JESAYA Mweshipoya of Windhoek Bowling Club won two gold medals at the just concluded ninth Icestock African Championships which took place at the DTS Sport Club.
Mweshipopya won both the target competition and the team competition with his teammates Detlef Pfeifer, Lennon Nangombe and young star Max Feilmeier.
The Namibian men’s team of the IAN convincingly won the team competition 14-2, after beating Kenya 10-6 and Gabon 16-0.
This was the second time in a row that the gardener from Eenhana stood on the podium at an international competition. In 2020, he surprisingly became vice-world champion in Group B with his then teammates Armin Komma, Armin Schindler and Detlef Pfeifer.
In the women’s event, Mary Kagwiria of Kenya set a new African record in target shooting. With an internationally impressive 266 points in two rounds, Kagwiria finished well ahead of her team mate Judith Ringu.
The bronze medal went to Namibian Marelize Nortje, who finished just two points ahead of team mate Karin Curschmann (both DTS).
In the team competition Kenya took the honours after beating the DTS women’s team 5-1.
The results in the individual competition were as follows:
Target Shooting men:
Jesaya Mweshipopya (Namibia) 210 points
Tim Ngugi (Kenya) 174
Detlef Pfeifer (Namibia) 168
John Waweru (Kenya) 138
Thed Ndombi-Soro (Gabon) 120
Lennon Nangombe (Namibia) 112
Max Feilmeier (Namibia). 103
Nzadu Bondabary (Gabon) 64
Sylvain Bondabari (Gabon) 56
Target Shooting women
Mary Kagwiria (Kenya) 266 points
Judith Ringu (Kenya) 168
Mareliye Nortje (Namibia) 122
Karin Curschmann (Namibia) 120
Marie Feilmeier (Namibia) 54
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