International netball series hosted by South Africa
The 2021 SPAR Challenge Series was the sixth Diamond Challenge netball series.. The series was played at the Cape Town International Convention Centre and broadcast live on SuperSport in South Africa . It was originally scheduled to be played in January 2021, however it was delayed due to a resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa . It was eventually played in March 2021. It was effectively two separate series played alongside each other. South Africa , Namibia and Uganda played each other in a Tri Nations Series that earned them points on the World Netball Rankings . Meanwhile, two invitational teams, a Netball South Africa President's XII and the Baby Proteas played each other in a series of five matches. These two teams were basically the South Africa B and under-21 teams respectively.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] Both the South Africa and Uganda squads did not feature any players from the Netball Superleague , Suncorp Super Netball or the ANZ Premiership .[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] South Africa won the Tri Nations Series, winning all six of their matches[ 7] [ 8] while the President's XII won their series against the Baby Proteas 4–1.[ 9]
Head coaches and captains
Sources :[ 4] [ 13] [ 14]
Debuts
On 25 March 2021, Nonsikelelo Mazibuko, Sian Moore, Nozipho Ntshangase, Simoné Rabie and Chantelle Swart all made their senior debuts for South Africa against Namibia .[ 15]
Match officials
Umpires
Ranking Matches
Non-Ranking Matches
Umpire Appointments Panel
Source :[ 16]
Matches
Day 1
25 March 2021
South Africa
58–30
Namibia
10:00
Nonsikelelo Mazibuko 21 /25 (84%) Sian Moore 23 /27 (85%) Renske Stoltz 11 /11 (100%) Chantelle Swart 3 /7 (43%)
Anna Kaspar 23 /28 (82%) Jatjinda Kambatuku 4 /5 (80%) Rachalle Roetz 3 /3 (100%)
Sources :[ 5] [ 6] [ 17] [ 18]
Day 2
Sources :[ 19] [ 20]
Day 3
27 March 2021
South Africa
66–31
Namibia
18:00
Sian Moore 26 /29 (90%) Nonsikelelo Mazibuko 16 /17 (94%) Renske Stoltz 13 /15 (87%) Chantelle Swart 11 /14 (79%)
Anna Kaspar 14 /15 (93%) Nanguloshi Kamutushi 2 /2 (100%)
Sources :[ 21] [ 22]
Day 4
28 March 2021
Uganda
59–30
Namibia
10:00
Shadiah Nassanga 37 /42 (88%) Irene Eyaru 22 /23 (96%)
Anna Kaspar 17 /19 (89%) Rachalle Roetz 8 /9 (89%) Jatjinda Kambatuku 5 /6 (83%)
Sources :[ 23] [ 24]
Sources :[ 25] [ 26]
Day 5
Source :[ 27]
Source :[ 28]
Day 6
30 March 2021
President's XII
38–36
Baby Proteas
16:00
Chanté Louw 24 /35 (69%) Talja Venter 9 /19 (47%) Alicia Puren 5 /7 (71%)
Elmeré van der Berg 18 /21 (86%) Rolene Streutker 11 /14 (79%) Kamogelo Maseko 7 /13 (54%)
30 March 2021
South Africa
59–26
Namibia
18:00
Nonsikelelo Mazibuko 25 /30 (83%) Chantelle Swart 14 /17 (82%) Sian Moore 14 /14 (100%) Renske Stoltz 6 /7 (86%)
Anna Kaspar 12 /14 (86%) Kambatuku Jatjinda 11 /17 (65%) Nanguloshi Kamutushi 3 /7 (43%)
Sources :[ 7] [ 9]
Day 7
31 March 2021
President's XII
44–32
Namibia
14:00
Nomfundo Mngomezulu 16 /19 (84%) Chanté Louw 14 /24 (58%) Talja Venter 13 /19 (68%) Jessica Robyn Du Plessis 0 /1 (0%)
Anna Kaspar 20 /26 (77%) Jatjinda Kambatuku 5 /5 (100%) Nanguloshi Kamutushi 3 /5 (60%) Rachalle Roetz 4 /7 (57%)
Sources :[ 8] [ 29] [ 30]
Final table
Pos
Team
P
W
L
D
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
South Africa
6
6
0
0
319
201
118
12
2
Uganda
6
3
3
0
267
221
46
6
3
Namibia
6
0
6
0
172
348
–176
0
Winners
Award winners
Sources :[ 8] [ 29] [ 30]
References
Series Participants Organising body
Teams Tournaments
Series
Captains Head coaches
Marlene Wagner
Bennie Saayman
Louise du Plessis
Carin Strauss
Marchelle Maroun
Elize Kotze
Elsje Jordaan
Dorette Badenhorst
Norma Plummer
Jenny van Dyk
International netball in 2021
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