Protea netballers are targeting World Cup medal

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The Proteas will depart for Britain on June 27‚ having two warm-up matches against Wales before the tournament begins.

: Protea players Renske Stoltz and Erin Burger, President of Netball South Africa Cecilia Molokwane; South African coach Dorette Badenhorst and Proteas player Zanele Vimbela during the Spar Proteas team announcement on May 22 2019.Netball South Africa on Wednesday named a strong team they believe can win their first World Cup medal since 1995.

Bongi Msomi will captain the team at the tournament in Liverpool from July 12-21‚ where they will face Jamaica in their pool. The Proteas are ranked fifth in the world‚ two spots behind Jamaica. Australia are No1 and hosts England second‚ with New Zealand fourth. NSA president Cecilia Molokwane said the team was gunning for a medal‚ with veteran Erin Burger adding they wanted to reach the final.

At the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast last year the Proteas had the better of Jamaica for most of the match before falling apart in the last quarter.“I think our team has grown a lot‚ like in performing in those pressure situations and we showed a lot of that in this last Quad Series‚” said Burger.

 

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