{"id":2636,"date":"2026-10-01T15:45:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T15:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.walvisbaycc.org.na\/?p=2636"},"modified":"2026-10-01T15:45:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T15:45:39","slug":"team-walvis-bay-delivers-outstanding-performance-at-siamsa-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.walvisbaycc.org.na\/?p=2636","title":{"rendered":"TEAM WALVIS BAY DELIVERS OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AT SIAMSA 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2637\" src=\"https:\/\/www.walvisbaycc.org.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/42a824b1-9850-4b88-b26a-af4fbc6b471a-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.walvisbaycc.org.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/42a824b1-9850-4b88-b26a-af4fbc6b471a-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.walvisbaycc.org.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/42a824b1-9850-4b88-b26a-af4fbc6b471a-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.walvisbaycc.org.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/42a824b1-9850-4b88-b26a-af4fbc6b471a.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">Team Walvis Bay recently delivered an impressive performance at the Southern Africa Inter-Municipal Sports Association (SAIMSA) Games 2026 in Manzini, Eswatini, securing multiple gold, silver and bronze medals, as well as seven trophies across various sporting disciplines. The Games, brought together municipal employees from across the Southern African region, with Team Walvis Bay showcasing exceptional talent, determination, teamwork and sportsmanship throughout the competition.<br>\nOUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS<\/p>\n<p>OVERALL AND TEAM TROPHIES<\/p>\n<p>The Municipality of Walvis Bay secured seven trophies across various disciplines:<br>\nSnooker\/Pool Doubles \u2013 Gold Medal and Trophy<br>\nDarts \u2013 Overall Winner and Trophy<br>\n10km Road Running \u2013 Male 20\u201335 \u2013 Gold Medal and Trophy<br>\nOwela Doubles \u2013 Trophy<br>\n100m Relay \u2013 Trophy<br>\nAthletics \u2013 Overall Female \u2013 Trophy<br>\nAthletics \u2013 Overall Male \u2013 Trophy<\/p>\n<p>GOLD MEDAL ACHIEVEMENTS<\/p>\n<p>Our athletes and players secured Gold in several disciplines:<br>\nSnooker\/Pool Doubles<br>\n5km Running: Male 20\u201335<br>\n5km Running: Female 36 -45<br>\n10km Running: Male 20\u201335<\/p>\n<p>SILVER MEDAL ACHIEVEMENTS<\/p>\n<p>The team also recorded strong Silver Medal performances:<br>\n10km Running \u2013 Female 20\u201335<br>\n10km Running \u2013 Male 46\u201360<\/p>\n<p>BRONZE MEDAL ACHIEVEMENTS<\/p>\n<p>Bronze Medals were secured in:<br>\nRoad Running \u2013 Female 46\u201360<br>\nFishing<\/p>\n<p>The results reflect the remarkable breadth of talent within the Municipality of Walvis Bay team. From individual endurance events and athletics to darts, pool, Owela, relay racing and fishing, our representatives competed with commitment and determination across diverse sporting disciplines.<br>\nThe Municipality of Walvis Bay congratulates all our athletes and participants on their achievements and extends appreciation to everyone who contributed to the team&#8217;s participation and success at the SIAMSA Games 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Well done, Team Walvis Bay! Your dedication, teamwork and competitive spirit made us proud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team Walvis Bay recently delivered an impressive performance at the Southern Africa Inter-Municipal Sports Association (SAIMSA) Games 2026 in Manzini, Eswatini, securing multiple gold, silver and bronze medals, as well as seven trophies across various sporting disciplines. The Games, brought together municipal employees from across the Southern African region, with Team Walvis Bay showcasing exceptional [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walvisbaycc.org.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walvisbaycc.org.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walvisbaycc.org.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walvisbaycc.org.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walvisbaycc.org.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2636"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.walvisbaycc.org.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2638,"href":"https:\/\/www.walvisbaycc.org.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636\/revisions\/2638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walvisbaycc.org.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walvisbaycc.org.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walvisbaycc.org.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}