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Innocent Kurira, Sports Reporter
TWELVE teams are expected to battle it out in this year’s edition of the Ndwangwana netball competition which is slated for September 3.
The netball fiesta will take place at Kondwangwana Central Store in Inyathi.
Tournament organiser, Kingsley Moyo said the idea behind the tournament was to give exposure to the talent that remains untapped in the area.
“This competition is there so that we empower the girl child. Not only is this competition about girl child empowerment but it also helps to expose the talent that we have here,” he said.
Moyo said the competition is also meant to celebrate the girl child because the community was aware that if you empower a girl child you have empowered the nation.
“The goal is to have four teams from Nkayi, Sganda and Inyathi making the total number of teams 12.
The top four teams will have an opportunity to play teams from Bulawayo at the end of October.
Teams that want to be part of the tournament will have to register before August 31.
The registration fee is US$10,” said Moyo.
Prizes to be won at the tournament will include R3 000 for the winners, a goat, playing kit and balls.
The player of the tournament will get US$30 while the golden hand award winner receives US$20.
Netball has not been a popular sport in the country until the exceptional performance of the Zimbabwe senior women’s netball team on debut at the Netball World Cup in 2019.
It was then that netball was in the spotlight as the team’s performance was a national pride and dominated national conversations. —@innocentskizoe
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