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Queens and Gems book World Cup spots

TWO more nations have stamped their tickets to the 2023 Netball World Cup after the African regional qualifiers were completed over the weekend. Nine nations competed in the regional qualifiers with Uganda opting not to compete having already qualified for the World Cup, with South Africa also having qualified by still competing, and ultimately winning […]

SPAR Proteas name 2022 Quad Series squad

SOUTH Africa SPAR Proteas have named their 14-player squad for next month’s 2022 Quad Series tournament in England. Though the squad will be without star talent Karla Pretorius after the defender announced her pregnancy, the SPAR Proteas have plenty of players to watch. The loss of Pretorius and shooter Lenize Potgieter does leave the side […]

The recent rise of the South Africa Spar Proteas

IT has been a busy 10 years for the South Africa Spar Proteas, getting up to standard once more with the rest of the top netballing nations and working hard to go from relative obscurity to having some of the most well known international names. Whilst South Africa had a netball golden age throughout the […]

International netball update: Africa Netball Cup – Days 7-8

THE huge eight-day Africa Netball Cup event is done and dusted, with the South Africa Spar Proteas crowned champions following an impressive and undefeated run in Windhoek, Namibia. We run through the final two days’ results. Check out our wraps of days 1-3 and 4-6 here. DAY 7 RESULTS Malawi (60) def. Tanzania (33) Zimbabwe […]

International netball update: Africa Netball Cup – Days 4-6

THE Africa Netball Cup continued over the weekend, with the nine nation, round robin competition providing some massive result over the past three days. With six days now complete, there are just two days remaining in the Cup series with South Africa and Uganda still the teams to beat with a clean bill of results […]

International netball update: Africa Netball Cup to begin

THE Pent Series may have been done and dusted last week, but expect another huge flurry of African netball action in the coming days as the Africa Netball Cup plays out from November 9-16 in Windhoek, Namibia. 24th-ranked Namibia will again host world number six, Malawi, world number seven, Uganda, world number 12, Zimbabwe, world […]

This week in netball – International matches to go ahead as NZ Cadbury Series complete

ANOTHER huge week in netball has made headlines this week with the 2022 Suncorp Super Netball season lists confirmed while the Cadbury Netball Series between the new Zealand Silver Ferns and Aotearoa Men’s was a cracking success. Meanwhile, a couple of international series are set to begin on Saturday evening, with a number of nations […]

England reigns supreme against South Africa

DESPITE dropping the final game of a three-game test series, England took out the win 2-1 against South Africa. It was a strong showing from the undermanned Roses side that was missing the likes of key players Serena Guthrie, Geva Mentor and Jo Harten instead relying heavily on their up and coming talent to carry […]