2021 SPAR Challenge Series

The 2021 SPAR Challenge was the sixth edition of the netball Challenge Tournament organised by Netball South Africa. The series was contested by three South African teams (the senior national team, the national "B" team known as the President's XII, and the under-21 team known as the Baby Proteas), the Ugandan national team, and the Namibian national team.[1][2] The tournament was originally scheduled to occur in January 2021, though it was postponed to March due to a resurgence of COVID-19 cases in South Africa.[3] The tournament is sponsored by SPAR, is broadcast by SuperSport and was held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.[2]

Netball
at the 2021 SPAR Challenge
LocationCape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, South Africa
Dates24 – 31 March
Teams5

Squads

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2021 SPAR Challenge
  South Africa[4][5][6]   President's XII[4][5][6]   U21 Baby Proteas[4]   Uganda[7]   Namibia[8]

Matches

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25 March

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25 March
10:00
Report South Africa   58–30   Namibia    CTICC
Scoring by quarter: 16–7, 16–8, 15–7, 11–8
Mazibuko   21/25 (84%)
Moore   23/27 (85%)
Stoltz   11/11 (100%)
Swart   3/7 (43%)
Kaspar   23/28 (82%)
Kambatuku   4/5 (80%)
Roetz   3/3 (100%)
25 March
14:00
Report U21 South Africa   42–56   South Africa PXII    CTICC
Scoring by quarter: 12–13, 13–13, 8–20, 11–10
Streutker   27/31 (87%)
van der Berg   11/18 (61%)
Strydom   4/8 (50%)
Louw   40/51 (78%)
Taljaard   10/16 (63%)
Venter   1/1 (100%)
25 March
14:00
Report South Africa   49–34   Uganda    CTICC
Scoring by quarter: 11–10, 11–11, 15–6, 12–7
Mazibuko   32/34 (94%)
Stoltz   17/24 (71%)
Eyaru   19/20 (95%)
Nassanga   12/15 (80%)
Oyella   3/4 (75%)

26 March

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26 March
16:00
Report U21 South Africa   49–54   South Africa PXII    CTICC
Scoring by quarter: 10–14, 12–13, 10–13, 17–14
26 March
18:00
Report Uganda   49–28   Namibia    CTICC
Scoring by quarter: 12–6, 10–11, 15–4, 11–7

27 March

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27 March
16:00
Report U21 South Africa   45–59   Uganda    CTICC
Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 11–20, 12–12, 10–15
27 March
18:00
Report South Africa   66–31   Namibia    CTICC
Scoring by quarter: 19–6, 18–9, 12–6, 15–10
Moore   26/29 (90%)
Mazibuko   16/17 (94%)
Stoltz   13/15 (87%)
Swart   11/14 (79%)
Kaspar   14/15 (93%)
Kamutushi   2/2 (100%)

28 March

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28 March
10:00
Uganda   v   Namibia    CTICC
28 March
16:00
U21 South Africa   v   South Africa PXII    CTICC
28 March
18:00
South Africa   v   Uganda    CTICC

29 March

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29 March
16:00
U21 South Africa   v   South Africa PXII    CTICC
29 March
18:00
Uganda   v   Namibia    CTICC

30 March

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30 March
16:00
U21 South Africa   v   South Africa PXII    CTICC
30 March
18:00
South Africa   v   Namibia    CTICC

31 March

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31 March
14:00
Namibia   v   South Africa PXII    CTICC
31 March
16:00
South Africa   v   Uganda    CTICC

Standings

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References

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  1. ^ "Netball Set To Resume In South Africa". Netball South Africa. 8 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b "FIXTURES: SPAR Challenge 25-31 March 2021". Netball South Africa. 16 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Netball South Africa suspends planned activities". Netball South Africa. 8 January 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d "SPAR Proteas Teams Set For SPAR Challenge Confirmed". Netball South Africa. 18 March 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Two teams set for the SPAR Challenge confirmed". Netball South Africa. 15 December 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Netball Set To Resume In South Africa". Netball South Africa. 8 February 2021. The SPAR Proteas team and SA President's XII team were announced in December 2020.
  7. ^ Kigozi Abdusalam (20 February 2020). "Netball: 18 Make She Cranes Provisional Squad For Cape Town Test Series". chimpreports.com. Archived from the original on 9 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Namibia announces team for SPAR Challenge". Netball South Africa. 18 March 2021.
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