Nadia & Ruben Keep the Coastal flag flying

Nadia Janse Van Rensburg made the final group of twelve players selected and will represent Namibia Netball in Singapore. She is a Help Defender and plays for Kudus Netball Club. The Namibian team will converge and camp in Windhoek the last week of November before leaving for Singapore on 3 December. The team will compete against teams from six other African countries. Namibia is currently ranked 24th out of 25 countries and will be looking to improve on their current ranking.

Ruben Soraseb returned from a Paralympics Qualifying Round competition in Dubai where he obtained a fourth place and secured a place for participation at the 2012 Paralympics Games in London. Athletes from twenty three countries competed at the event. Ruben pushed (benched) a weight of 205kg at the event and says he is capable of improving on this performance. He might compete in Brazil at an International Paralympics Committee sanctioned warm-up event in December before leaving for Malaysia in February where he will be in action and compete in a Power lifting competition. Willem Venter, Ruben’s trainer, accredited Ruben’s improved performance to the natural “Pure Nutrition” supplements being provided to him through a sponsorship from Physiotherapist Anna-Mart Kruger.