{"id":54071,"date":"2023-09-20T17:27:22","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T17:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/walking-football-team-set-for-cape-town"},"modified":"2023-09-20T17:57:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T17:57:09","slug":"walking-football-team-set-for-cape-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/walking-football-team-set-for-cape-town","title":{"rendered":"Walking football team set for Cape Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>The Walking Football 4Health Namibia (WF4HN) team is set to participate in the WF4H football tournament scheduled for Cape Town on 24 and 25 November 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament will be hosted by the Multi Socca Movement in Cape Town, South Africa, and Namibia will be sending a team of 30 players to participate in the following categories of games: six-a-side walking football, five and six-a-side running football, and 11-a-side running football.<\/p>\n<p>In a media statement seen by this publication, the team is currently busy preparing for the Cape Town trip by training in Khomasdal twice weekly on Mondays and Thursdays, between 18h00 and 20h00, while games are being played every Saturday from 09h00 to 11h00 at the Special Olympics Stadium in Katutura.<\/p>\n<p>The treasurer of the team, Lance Willemse, is quoted as saying there has been an increased demand for the introduction of walking football in many towns across Namibia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere has been great interest received so far from other towns across Namibia, including Oshakati, Walvis Bay, Rundu, Keetmanshoop, Lu\u0308deritz, and Rehoboth, to name a few towns. People are now prepared to start walking football in their communities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Walking football as a sport code is to serve men aged 50 and above and women aged 40 and above with an opportunity to maintain a healthy lifestyle, not just physically but also mentally and psychologically, on the walking football fields.<\/p>\n<p>Willemse says in order for this trip to be a success, the team is requesting financial and any type of support to assist with transport to Cape Town and return, accommodation for five nights in Cape Town, meals for six days, team uniforms and clothing, and training bibs for 30 players.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, WF4HN had a demonstration at the Special Olympics Stadium in Katutura in support of the First Lady\u2019s \u201cOne Economy Foundation\u201d social welfare organisation, themed: #WeAreEqual&amp;Fit, organised by their #BeFree movement.<\/p>\n<p>Walking football is a growing sports phenomenon overseas and was founded in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>It is currently the fastest-growing sport in South Africa, with some 800 clubs in England alone, and it\u2019s been successfully piloted in a number of Australian states over the past 12 months.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. The Walking Football 4Health Namibia (WF4HN) team is set to participate in the WF4H football tournament scheduled for Cape Town on 24 and 25 November 2023. The tournament will be hosted by the Multi Socca Movement in Cape Town, South Africa, and Namibia will be sending a team of 30 players to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":54070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[234,236,233],"class_list":["post-54071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-namibia","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Walking football team set for Cape Town - Namibia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Walking Football 4Health Namibia (WF4HN) team is set to participate in the WF4H football tournament scheduled for Ca ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/walking-football-team-set-for-cape-town\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Walking football team set for Cape Town\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Walking Football 4Health Namibia (WF4HN) team is set to participate in the WF4H football tournament scheduled for Ca ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/walking-football-team-set-for-cape-town\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Namibia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-20T17:27:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-20T17:57:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/09\/sm_1695219887.24916.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"463\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/walking-football-team-set-for-cape-town#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/walking-football-team-set-for-cape-town\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Walking football team set for Cape Town\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-20T17:27:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-20T17:57:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/walking-football-team-set-for-cape-town\"},\"wordCount\":377,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/walking-football-team-set-for-cape-town#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/09\/sm_1695219887.24916.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"africa press\",\"Africa Press-Namibia\",\"namibia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/walking-football-team-set-for-cape-town#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/walking-football-team-set-for-cape-town\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/walking-football-team-set-for-cape-town\",\"name\":\"Walking football team set for Cape Town - 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