eFootballers and street fighters invited to trials

Esports is once again taking great strides as Namibia was invited to participate in the inaugural Southern Africa Region Esports Championships 2022 (SAREC 2022).

The Region 5 Youth Games will this year, for the first time, include e-sports as a demonstration title.

The game titles for this momentous event will be eFootball and Street Fighter 5 and is scheduled to take place on 3 and 4 December in Lilongwe, Malawi.

Following this invitation, the Namibian Electronic Sports Association (NESA) is eager to announce that qualifiers to select the Namibian champion players for each title will be held this Saturday, at the MTC Innovation Centre, Maerua Mall, at 10:00.

Participants can register for the event on the NESA website (https://nesaportal.org).

SAREC 2022 is a joint project of the Global Esports Federation’s Africa Esports Development Federation (AEDF) and the African Union Sports Council (AUSC) Region 5 to demonstrate holistic development strategies for esports in Africa through the values of equality, diversity, fair play, inclusion and innovation.

NESA invites all Namibian citizens under the age of 20 to participate in the qualifiers and become the Namibian Youth Representative Athlete for the championships.

NESA would like to sincerely thank its Namibian esports partner, MTC, for powering this event.

More information will be available on the NESA Facebook page as well as the website, esportsnamibia.org. For any questions or queries, contact Flip de Bruyn at 081 141 5100 or Rene Frech on 081 209 0520.