Proteas start preparations for Commonwealth Games with matches against Ireland, Wales and Scotland BraMahlatse
Dorette Badenhorst during the Spar Challenge, International Netball Test Series media briefing at Southern Sun, Waterfront Hotel on November 28, 2019 in Cape Town, South Africa.Netball South Africa have secured high-profile friendly matches for the Proteas against Ireland, Wales and Scotland as coach Dorette Badenhorst steps up preparations for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
The European tour replaces the Margaret Beckford Sunshine Series against Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean which was scheduled to take place in the middle of October.NSA president Cecilia Molokwane stressed the importance of players getting as much game time as possible in the build-up to the Commonwealth Games.
In other news, defender Shadine van der Merwe has withdrawn from the team due to injury and has been replaced by Monique Reyneke. But goalkeeper Zanele Vimbela returns to the side after a long injury layoff.
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