The South Coast region has once again excelled in sports, netball in particular. Nkule Khuzwayo (29), who recently attended the Winter National School Sport Championship at Howard College, Durban as a coach for Team KZN returned with a gold medal.
These games are for players from schools with special needs only. Khuzwayo’s team competed in the deaf category. Also, four out of the 12 players were from St Martin de Porres School.
It was the first time she coached the team, she was only hired in June, and had a few weeks of preparation before the big tournament in mid-July.
Khuzwayo who was born and bred in Mawuleni Village near Port Shepstone said winning the championship will go a long way in boosting her career.
She said it was not easy to train before the major event, as they had to train in Durban on the weekends. She said all 11 districts transported players from their jurisdictions, and sometimes the schools did as well.
Team KZN’s first match was against Team North West which they demolished 13-1. In a duel against Team Mpumalanga, they won 12-1, before their last group match against Team Free State which they won 16-1.
“The next day we had to cross and played Team Western Cape in the semi-final, which we won 6-5. We went to the final and faced Team Gauteng, we won by 6-5. It was sweet to win over Team Gauteng because almost every year Team Gauteng and Team Western Cape become winners,” she remarked.
“I must say I would have preferred to face Team Eastern Cape or even Team Mpumalanga in the final rather than Team Gauteng, but Team Mpumalanga could not beat Team Gauteng when we crossed after group matches.”
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