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Namibia’s U19 Trials set to continue

Cricket Namibia has announced the players selected to continue to the third phase of the Namibia U19 men’s trials, set to form the men’s under-19 High-Performance program training squad. 

U19 Squad:

Divan la Cock – WHS
Waylon Cloete – WHS
Gerhard Janse van Rensburg – Windhoek Gymnasium
Ramon Wilmot – Windhoek Gymnasium
Dirkie Theunissen – Windhoek Gymnasium
Dylan Leicher – Windhoek Gymnasium
Christo Bronkhorst – Windhoek Gymnasium
JW Visagie – Windhoek Gymnasium
Lu-hendro de Waal – Windhoek Gymnasium
Albertus Engelbreght- Gobabis
Louis Peters – Gobabis
Stefan Bezuidenhoudt – Gobabis
Jan Hendrik Potgieter – Otjiwarongo
Raine Raath – Otjiwarongo
Marco Malan – Pro-Ed
Renier Bosman – Pro-Ed
Andre van Niekerk – Pro-Ed
Addo Ita – West Side High
William Lottering – WBPHS
Tangi Nuuyoma – Duinesig S.S
Simon Shikongo – Duinesig S.S
Romano Paulus – Duinesig S.S
Ryan Moffet – St. Pauls
Alex Volschenk – St. Pauls
Jack Parker – St. Pauls
PD Blignaut – St. Pauls
Hansie de Villiers – St. Pauls
JC Balt – WAP
Christian Delport – WAP
Andre Siepker – WAP
Ben Burger -WAP

Schedule

Players will undergo the high-performance programme, which consists of three stages. First, there will be training sessions commencing across the country next week with sessions occurring weekly, with U19 head coach Fortune Matawu overseeing the high-performance project, and content delivered across the county. The second stage of the high-performance programme includes a number of training camps that all players must be available for, with Cricket Namibia organising camps on the 12th, 13th & 14th March 2021 on a six-week rotational basis where the National men’s team consultants will develop the all-round skills of all players. Dates for the second camp are scheduled for the 23rd, 24th & the 25th of April 2021, with phase three a series of practice matches locked in for the 21st, 22nd & 23rd May 2021.  

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Isaac Lockett

Isaac has an undergraduate degree in sports psychology with a passion for the development of cricket into a completely global sport. He is furthering his academic study through the completion of a Masters degree in Sports Business Management and Policy which aims to further understand sporting globalisation.

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