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After Netball South Africa (NSA) announced early in January that all planned netball activities had been suspended until further notice, there was good news last week for lovers of this popular sport.

NSA said in a statement that their Executive Committee have been reviewing the situation in the country after constant consultation with the relevant government departments.

Following the announcement by President Ramaphosa that the lockdown level three restrictions have been reviewed and relaxed, the Netball authorities have decided that netball activities should resume effective from Monday 08th February.

The decision to resume netball activities was not an easy one, because we are still amid a pandemic and we needed to be very careful on how we will do things going forward. This was a balancing act, because key to our list of priorities is ensuring that we preserve the lives of all our stakeholders whilst we play the sport we love. As the Executive together with our Events and Compliance teams, we have put measures in place that will enable us to make sure that we protect the lives of everyone, said Cecilia Molokwane, Netball South Africa President.

The first event that will take place is the SPAR Challenge, which was supposed to happen at the beginning of the year. The participating teams will be the SPAR Proteas, the SA Presidents XII, the SPAR Baby Proteas (under 21) and Ugandas national team, while Namibia yet to confirm participation.

The SPAR Challenge will take place under strict health and safety regulations. The tournament will happen in a biologically safe environment in Cape Town from the 24th to 31st of March 2021, after the teams gathered for a pre-training camp between the 19th and 23rd of March 2021.

Cape Town will be the home of Netball for the next three years leading up to the 2023 Netball World Cup.

NSA also encouraged local teams that would like to resume training and host coaching clinics to submit their risk mitigation plan to NSAs offices for approval. This is done to ensure that everyone adheres to the rules and regulations.

The SPAR Proteas team and SA Presidents XII team were announced in December 2020. Dr Elsje Jordaan, head coach of the SPAR Baby Proteas, will announce her final team before the SPAR Challenge. She will use this series to get some game time for her players and get combinations right ahead of the under 21 Netball World Youth Cup in Fiji at the end of the year.

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