Harare, Zimbabwe. – (News of The South) – The Zimbabwe u21 netball team has been invited to South Africa to take part in the Spar Challenge International Netball Series to be held at the Belleville Velodrome from November 29 to December 1.
The Young Gems will play 3 matches against the South African u21 team affectionately known as the Spar Baby Proteas, the 3 matches will act as curtain raisers to the international test series featuring South Africa and England.
This is some special recognition on Zimbabwe Netball and also a chance to look into the future and prepare for the u21 netball world cup qualifiers that will come next year.
All indications from ZINA are that they are going to take part in the series and word from South Africa is that they have already accepted the invitation.
The last time the Gems were at the Belleville Velodrome, things were not in order logistically and one hopes they have learnt their lesson and they will do things on time and avoid a repeat of their last debacle.
ZINA itself is still under fire from the Sports and Recreation Commission as on the 23rd of October they were charged under section 30 by the sports governing body.
“The SRC Board, in the light of the many controversies affecting the Zimbabwe Netball Association (‘ZINA’), has resolved to institute the appropriate disciplinary action against ZINA in terms of Section 30 of the SRC Act. ZINA has up to Friday, November 1, 2019 to respond to the several allegations levelled against it.”
ZINA has since responded and we now await evaluation of the SRC and see how this whole saga ends but sources at SRC indicated to this publication that they brought a significant amount of information that does not exonerate them from the charges leveled against them.
One hopes the charges do not affect the upcoming series as this will be a chance to prepare and assess the next generation of Gems.
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