Two Crowns Due in Four Days as the TNL Power Week 3 Lands at the University of Pretoria

The 2026 Telkom Netball League reaches its decisive stage this weekend as the country’s leading provincial sides gather for the final Power Week, a four-day programme of semi-finals, play-offs and finals that will crown the season’s Division 1 and Division 2 champions at Rembrandt Hall, University of Pretoria, on Friday, 12 June 2026.

The Division 1 semi-finals headline the Saturday programme. The Free State Crinums, who completed the group stage unbeaten, carry the form of the competition into a last-four meeting with the Gauteng Jaguars, while the Golden Fireballs face the Southern Stings for the second place in the Division 1 final.

Karla Victor pictured in possession as the Spar Proteas completed a perfect Pool 1 campaign at the 2026 Africa Netball Cup, following Tuesday's 72-32 victory over Botswana with a 55-33 win over the Debmarine Desert Jewels of Namibia, before Africa Netball confirmed that pool winners South Africa and Uganda will contest the Africa Cup Final, at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani in Nairobi, Kenya, on Wednesday, 23 September 2026. All Photos: Netball South Africa

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The Spar Proteas’ Goal Attack skipper Kamogelo Maseko shooting during South Africa’s second victory in Nairobi, made it two wins from two at the 2026 Africa Netball Cup with a 58-41 victory over Zimbabwe in a meeting of Pool 1's unbeaten sides, wing as head coach Jenny van Dyk's rotated squad stayed in full control, at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani, Kenya, on Sunday, 20 September 2026. All Photos: Netball South Africa

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The Spar Proteas opened their 2026 Africa Netball Cup title defence with a 90-22 Pool 1 victory over Tanzania, wearing black armbands in remembrance of victims of gender-based violence and femicide, with Luca Keun and Tinita van Dyk earning their first senior caps, at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani in Nairobi, Kenya, on Saturday, 19 September 2026. All Photo: Netball South Africa

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The fixtures are set for the 2026 Africa Netball Cup and Netball World Cup Sydney 2027 Qualifier Africa, where ten of the continent's strongest women's netball nations will contest continental honours and the final two African places at the Netball World Cup, at the Netball World Cup, at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani in Nairobi, Kenya, from Saturday 19 to Saturday 26 September 2026. Photo: Africa Netball

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Karla Pretorius captained the Free State Crinums to an unbeaten 2026 Telkom Netball League campaign and a fifth title in her farewell domestic season, before closing a 125-cap international career at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. All Photos: Netball South Africa

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Africa Netball Treasurer Martha Lungu-Sichone (pictured) and Vice President Malebo Raditladi-Nkgakile lead the finance, governance and safeguarding structures behind the continental showpiece as leading netball nations prepare for the Africa Netball Cup 2026 in Nairobi, Kenya, from 19 to 26 September 2026. All Photos: Africa Netball

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Division 2 offers an equally open last four. The Western Cape Tornados meet the Free State Sonoblomo and the Limpopo Baobabs take on the Kingdom Queens, with all four sides chasing a place in the Division 2 final and the title that comes with it.

For the Division 2 contenders, the reward extends beyond the trophy. The Division 2 winner earns a promotion and relegation play-off against the Kingdom Stars, who finished seventh in Division 1, with a place in next season’s top flight at stake and a clear long-term incentive driving the lower division.

***The Southern Stings take on the Golden Fireballs in their Division 1 last-four meeting at the Telkom Netball League final Power Week.***

The contenders arrive in Pretoria after a fortnight’s break that followed ten days of group-stage netball at Ellis Park Arena in Johannesburg, where the Free State Crinums set the Division 1 benchmark and the knockout pairings took shape.

The pause has given every side time to refine its systems, though the margins built over the group stage will count for little once the knockout matches begin.

