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NETBALL WORLD YOUTH CUP, DAY 1: Botswana ?? 72 Malaysia 26
Gaborone, Botswana | THE INDEPENDENT | Hosts Botswana capped an exciting opening day at the Netball World Youth Cup with an impressive 72-26 victory over Malaysia on Saturday.
Day one also saw victories for favourites, defending champions New Zealand who overwhelmed North Ireland 89-22 and a 62-30 win for South Africa over Barbados.
This is the first time the International Netball Federation (INF) has held an international event on the African continent.
The Netball World Youth Cup is the pinnacle of netball competition for emerging players who are under 21 years of age and the INF has held an U21 international competition every four years since 1988.
The tournament will feature 9 days of netball, 70 games in total and 20 countries are competing from across the five INF regions.
The African countries competing are Uganda, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana.
The tournament was preceded by the INF congress at which Uganda’s Peace Proscovia delivered a powerful and moving speech. She sent delegates into tears with her story of the impact the game of netball has had in her life. (click to read INF president Molly Rhone OJ address)
The Ugandan netball star last week led Uganda to victory in the Africa Seniors netball championships held in Kampala. The Ugandan netballers won all their five games to clinch the crown. (click to read story)
Uganda starts her Youth World Cup campaign against Malaysia, Sunday, 3pm at the Ditshupo Hall. All games at the UB Indoor Sports Arena will be live on Youtube and Facebook via INF.
Uganda will take on Botswana at the UB Indoor Sports Arena in their next game on Monday, 3pm.
The incredibly inspiring Peace proscovia brings entire @IntNetball Congress to tears with powerful speech about how netball changed her life pic.twitter.com/gsfVLDCRrH
— Claire Nelson (@ClaraNels) July 7, 2017
Peace Proscovia delivers a powerful and moving speech to INF Congress in Botswana #EmpoweringWomen pic.twitter.com/PRKTrjG0AC
— INF (@IntNetball) July 7, 2017
| Year | Location | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Canberra, Australia | Australia |
| 1992 | Suva, Fiji | New Zealand |
| 1996 | Toronto, Canada | Australia |
| 2000 | Cardiff, Wales | Australia |
| 2005 | Fort Lauderdale, USA | New Zealand |
| 2009 | Rarotonga, Cook Islands | Australia |
| 2013 | Glasgow, Scotland | New Zealand |
| 2017 | Botswana |
*** Additional reporting by @IntNetball and wikepedia
VIDEO – Opening ceremony
