Namibia off to winning start in Pent Series

2017-09-07 NAMIBIA got off to a winning start at the when they beat Swaziland 51-34 in the opening match of the Debmarine Pent Series in Windhoek on Wednesday. In an exciting encounter, played in front of an enthusiastic crowd, Namibia led throughout and displayed great temperament to shut out any comebacks that Swaziland attempted. In…

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Pent Series heralds Namibian netball revival

2017-09-06 THE Netball Pent Series sponsored by Debmarine Namibia kicks off at the Israel Patrick Iyambo Police College on Wednesday morning with five southern African nations due to battle it out for the trophy. The hosts Namibia will compete against Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana and Swaziland for top honours in the tournament, while they will also…

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Namibian names team for Pent Series tournament

2017-09-01 NETBALL Namibia (NN) has released the names of players who will compete in the first edition of the DebMarine Namibia Pent Series tournament in Windhoek next week. The competition will see five countries – Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Swaziland – battle it out for ranking points. The five-day championship will be held at…

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Desert Jewels seek improvement

12 September 2017 Namibia is currently ranked 37th out of the 38 countries ranked by the International Netball Federation. The senior national netball team, dubbed the ‘Desert Jewels’, are second from bottom on the INF netball world ranking log. The log was last updated on 4 July and includes matches up to 1 July 2017.…

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Unbeaten Zimbabwe wins netball series … Desert Jewels shake off wooden spoon tag

2017-09-11   Carlos Kambaekwa Windhoek-Despite a good start in the semi-regional Debmarine Pent Netball Series, which ended in the capital yesterday, host Namibia ended a somewhat disappointing 3rd overall place in the five-day netball competition at the state-of-the-art Israel Patrick Iyambo Police College netball courts. Zimbabwe won the competition hands down – leaving neigbours Zambia to…

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Desert Jewels third in Pent Series

2017-09-11 WINDHOEK – The Desert Jewels, Namibia’s senior national netball team finished third in the Debmarine Namibia Pent Series which ended in Windhoek on Sunday. Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Swaziland battled it out for rank points during the five-day tournament. Zimbabwe were crowned champions of the series after winning all four of their games,…

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Namibia finishes third in Pent series

11 September 2017 The Namibian senior netball team finished in third place out of the five teams that competed in the DebMarine Pent series in Windhoek last weekend. Namibia finished above Botswana and last-placed Swaziland in the final rankings, although champions Zimbabwe and runners-up Zambia dominated proceedings. The Namibians narrowly lost yesterday’s last match of…

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Weekend Netball: Roundup

11 September, 2017 It has been another action packed weekend in the world of netball, so here is our round up of what took place and what you may have missed.. Taini Jamison Trophy – New Zealand v England The Taini Jamison Trophy is a 3 match series between New Zealand and England. It seems every…

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