Civics supports Concordia College

May 2011:

Civics Football Club on Wednesday donated soccer equipment to Concordia College ranging from soccer balls and clothing, bibs and gloves to corner flags, cones, markers and water bottles. Civics have been using Concordia College as a training base for the past three years and their president Helmut Scharnowski said it was part of an agreement they have with Concordia to support their youth soccer. “At this stage we are just providing material, but later the Civics Football Academy will be based here and we still have a lot of plans, including the upgrading of soccer fields and the provision of floodlights. Concordia has already adopted Civics as their team since they have the same colours,” he said. Scharnowski said a soccer trainer from Austrian club Sturm Graz would be arriving in Namibia soon to start working with young kids at the academy. “We aim to have about 200 children at the academy. They will mostly consist of learners from Concordia but other kids will also be welcome,” he said. Bradley Izaks, the head of the department of sport at Concordia College said the donation would play a big role in the upliftment of their soccer. He added that Concordia had won the Khomas Under 19 league for the past two years and were aiming to make it three in a row this year.