On Thursday afternoon team officials from the Namibian Ice & InLine Hockey Association were honoured to receive a cheque from Dr Peingeodjabi Titus Shipoh from the Ministry of Youth, National Service, Sport & Culture in support of the National Namibian Inline Hockey Squad 2007 in preparation for their tour to Passau/Germany for this year’s IIHF World Championships.
Dr Shipoh has been a keen supporter to the Namibian Ice & Inline Hockey Association and other sport codes for many years.
This support comes at the right time when theNamibian Team is taking part in  the World Championships for the third time in a row and financial support from the Namibian business community has not been at a level NIIHA hoped for. Players and team officials were requested to finance most of the expenses for the upcoming tour. The cheque to the tune of N$250,000 from the Ministry of Youth, National Service, Sport & Culture will put the team on a fast tract to attend the World Championships 2007 and represent Namibia for the third time.
The Namibian Team will leave for overseas on May 19th to allow for preparation games against Germany as well as Team USA. Both teams are in the top division and Team USA is ranked number 1 winning the Gold Medal against Sweden in 2006.