The volleyball neighborhood celebrated the completion of the inaugural MTC National Volleyball League which got here to an in depth at Swakopmund on Sunday.

The debut competitors noticed Revivals declare the ladies’s title, with the invincible Namibia Correctional Services profitable the lads’s equal.

The NDF Raptors had been second and Khomas Nampol got here third within the males’s division, whereas Kudos and Khomas Nampol completed behind Revivals within the girls’s part.

Coastal Warriors and Nampol Otjozondjupa had been relegated from the lads’s league, as Beaufort and the Namibian Navy suffered the identical destiny on the ladies’s finish.

“The MTC Volleyball National League stands as a pinnacle of excellence in Namibian volleyball, bringing together the finest talents from across the nation to compete in a spirited display of athleticism and sportsmanship,” NVF president Tobias Mwatelo mentioned in the course of the prize giving ceremony inside The MTC Dome which hosted the ultimate battles.

“With eight male and eight female teams representing the various regions, this league showcased the diversity and vibrancy of Namibian volleyball.”

The profitable groups obtained N$40 000 for his or her efforts plus N$4 500 value of airtime. For ending second place, the groups bought N$30 000 in prize cash and N$3 000 airtime, whereas third place was value N$10 000 and N$1 300 airtime.

Speaking on the prize giving ceremony, Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC) company affairs supervisor John Ekongo lauded the Namibian Volleyball Federation (NVF) for effectively making use of sources from the title sponsor, vindicating the cell telecommunications agency’s determination to spend money on volleyball.

He defined {that a} sport physique’s capacity to develop the game code by getting the youth concerned en masse is likely one of the key areas they have a look at earlier than granting a sponsorship.

“As a federation [seeking support], it doesn’t matter how many times you wrote to us, we will do our due diligence. If you submit a beautiful presentation but if it is not subjective to the conditions of the agreement, we will pull our sponsorship,” Ekongo mentioned.

“Often times, we have federations that come knocking at our door, and they have club players that are 45 [years old] and above. Then they tell us, ‘we are playing for the future of the country’. At 45, you are gone, you are not playing for anybody’s future. You are just being fit for yourself,” Ekongo burdened.

“And in that arena, you are denying a young person who is 18 or 15 the opportunity to grow, the opportunity to create a sports ecosystem.”

The NVF management, championed by Hillary Imbuwa and Joel Mathews, understood the task and went about making certain that MTC’s funding was justified.

Mwatelo highlighted the significance of accountability because the cornerstone to attracting and retaining sponsors.

“With the one million that we got, we don’t want speculation to say ‘they took 100 000, or they took 50 000′. So, we definitely make sure that we have a public announcement and engagement on what happened,” Mwatelo mentioned.

“The million that we spent, the overspending that we did, where it went, everything, so that you know the contributions of each and every one.”

He recommended fellow govt members for his or her dedication and contributing their very own sources to make sure that league matches are honoured throughout the nation.