Kotze Coach of Proteas for Jamaica Tour
Identified as top candidate, Elize Kotze remains Netball SA coach until after June tour to confront world top-four professionals, Jamaica.
February 2008 gSTAR: Geraldine Pillay
After putting in nearly four years of hard work and training, Geraldine Pillay is feeling upbeat about her chances of bringing back gold from the Beijing Olympics. For as long as she can remember Geraldine Pillay has always loved athletics. In fact when she was in Grade 1 she took up sprinting and […]
SA Netball Slips in Rankings
There will be plenty of homework to do when the Spar SA netball team return from New Zealand this week. After the high of four years ago, it’s been a disappointing World Championships for the South Africans, who finished in sixth place, losing their fifth place playoff game to Malawi 52-49 on Saturday.
Proud Proteas Exit Champs
The dominance of the world’s best four netball teams in International play was aptly demonstrated on Thursday, as the quarter-finals of the 2007 Netball World Championships all finished well in favour of the top-ranked semi-final contestants.
SA in Emphatic Opening Win
South Africa took a while to hit form but emerged big winners in their first game as they started day two at the New World Netball World Championships at the Trusts Stadium, Auckland.
Uganda Test Team Announced
The Uganda Netball Association has announced their strongest possible team to face the South African Proteas in Heritage Day’s first of three encounters in the SPAR Challenge Netball Test Series, to be played at the University of Pretoria’s Mamelodi Campus Indoor Sports Centre.
World Champs Squad Announced
Netball South Africa (NSA) has announced the SPAR National Netball Squad that will represent the country at the New World Netball World Championships to be played in Auckland, New Zealand from 10 – 17 November 2007.
Bronwyn’s Back – And that’s Good News for Netball
In May 2003, it appeared that Bronwyn Bock-Jonathan’s netball career was over. The charismatic captain of the Spar South African team which was on a tour of Australia ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in her right leg. She flew back to South Africa heavy-hearted in the knowledge that once again, she would […]
2007 July gSTAR: Tsakane Mbewe
Tsakane Mbewe’s netball hero is SA veteran goal shooter, Sindisiwe Gumede and the one thing the two have in common is their height. Tsakane is nowhere close to Sindisiwe’s towering frame, but at 1.79m tall, she is often one of the taller girls on court, and she sure knows how to use height […]
2007 June Woman in Media: Liryn de Jager
Liryn de Jager grew up in a sports-mad family, and for as long as she can remember, she wanted to be a sports journalist. Four years ago, Liryn got her first big break in sports journalism, and she hasn’t looked back since. In fact, the Rapport journalist is now regarded as one […]