2021 SPAR Challenge Series

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2021 SPAR Challenge Series
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
City Cape Town
Venue(s) Cape Town International Convention Centre
Dates24–31 March 2021
Teams5
TV partner(s) SuperSport (South Africa)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Runner-upFlag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
Third placeFlag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
  2018
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]

Contents

Head coaches and captains

TeamHead coachCaptain
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Dorette Badenhorst Bongiwe Msomi
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia [10] Julene MeyerJatjinda Kambatuku
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda [11] Rashid Mubiru Stella Oyella
Flag of South Africa.svg President's XII Jenny van Dyk Marlize de Bruin [12]
Flag of South Africa.svg Baby Proteas [13] Elsje Jordaan

Sources: [4] [14] [15]

Debuts

Match officials

Umpires

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

Umpire Appointments Panel

UmpireAssociation
Annie Kloppers South Africa
Marielouw van der Merwe South Africa

Source: [17]

Matches

Day 1

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

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

Day 2

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

Sources: [20] [21]

Day 3

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

Sources: [22] [23]

Day 4

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

Sources: [24] [25]

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

Sources: [26] [27]

Day 5

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

Source: [28]

29 March 2021Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 57–27Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia  
18:00

Source: [29]

Day 6

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

Sources: [7] [9]

Day 7

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

Sources: [8] [30] [31]

Final table

PosTeamPWLDGFGAGDPts
1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 660031920111812
2Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 6330267221466
3Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 6060172348–1760

  Winners

Award winners

AwardWinnerTeam
Player of the SeriesMonique ReynekeFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Best Shooter Irene Eyaru Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
Best Mid Court Bongiwe Msomi Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Best Defender Joan Nampugu Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda

Sources: [8] [30] [31]

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