Warriors help SON

WINDHOEK – Independence Avenue in the capital was abuzz with activity on Saturday morning when close to 100 Special Olympics Namibia (SON) athletes, the Brave Warriors and about 50 law-enforcement officers of the Emergency Services of the City of Windhoek participated in a Torch Run to create awareness about SON.

SON board members Jessica Fredericks and athlete Deon Namiseb, holding the lit torch, led the group of enthusiastic SON athletes, national soccer players and the city’s law-enforcement officers from the railway station up to the Windhoek Municipality building, where the Special Olympics cauldron was lit. Although the flame on the cauldron was put out after the official ceremony, the torch, signifying the ‘Flame of Hope’, will stay lit until Namibia’s athletes present it at the official opening of the Special Olympics World Games in Shanghai, China on October 2 this year.The law-enforcement officers took part for the second year to help raise funds for Namibia’s soccer and athletics teams that will participate in the World Games.Namibia’s national soccer team players also woke up early on Saturday morning after they defeated Angolan league champions Premeiro de Agosto on Friday evening to help create awareness about SON.The Torch Run is an international series of torch relays, run by law- enforcement officers, leading up to each nation’s Special Olympics Summer or Winter Games.The Law Enforcement Torch Run is Special Olympics’ largest grass-roots fundraiser and public awareness vehicle.Every two years, law-enforcement officers from Torch Run programmes around the globe combine to make a Final Leg Team, which carries the Olympics ‘Flame of Hope’ into the Opening Ceremonies of the Special Olympics World Games.NampaAlthough the flame on the cauldron was put out after the official ceremony, the torch, signifying the ‘Flame of Hope’, will stay lit until Namibia’s athletes present it at the official opening of the Special Olympics World Games in Shanghai, China on October 2 this year.The law-enforcement officers took part for the second year to help raise funds for Namibia’s soccer and athletics teams that will participate in the World Games.Namibia’s national soccer team players also woke up early on Saturday morning after they defeated Angolan league champions Premeiro de Agosto on Friday evening to help create awareness about SON.The Torch Run is an international series of torch relays, run by law- enforcement officers, leading up to each nation’s Special Olympics Summer or Winter Games.The Law Enforcement Torch Run is Special Olympics’ largest grass-roots fundraiser and public awareness vehicle.Every two years, law-enforcement officers from Torch Run programmes around the globe combine to make a Final Leg Team, which carries the Olympics ‘Flame of Hope’ into the Opening Ceremonies of the Special Olympics World Games.Nampa