2021 SPAR Challenge Series

2021 SPAR Challenge Series
Tournament details
Host country South Africa
CityCape Town
Venue(s)Cape Town International Convention Centre
Dates24–31 March 2021
Teams5
TV partner(s)SuperSport (South Africa)
Final positions
Champions South Africa
Runner-up Uganda
Third place Namibia
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2022 →

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

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Team Head coach Captain
 South Africa Dorette Badenhorst Bongiwe Msomi
 Namibia[10] Julene Meyer Jatjinda Kambatuku
 Uganda[11] Rashid Mubiru Stella Oyella
South Africa President's XII Jenny van Dyk
South Africa Baby Proteas[12] Elsje Jordaan

Sources:[4][13][14]

Debuts

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  • 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

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Umpires

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Ranking Matches
Umpire Association
Anso Kemp South Africa
Elizna van den Berg South Africa
Theresa Prince South Africa
Chakatsa Lephole Lesotho
Non-Ranking Matches
Umpire Association
Salomé Britz South Africa
Tharina Opperman South Africa
Leonard Masao South Africa
Theo Moletsane South Africa

Umpire Appointments Panel

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Umpire Association
Annie Kloppers South Africa
Marielouw van der Merwe South Africa

Source:[16]

Matches

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Day 1

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25 March 2021  South Africa 58–30  Namibia  
10:00 Nonsikelelo Mazibuko Goals scored 21/25 (84%)
Sian Moore Goals scored 23/27 (85%)
Renske Stoltz Goals scored 11/11 (100%)
Chantelle Swart Goals scored 3/7 (43%) 		Anna Kaspar Goals scored 23/28 (82%)
Jatjinda Kambatuku Goals scored 4/5 (80%)
Rachalle Roetz Goals scored 3/3 (100%)
25 March 2021 South Africa President's XII 56–42 South Africa Baby Proteas  
14:00 Chanté Louw Goals scored 40/51 (78%)
Nicholé Taljaard Goals scored 10/16 (63%)
Talja Venter Goals scored 1/1 (100%) 		Rolene Streutker Goals scored 27/31 (87%)
Elmeré van der Berg Goals scored 11/18 (61%)
Lucy Strydom Goals scored 4/8 (50%)
25 March 2021  South Africa 49–34  Uganda  
14:00 Nonsikelelo Mazibuko Goals scored 32/34 (94%)
Renske Stoltz Goals scored 17/24 (71%) 		Irene Eyaru Goals scored 19/20 (95%)
Shadiah Nassanga Goals scored 12/15 (80%)
Stella Oyella Goals scored 3/4 (75%)

Sources:[5][6][17][18]

Day 2

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26 March 2021 South Africa President's XII 54–49 South Africa Baby Proteas  
16:00
26 March 2021  Uganda 49–28  Namibia  
18:00

Sources:[19][20]

Day 3

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27 March 2021 South Africa Baby Proteas 45–59  Uganda  
16:00
27 March 2021  South Africa 66–31  Namibia  
18:00 Sian Moore Goals scored 26/29 (90%)
Nonsikelelo Mazibuko Goals scored 16/17 (94%)
Renske Stoltz Goals scored 13/15 (87%)
Chantelle Swart Goals scored 11/14 (79%) 		Anna Kaspar Goals scored 14/15 (93%)
Nanguloshi Kamutushi Goals scored 2/2 (100%)

Sources:[21][22]

Day 4

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28 March 2021  Uganda 59–30  Namibia  
10:00 Shadiah Nassanga Goals scored 37/42 (88%)
Irene Eyaru Goals scored 22/23 (96%) 		Anna Kaspar Goals scored 17/19 (89%)
Rachalle Roetz Goals scored 8/9 (89%)
Jatjinda Kambatuku Goals scored 5/6 (83%)

Sources:[23][24]

28 March 2021 South Africa Baby Proteas 48–41 South Africa President's XII  
16:00
28 March 2021  South Africa 43–36  Uganda  
18:00 Sian Moore Goals scored 27/30 (90%)
Renske Stoltz Goals scored 16/21 (76%) 		Shadiah Nassanga Goals scored 20/24 (83%)
Irene Eyaru Goals scored 16/16 (100%)

Sources:[25][26]

Day 5

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29 March 2021 South Africa President's XII 52–46 South Africa Baby Proteas  
16:00 Chanté Louw Goals scored 26/36 (72%)
Nicholé Taljaard Goals scored 26/27 (96%) 		Rolene Streutker Goals scored 19/24 (79%)
Elmeré van der Berg Goals scored 15/19 (79%)
Kamogelo Maseko Goals scored 12/17 (71%)

Source:[27]

29 March 2021  Uganda 57–27  Namibia  
18:00

Source:[28]

Day 6

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30 March 2021 South Africa President's XII 38–36 South Africa Baby Proteas  
16:00 Chanté Louw Goals scored 24/35 (69%)
Talja Venter Goals scored 9/19 (47%)
Alicia Puren Goals scored 5/7 (71%) 		Elmeré van der Berg Goals scored 18/21 (86%)
Rolene Streutker Goals scored 11/14 (79%)
Kamogelo Maseko Goals scored 7/13 (54%)
30 March 2021  South Africa 59–26  Namibia  
18:00 Nonsikelelo Mazibuko Goals scored 25/30 (83%)
Chantelle Swart Goals scored 14/17 (82%)
Sian Moore Goals scored 14/14 (100%)
Renske Stoltz Goals scored 6/7 (86%) 		Anna Kaspar Goals scored 12/14 (86%)
Kambatuku Jatjinda Goals scored 11/17 (65%)
Nanguloshi Kamutushi Goals scored 3/7 (43%)

Sources:[7][9]

Day 7

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31 March 2021 South Africa President's XII 44–32  Namibia  
14:00 Nomfundo Mngomezulu Goals scored 16/19 (84%)
Chanté Louw Goals scored 14/24 (58%)
Talja Venter Goals scored 13/19 (68%)
Jessica Robyn Du Plessis Goals scored 0/1 (0%) 		Anna Kaspar Goals scored 20/26 (77%)
Jatjinda Kambatuku Goals scored 5/5 (100%)
Nanguloshi Kamutushi Goals scored 3/5 (60%)
Rachalle Roetz Goals scored 4/7 (57%)
31 March 2021  South Africa 44–32  Uganda  
16:00 Sian Moore Goals scored 26/33 (79%)
Renske Stoltz Goals scored 18/26 (69%) 		Shadiah Nassanga Goals scored 17/17 (100%)
Irene Eyaru Goals scored 15/18 (83%)

Sources:[8][29][30]

Final table

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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

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Award Winner Team
Player of the Series Monique Reyneke  South Africa
Best Shooter Irene Eyaru  Uganda
Best Mid Court Bongiwe Msomi  South Africa
Best Defender Joan Nampugu  Uganda

Sources:[8][29][30]

References

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