BONUS - RUSTENBURG - A busy netball year will come to a fitting close when the annual SPAR National Championships begin in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni on Monday, 1 December.
Over 2 200 players plus 196 umpires and technical officials will descend on Dr EG Jansen High School, for a feast of netball, with the Under-21 championships being played alongside the senior tournament.
A total of 119 districts will compete for the senior A title, which is currently held by Johannesburg and national Under-21 honours, in which category Johannesburg is also defending champions.
This is the biggest ever entry in the history of the Championships to date.
Some of the SPAR Baby Proteas (National Under-21 team) who recently returned from a successful Netball World Youth Cup in Gibraltar are also confirmed to be playing for the respective districts at the championships.
The SPAR Proteas players will, however, miss this year’s SPAR National Championships as they will be in camp preparing to defend their African Netball Cup in Malawi in early December.
Dr EG Jansen High School is one of the top netball venues in Gauteng. The high school boasts nine floodlit hard all-weather courts, including six hard all-weather courts at Concordia Primary School which shares premises with Dr EG Jansen High School.
Netball South Africa confirmed that during the Championships there would be a Deaf Netball Tournament (1-5 December) played in celebration of World Disability Day on Wednesday, 3 December.
SPAR and Netball South Africa (NSA) are fully committed to the battle against gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) and to ending period poverty. During the championships, a strong message to #ENDGBVF and #ENDPERIODPOVERTY will be sent.
Tickets for the games will be available for the SPAR Netball Championships at the venue for R10. Safe and secure parking will be available at EG Jansen HS for R20 per vehicle (Monday-Thursday) and R30 (Friday and Saturday).
Selected matches will be broadcast LIVE on SuperSport.
