a title="The SPAR Proteas pictured after their clean sweep over Malawi at the 2024 SPAR Challenge hosted by the City Of Johannesburg. The SPAR Proteas travel to the Caribbean to take on Jamaica in the three-Test Margaret Beckford Sunshine series in Kingston from January 18-25. Photo: Provided/Reg Caldecott."""Lentswe, Pretoria - The SPAR Proteas national netball team, who finished 2024 on a high as the number one ranked team in Africa, start the New Year with an exciting challenge when they travel to the Caribbean to take on Jamaica in the three-Test Margaret Beckford Sunshine series in Kingston. In form Jamaica recently moved into third spot, behind Australia and New Zealand, on the world rankings, after beating England in a Test series.

Lentswe, Kanana – The launch of the Kanana Maweza Community Festive Games took place last week. The games will be held from December 11 to 15th.

Lentswe, Jouberton - The 018 Friendship Cup took place last weekend. It is organised by regional teams from the Dr KK region. Six teams from NW travelled to Carle-tonville in Gauteng in October. The event, played on December 7 was supposed to be the return leg where six teams from Gauteng were scheduled to compete. Unfortunately all Gauteng teams withdrew due to challenges encountered and the organisers opted for teams playing in the Dr KK regional league to play.

Lentswe, Wolmaransstad – The Tshime-ga Chess Institute hosted their second chess tournament titled “TCI Rapid Festival” on Saturday December 7. The organisation would like to thank all the chess players who participated and all their sponsors. The tournament consisted of only an open section, and it was attended by Dr Kenneth Kaunda chess players, with visitors from Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati. The tournament had a prize fund of R4 000 with medals and a chess registration voucher to the best junior for the 2025 Dr Kenneth Kaunda Chess tournament.