Tayla Kavanagh, the 25-year-old Hollywood Athletics Club distance runner, set a South African women's 10km record of 30:50, subject to ratification, finishing fifth in a world-class field led by Ethiopia's Asefu Abreha, at the tRUNsylvania 10K at the Brasov Running Festival in Brasov, Romania on Sunday, 4 October 2026. File Photo: Charmaine Botes Visser

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The Springbok Women close their WXV Global Series tour of Europe with a clean sheet, holding Spain scoreless in fierce midday heat that forced two water breaks, with three tries and a settled scrum laying the platform for a seventh successive win over the Spanish, at the La Cartuja sports complex in Seville, Spain on Sunday, 4 October 2026. All Photos: SA Rugby / Gallo Images

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Glenrose Xaba became the first athlete to win the Spar Grand Prix four times by winning the Jozi Spar Women's 10km Challenge in 32:26, more than a minute ahead of Boxer teammate Karabo More, with Ethiopian Selam Gebre (Nedbank) third and the overall 2026 Spar title secured, at the Marks Park Sports Club in Johannesburg on Sunday, 4 October 2026. All Photos: Reg Caldecott / Gallo Images

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Emily Jenkinson of Cape Town Surfriders claimed the U18 girls' national title with a wave in the closing seconds of her final, while Ilembe's Lila Aszalos, Ella van de Made and Lexi Lockhart won the U16, U14 and U12 girls' crowns at the 30th Sea Harvest SA Junior Surfing Championships, completed at Lower Point in Jeffreys Bay on Saturday, 3 October 2026. Photo: Nick Harris

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Banyana Banyana head coach Dr Desiree Ellis has named 24 players blending WAFCON experience with returning talent for a back-to-back CAF Women's Olympic Qualifiers tie against Madagascar, as South Africa chase one of two African places at Los Angeles 2028, at the Toyota Stadium in Bloemfontein on Friday, 9 October 2026 and Tuesday, 13 October 2026. All Photos: SAFA

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The Telkom Supershot, the two-point long-range shot that rewards attacking ambition, has already settled several tight contests across the first two Power Weeks. In knockout netball, where a single possession can decide a season, it may again prove the difference in the closing minutes of a semi-final or final.

The finals fall across the closing two days, with the Division 2 final and medal ceremony on Sunday, 14 June and the Division 1 final and medal ceremony closing the season on Monday, 15 June.

The Western Cape Tornados pursue the Division 2 crown and a promotion play-off as the Telkom Netball League reaches its climax.

With established Spar Proteas names competing alongside emerging provincial talent, the final Power Week also gives national selectors a clear view of the players pressing for higher honours.

Stay tuned right here to the gsport Newsroom, which will continue its daily coverage throughout the final Power Week of the 2026 Telkom Netball League to the champion moments which cap this year’s winners.

The 2026 Telkom Netball League Power Week 3 Fixtures at Rembrandt Hall, University of Pretoria, from Friday, 12 June to Monday, 15 June 2026

Friday, 12 June 2026

14h00 D2 Play-off Position 7/8: Mpumalanga Sunbirds vs. Eastern Cape Comets
16h00 D2 Play-off Position 5/6: Northern Cape Diamonds vs. North West Tshukudu
18h00 D1 Play-off Position 5/6: North West Flames vs. Eastern Cape Aloes

Saturday, 13 June 2026

12h00 D2 Semi-Final 1: Western Cape Tornados vs. Free State Sonoblomo
14h00 D2 Semi-Final 2: Limpopo Baobabs vs. Kingdom Queens
16h00 D1 Semi-Final 1: Free State Crinums vs. Gauteng Jaguars
18h00 D1 Semi-Final 2: Golden Fireballs vs. Southern Stings

Sunday, 14 June 2026

13h00 D1 Play-off Position 3/4
15h00 D2 Play-off Position 3/4
18h00 Division 2 Final
19h30 Division 2 Medal Ceremony

Monday, 15 June 2026

15h30 Relegation Match: Kingdom Stars vs. Division 2 winner
18h00 Division 1 Final
19h30 Division 1 Medal Ceremony

Power Week 1 Wrap

Power Week 2 Wrap

Main Photo Caption: The Free State Crinums head into the final Power Week of the 2026 Telkom Netball League as the unbeaten Division 1 leaders, facing the Gauteng Jaguars in their semi-final at Rembrandt Hall, University of Pretoria, on Saturday, 13 June 2026. All Photos: Netball SA

Photo 2 Caption: The Southern Stings take on the Golden Fireballs in their Division 1 last-four meeting at the Telkom Netball League final Power Week.

Photo 3 Caption: The Western Cape Tornados pursue the Division 2 crown and a promotion play-off as the Telkom Netball League reaches its climax.

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