Online Reporter
Ray Bande
Senior Reporter
EXCITING netball action returns to the eastern border city’s with potentially explosive Premier Netball League (PNL) double bubbles in the sprawling suburb of Sakubva on Saturday and Sunday as well as the Rainbow Netball League (RANL) bubble at Forestry Industry Training College (FITC) courts on Saturday.
In matches lined up at Dangare Primary School in Sakubva on Saturday in the Mutare PNL first bubble, ZDF Queens take on Aspindale whole Black Rhinos lock horns with Bikita Minerals.
Brace Queens will face P Stars.
Manyame Falcon will clash against Tongogara while Imbizo Queens will entertain Mutasa Falcons.
P Stars will then face Bikita Minerals while ZDF Queens takes on Beitbridge Border Stars.
On Sunday at the same venue for the second bubble, Manyame Falcons takes on Makate High Flyers while Black Rhinos will entertain Aspindale.
Mutare City face Beitbridge Border Stars while Harare City clash with Mutare City later.
Beitbridge Border Stars face Tongogara.
Across town at FITC, hosts Santa Queens engage Flow Angels and Golden Valley in yet another potentially explosive RANL bubble.
The last bubble at home for Santa Queens was more than a month and a half ago when they played host to JT High Fliers and Vixens.
However, the Fre8Zone bankrolled outfit has not only been active on the road but in phenomenal form after featuring in a bubble played in Ruwa’s Chiremba Grounds where they won both matches against home side Ruwa and Chibwe.
Soft spoken Santa Queen coach Tapiwa Chirenda said he will remain as cautious as he has always been in the previous bubble as he angles for outright triumph against the two opponents.
“About the impending weekend matches, I will still be as cautious as ever considering the building phase we are undergoing, Flow Angels are seasoned campaigners for several years running at this top flight level but I think we have proved we are now a force to reckon with.
“Going into this coming bubble, which could set the tone for top five placings quite early, I think we stand a fair chance of winning this much touted bubble despite them having more experience at this level of the game.”
