took the gold medal in a 1-0 win over Botswana in the final, while Zambia finished third after their 3-2 win over Zimbabwe.

The Namibian team also won gold in netball, finishing the competition unscathed with a comprehensive 55-24 win over Botswana in the final. Zimbabwe finished third with a 38-20 victory over Malawi.
Namibia topped the netball rankings, followed by Botswana, Zimbabwe and Malawi. In volleyball, the Namibian men’s team won gold with a 3-0 win over Zambia, while Botswana took the women’s honours with a 3-2 victory over Angola.

In the third and fourth place matches, Zimbabwe beat Namibia 3-1 in the women’s section, while Botswana beat Lesotho 3-2. In the men’s basketball category, Angola beat Zambia 93-65 in the final, while Namibia finished third following their 71-58 victory over Zambia.

Zambia pipped Zimbabwe 59-51 to take the gold in the women’s section. With regards to chess, host Namibia failed to win any medals, and finished sixth in the men’s section and fourth in the woman’s section.

In tennis, Johan de Wit won gold for Namibia in the men’s singles after his opponent Zambian Kondwani Gondwe retired with an arm injury after the first set and De Wit won the first set 6-4. In the women’s singles, Riekie Honibal defeated her compatriot Teri Olivier 6-1, 6-0 to take gold.

In the men’s doubles, Namibians Henco Serdyn and Jonathan Edmunds defeated Kondwani Gondwe and Fitchard Molenga of Zambia in the final 6-2, 6-2, 6-2. In the women’s section, doubles, Nadi Jordaan and Teri Olivier of Namibia defeated Zimbabwe’s Pualine Phiri and Rosemary Banda in the final 6-0, 6-0, to take gold.

In athletics, Namibia were the overall winners as they collected 12 gold, six silver and seven bronze medals for a total of 25 medals. Botswana came in second with a total of 31 medals of which only 10 are gold.

Zimbabwe ended third with 25 medals, including nine gold, and Zambia came in fourth with a total of six medals (one gold). Malawi finished at the bottom with just one bronze medal. Namibia won gold in the men’s long jump as Roger Haitenge jumped 7.44 metres, Jan Swanepoel threw 41.4 metres to win the men’s discus throw, and Daniel Nghipandulwa ran a time of one minute and 49.98 seconds (1:49.98 sec) to win the men’s 800 metres.

Lavinia Haitope clocked 2:17.28 to win the women’s 800 metre event, and Charlene Engelbrecht won the discus throw event with her 44.88 metre throw. Jan Swanepoel won the men’s shot-put with 15.07 metres, while Charlene Engelbrecht won the women’s shot-put event with 14.16 metres.

In the men’s triple jump event Roger Haitenge won with a distance of 15.48 metres. Merlyn Diamond shone in two women’s short distance events, winning both the 100 metres in a time of 12.20 seconds, and the 200 metre event in a time of 25.40 seconds.

Daniel Nghipangelwa took the honours in the men’s 1 500 metre event with a time of 4:00.21, while Phillipus Paulus won the 100 metre sprint in 10.67 seconds. In table tennis, Angola took top honours in the male category after winning the singles and doubles for men. Angola recorded a clean sweep in the singles and took first and third places in the doubles.

Botswana came in second after finishing second in the doubles, while Zambia finished third overall without a win and podium finish. In the women’s section, with only Namibia and Botswana competing, it was Botswana who scooped the doubles’ and singles’ awards, taking all three podium places in the singles.