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Gauteng Jaguars
Gauteng Jaguars are a netball in South Africa, South African netball team based at the University of Pretoria. Since 2014 in South Africa, 2014, together with Gauteng Golden Fireballs, they have represented Gauteng in the Telkom Netball League. They are the league's most successful team and, as of 2024, have featured in every final. Between 2017 and 2021, Jaguars won five successive titles. In 2023, they won a sixth title. In 2017 Netball New Zealand Super Club, 2017 and 2018 Netball New Zealand Super Club, 2018, they also represented Netball South Africa in the Netball New Zealand Super Club. History Brutal Fruit Netball Cup In 2014, Gauteng Jaguars, together with Free State Crinums, Eastern Cape Aloes, Gauteng Golden Fireballs and North West Flames, became founder members of Division One of the Brutal Fruit Netball Cup. Between 2014 and 2016, they played in three successive finals. However, on each occasion they lost to Free State Crinums. Netball New Zealand Super Club In 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 In South Africa
Events in the year 2014 in South Africa. Incumbents *President of South Africa, President – Jacob Zuma *Deputy President of South Africa, Deputy President – Kgalema Motlanthe (until 26 May), Cyril Ramaphosa (starting 26 May) *Chief Justice of South Africa, Chief Justice – Mogoeng Mogoeng Cabinet of South Africa, Cabinet The Cabinet, together with the President of South Africa, President and the Deputy President of South Africa, Deputy President, forms part of the Executive. National Assembly of South Africa, National Assembly Premier (South Africa), Provincial Premiers * Eastern Cape Province: Noxolo Kiviet (until 21 May), Phumulo Masualle (since 21 May) * Free State (province), Free State Province: Ace Magashule * Gauteng Province: Nomvula Mokonyane (until 21 May), David Makhura (since 21 May) * KwaZulu-Natal Province: Senzo Mchunu * Limpopo Province: Stanley Mathabatha * Mpumalanga Province: David Mabuza * North West (South African province), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 ANZ Premiership Season
The 2018 ANZ Premiership season was the second season of Netball New Zealand's ANZ Premiership. With a team coached by Reinga Bloxham, captained by Wendy Frew and featuring Gina Crampton, Shannon Francois, Te Paea Selby-Rickit and Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit, Southern Steel (netball), Southern Steel retained the title, winning their second consecutive premiership. Central Pulse finished the regular season as minor premiers. However, in the grand final Steel defeated Pulse 54–53. The top three teams from the season – Steel, Pulse and Mainland Tactix qualified for the 2018 Netball New Zealand Super Club. Transfers ;Notes Malysha Kelly was injured during pre-season. Head coaches and captains Pre-season The official pre-season tournament was held at Te Wānanga o Raukawa in Otaki, New Zealand, Otaki from 20 to 22 April, with all six teams competing. ;Day 1 ;Day 2 ;Day 3 Regular season Round 1 The regular season started later than usual on 6 May, de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renske Stoltz
Renske Stoltz is a South African netball player. Early life Stoltz was born in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga before shifting with her family to Rustenburg, North West. She has played netball for the past seventeen years and attended Hoërskool Rustenburg. Career Stoltz earned her first cap against New Zealand in the Netball Quad Series. She was also part of the under-19 Baby Proteas squad. She also participated in the Brutal Fruit Netball Cup for the North West Flames and represented her university in the local varsity championship. She also played for Loughborough Lightning in the British Fast5 All Stars Netball Championship whereby she sank a last-minute five pointer in the grand final against Team Bath to earn the championship title as well as earned the player of the series award. She also got selected to represent South Africa in the 2017 Fast5 Netball World Series in Australia. Stoltz got signed by defending Netball Superleague champions Wasps Netball Wasps Netball were an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenize Potgieter
Lenize Potgieter (born 2 May 1994) is a South African professional netball player who currently plays for Manchester Thunder and the South African national team. Early life Potgieter was born in Polokwane, Limpopo before moving to Pretoria to pursue her high school career at Hoërskool Menlopark and further her studies and netball career. She has played netball for the past seventeen years. Career Lenize has represented her province of Limpopo at respective provincial netball tournaments. She played for the Gauteng Jaguars in the Brutal Fruit Netball Cup for three years as well as represented her university in the local varsity championship. Also, she earned her first international cap in the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Potgieter was also in the Spar Proteas squad that competed against the Silver Ferns in the 2015 Taini Jamison Trophy Series whereby she displayed some excellent netball and earned the MVP award despite the Spar Proteas losing to the world ranked number tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erin Burger
Erin Burger (born 10 February 1987) is a former South Africa netball international. Between 2007 and 2019, Burger made 120 senior appearances for South Africa. She was the first South Africa netball international to make 100 test appearances. When she retired she was the most capped South Africa netball international. She represented South Africa at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games and at the 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019 Netball World Cups. She was named player of the tournament at the 2011 World Netball Championships. Early life and education Burger attended Hoërskool Waterkloof. Between 2007 and 2010, she attended the University of Pretoria, where she gained a BA in Human Movement Sciences and a Post Grade Certificate in Education. Playing career UP Tuks Between 2006 and 2012, Burger played for UP-Tuks. Her team mates at UP-Tuks included Amanda Mynhardt, Chrisna Bootha and Vanes-Mari du Toit. While playing for UP-Tuks, she represented South Africa at the 2011 W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Izette Griesel
