South Africa’s semi-professional netball tournament continues thanks to a new corporate partner
South Africa's popular semi-professional netball tournament will be assisted by a new corporate partner this year.
Netball South Africa has secured Telkom as the naming rights partner to their semi-professional domestic league which kick starts on the 10th of May 2019 in Pretoria.
Telkom has been announced and unveiled as the new partner to Netball South Africa. This means that the league will be officially known as the Telkom Netball League.
The telecommunication giant came on board after SA Breweries, who assisted the series when it was known as the Brutal Fruit Netball Series, withdrew as sponsor.
Cecilia Molokwane, President of Netball South Africa has expressed the federation’s excitement on landing a new sponsor for the league.
“As Netball South Africa, we are extremely excited about this partnership and we believe that it will help us in growing the sport and taking it to new heights. This partnership will definitely change the landscape of netball in the country and for all the teams that are participating. Telkom are no strangers to sports and that is why their collaboration with us is very important,” she said.
The domestic netball league has been around for the past five years and has seen some of the biggest and best players come to display their talents on the court.
This year, the tournament will have 13 teams participating over a five-week period. The league is made up of 10 teams, representing all the nine provinces in the country with Gauteng having two teams. The league also features the Presidents Smileys, a team made up of SPAR Proteas players based in South Africa and coached by the Proteas assistant coach Dorette Badenhorst.
The Zimbabwe national team who will be playing in their maiden 2019 Vitality Netball World Cup will make up the 12th team in the league and their coach will use the league as preparation for the World Cup.
The 13th team in the league is the President’s Stars which is a male only team, competing only in exhibition matches.
“For us to be involved with Netball South Africa is very exciting. The whole world is looking forward to coming to our shores in 2023. As much as we have been involved with sports, this is our first time being involved with netball, the biggest women sport in the country,” said Telkom Executive of Brand and Product Segment, Gugu Mthembu.
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