The 2021 SPAR Challenge Series was the sixth Diamond Challenge

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series.. The series was played at the

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and broadcast live on SuperSport in South Africa. It was originally scheduled to be played in January 2021, however it was delayed due to a resurgence of the

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. It was eventually played in March 2021. It was effectively two separate series played alongside each other.

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played each other in a Tri Nations Series that earned them points on the

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. Meanwhile, two invitational teams, a Netball South Africa President's XII and the Baby Proteas played each other in a series of five matches. These two teams were basically the South Africa B and under-21 teams respectively. Both the South Africa and Uganda squads did not feature any players from the

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. South Africa won the Tri Nations Series, winning all six of their matches while the President's XII won their series against the Baby Proteas 4–1.

Head coaches and captains

Debuts

* On 25 March 2021, Nonsikelelo Mazibuko, Sian Moore, Nozipho Ntshangase, Simoné Rabie and Chantelle Swart all made their senior debuts for

against

Match officials

Umpires

;Ranking Matches ;Non-Ranking Matches

Umpire Appointments Panel

Matches

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

Day 7

Final table

Award winners

References

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