Izette Griesel (born 12 July 1992) is a South African netball player. She was selected to represent the South African netball team at the 2019 Netball World Cup The 2019 Netball World Cup (also known as the 2019 Vitality Netball World Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th edition of the INF Netball World Cup. It was held from 12–21 July 2019 at the Liverpool Arena in Liverpool, England with matches .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Griesel, Izette 1992 births Living people South African netball players 2019 Netball World Cup players Netball players from Pretoria 2023 Netball World Cup players Gauteng Jaguars players Premier Netball League (South Africa) players 21st-century South African sportswomen UP-Tuks Netball players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellis Park Arena
The Ellis Park Arena (formerly Standard Bank Arena and often acknowledged as Ellis Park Indoor Arena) is an indoor sporting arena located in Johannesburg, South Africa. The capacity of the arena is 5,000 people. A large number of sports events and concerts have occurred in this arena. Facilities The Ellis Park Arena has 4,300 permanent seats which give all spectators an unobstructed view. In addition there are retractable seats on the east and west sides on the floor for an additional 850 spectators. Chairs can also be placed on the floor up to a maximum of 1,200 making the capacity of the Arena approximately 6,300. There is a covered walkway around the Arena which includes a theatre style foyer, a fully licensed bar facility, as well as refreshment outlets and entertainment areas. Several suites in the Ellis Park Arena have a cocktail environment and can be used for private functions. While the Donald Ross Room accommodates 100 people, the VIP suite and Media Centre each cate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heartfelt Arena
The Heartfelt Arena (formerly Saambou Arena) is a private multipurpose arena for sporting and cultural events in Pretoria, South Africa. It was originally built for the South African Defence Force (SADF). The Indoor Hockey World Cup competition took place in the arena in February 2023. The arena also hosted the Idols casting competition and is the venue for numerous netball Netball is a ball sport played on a rectangular court by two teams of seven players. The primary objective is to shoot a ball through the defender's goal ring while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own. It is one of a ... league game. References External links * Indoor arenas in South Africa Sports venues in Pretoria Netball venues in South Africa {{SouthAfrica-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rustenburg
Rustenburg (; , Afrikaans and Dutch language, Dutch: ''City of Rest'') is a town at the foot of the Magaliesberg mountain range. Rustenburg is the most populous city in North West (South African province), North West province, South Africa (549,575 in 2011 and 626,522 in the 2016 census). In 2017, the city's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) reached ZAR 63.8 billion, accounting for 21.1% of the GDP of the North West Province, and 1.28% of the GDP of South Africa. Rustenburg was one of the official host cities of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, being in close proximity to Phokeng, the capital of the Royal Bafokeng Nation, where the Royal Bafokeng Stadium is located. The England national football team also used this as their base camp for the tournament. History Mfecane Before European settlers arrived, the area had been settled by agrarian Setswana-speaking tribes. Rustenburg's population is primarily Tswana people. Partially belonging to the Royal Bafokeng Nation, extensive landowners e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloemfontein
Bloemfontein ( ; ), also known as Bloem, is the capital and the largest city of the Free State (province), Free State province in South Africa. It is often, and has been traditionally, referred to as the country's "judicial capital", alongside the legislative capital Cape Town and Administration (government), administrative capital Pretoria, although the highest court in South Africa, the Constitutional Court of South Africa, Constitutional Court, has been in Johannesburg since 1994. Situated at an elevation of above sea level, the city is home to 256,185 (as of 2011) residents and forms part of the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality which has a population of 747,431. It was one of the host cities for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The city of Bloemfontein hosts the Supreme Court of Appeal (South Africa), Supreme Court of Appeal, the Franklin Game Reserve, :af:Naval Hill, Naval Hill, the Maselspoort, Maselspoort Resort and the Sand du Plessis Theatre. The city hosts numerous muse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durban
Durban ( ; , from meaning "bay, lagoon") is the third-most populous city in South Africa, after Johannesburg and Cape Town, and the largest city in the Provinces of South Africa, province of KwaZulu-Natal. Situated on the east coast of South Africa, on the Natal Bay of the Indian Ocean, Durban is the Port of Durban, busiest port city in sub-Saharan Africa and was formerly named Port Natal. North of the harbour and city centre lies the mouth of the Umgeni River; the flat city centre rises to the hills of the Berea, Durban, Berea on the west; and to the south, running along the coast, is the Bluff, KwaZulu-Natal, Bluff. Durban is the seat of the larger eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, which spans an area of and had a population of 4.2million in 2022 South African census, 2022, making the metropolitan population one of Africa's largest on the Indian Ocean. Within the city limits, Durban's population was 595,061 in 2011 South African census, 2011. The city has a humid subtr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diamond Fields Advertiser
The ''Diamond Fields Advertiser (DFA)'' is a daily newspaper published in Kimberley, South Africa, founded on 23 March 1878. The early days The earliest paper on the Diamond Fields was a weekly called the ''Diamond Field'', published from 15 October 1870 at Pniel. It moved the following year first to Du Toit's Pan and then New Rush (later renamed Kimberley), and had a strongly anti-imperial view point. Another of the early papers was the pro-British ''Diamond News'' of R. W. Murray.Van Niekerk, F. (ed), ''Knights of the Shovel''. Kimberley: Africana Library, 1996, pp. 86–87. The ''Independent'', owned by William Ling in 1876, was acquired by J. B. Robinson. By the late 1870s the success of the ''Independent'' had forced the ''Diamond Field'' to close, but with the ''Diamond Fields Advertiser'' then emerging as a third paper alongside the ''Diamond News'' and the ''Independent'' keeping local politicians on their toes in the turbulent years that followed. During the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
