{"id":309323,"date":"2021-10-09T19:17:58","date_gmt":"2021-10-09T17:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=309323"},"modified":"2021-10-09T19:18:03","modified_gmt":"2021-10-09T17:18:03","slug":"ogongo-soccer-tournament-in-full-gear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=309323","title":{"rendered":"Ogongo soccer tournament in full gear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maria David\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>THE third edition of the Ogongo Annual Community Tournament has officially kicked off at the Omugongo location in Omusati Region, with 17 teams expected to compete for the grand prize.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The tournament, which started today, is expected to conclude on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to tournament chairperson, Leonhard Alweendo, of the 17 teams participating, 16 are from the Omusati Region and one from the Oshikoto Region.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alweendo added that due to the heavily packed tournament weekend in the north, many of the teams could not make it.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Ogongo-soccer-tournament-in-full-gear.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-309325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Ogongo-soccer-tournament-in-full-gear.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Ogongo-soccer-tournament-in-full-gear-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Ogongo-soccer-tournament-in-full-gear-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Ogongo-soccer-tournament-in-full-gear-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>ON GOING: The Ogongo community soccer tournament is currently underway in the Omusati Region. Photo by Maria David<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He did, however, mention that he is satisfied with the turn out and the behaviour displayed by the players.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The tournament is being hosted to bring soccer lovers to one spot, at the same time keeping the youth off the streets. It&#8217;s all about promoting football in the northern region,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alweendo\u00a0further indicated that a total of N$25 000 is up for grabs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The first runner-up will walk away with N$10 500, 18 medals and a floating trophy.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The second runner-up will win N$6 500 and 18 medals, while the third runner-up will get N$3 500 and 18 medals.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Minister of\u00a0Works and Transport, Veikko Nekundi, is the main sponsor of the tournament after wrote a cheque of N$10 000.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maria David\u00a0 \u00a0 THE third edition of the Ogongo Annual Community Tournament has officially kicked off at the Omugongo location in Omusati Region, with 17 teams expected to compete for the grand prize. \u00a0 The tournament, which started today, is expected to conclude on Sunday.\u00a0 \u00a0 According to tournament chairperson, Leonhard Alweendo, of the 17 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":309324,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-309323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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