University of Johannesburg Netball Club, commonly known as UJ Netball, are a South African netball team based at

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at the

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. Their senior team represents the university in Varsity Netball. They also enter teams in

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and local

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competitions. In addition they organise a University of Johannesburg netball league.

History

Varsity Netball

In August 2019,

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's captain, was appointed UJ Netball's head coach. In 2022, UJ Netball played in the semi-final stages of Varsity Netball for the first time. In 2023, Msomi guided UJ Netball to their first Varsity Netball final. However, they finished as runners up after losing 63–61 to UP-Tuks in the final. In 2024, Msomi guided UJ Netball to the final for the second consecutive year. However, once again they finished as runners up, this time losing 58–55 to UFS Kovsies.

Other competitions

;USSA At the 2019

tournament, UJ Netball narrowly missed out on promotion to a more senior division. After winning the Premier A division, they lost a promotion-relegation play off 45–44 against the

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. At the 2022 USSA tournament, both the senior and reserve UJ Netball teams won their respective divisions and gained promotions. UJ Netball hosted the 2024 USSA tournament at the UJ Netball Courts in

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. For the first time, the tournament included a

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competition. The UJ Netball Men reached their final, finishing as runners-up after narrowly losing 44–41 to

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. The senior women's team also finished second after losing 41–40 to UP-Tuks in an entertaining final. ;JNA Twizza League In 2021, UJ Netball won the Johannesburg Netball Association section of the Twizza Netball Club Championships. This league is organised by

and features district, provincial and national sections. ;Gauteng In 2022, UJ Netball were runners up at the Gauteng Province Netball Championships. In 2023 they won the Gauteng Netball Super League using their reserve team as the senior team was playing in Varsity Netball. They won this title just a few days ahead of the senior teams second consecutive appearance in a Varsity Netball semi-final.

Finals

;Varsity Netball

Notable players

Captains

Internationals

; * Boitumelo Mahloko * Tarle Mathe * Nomfundo Mngomezulu * Owethu Ngubane * Monique Reyneke ; * Monica Gomases * Liza Kruger * Cornelia Mupenda

Telkom Netball League

UJ Netball players have represented several teams in the

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, most notably Gauteng Golden Fireballs. In 2022 when Fireballs won the TNL title, their squad featured seven UJ Netball players plus

who was the UJ Netball head coach. In 2023 approximately sixteen UJ Netball players, representing seven teams, were included in TNL squads. ;2022 Gauteng Golden Fireballs

Coaches

Head coaches

Honours

* Varsity Netball **''Runners Up'': 2023, 2024 *Gauteng Netball Super League **''Winners'': 2023

References

External links

UJ Netball on Facebook

UJ Netball on Instagram
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