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
Runners-up Uganda
Third place Namibia

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

Team Head coach Captain
 South Africa Dorette Badenhorst Bongiwe Msomi
 Namibia[10] Julene Meyer Jatjinda Kambatuku
 Uganda[11] Rashid Mubiru Stella Oyella
President's XII Jenny van Dyk Marlize de Bruin[12]
Baby Proteas[13] Elsje Jordaan

Sources:[4][14][15]

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.[16]

Match officials

Umpires

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

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

Source:[17]

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%)
25 March 2021 President's XII 56–42 Baby Proteas  
14:00 Chanté Louw  40/51 (78%)
Nicholé Taljaard  10/16 (63%)
Talja Venter  1/1 (100%)
Rolene Streutker  27/31 (87%)
Elmeré van der Berg  11/18 (61%)
Lucy Strydom  4/8 (50%)
25 March 2021  South Africa 49–34  Uganda  
14:00 Nonsikelelo Mazibuko  32/34 (94%)
Renske Stoltz  17/24 (71%)
Irene Eyaru  19/20 (95%)
Shadiah Nassanga  12/15 (80%)
Stella Oyella  3/4 (75%)

Sources:[5][6][18][19]

Day 2

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

Sources:[20][21]

Day 3

27 March 2021 Baby Proteas 45–59  Uganda  
16:00
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:[22][23]

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:[24][25]

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

Sources:[26][27]

Day 5

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

Source:[28]

29 March 2021  Uganda 57–27  Namibia  
18:00

Source:[29]

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%)
31 March 2021  South Africa 44–32  Uganda  
16:00 Sian Moore  26/33 (79%)
Renske Stoltz  18/26 (69%)
Shadiah Nassanga  17/17 (100%)
Irene Eyaru  15/18 (83%)

Sources:[8][30][31]

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

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][30][31]

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