THE SKW Youth Football Tournament will be held for the 13th successive year at the SKW fields from 3 to 5 April.
Retirement Fund Solutions which has sponsored the event since its inception will once again be the main sponsor, with an amount of N$53 000 for this year’s tournament which will see more than 900 children competing in age groups from u7 to u17.
Established clubs like SKW, Ramblers, Athletico Football Club, DTS and Swakopmund are expected to enter as well as various schools.
Last year, SKW dominated the tournament, winning five of the six age group categories.
Except for the u7 category, which was won by DTS Brazilians, SKW won the rest of the age group categories.
Their B team won the u9 category, finishing ahead of Athletic Football Club (AFC) and SKW A, while they won the u11 title after beating DTS 3-0 in the final.
In the u13 final SKW beat Ramblers 1-0; in the u15 final SKW beat Kaizen Football Academy 3-0; and in the u17 final, SKW beat St Georges 2-0.
Eight teams from Windhoek participated, namely SKW, Ramblers, DTS, Athletic Football Club, Kaizen Football Academy, Windhoek Gymnasium, Hope Academy and St Georges.
Four teams from the coast participated, namely Swakopmund Football Club, Teenagers, Henties Bay and Genesis, while the Otjiwarongo Football Club and Rosh Pinah also competed.
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