THE president of Netball Namibia, Rebekka Goagoses is pleased with the competitive spirit of players in the MTC Namibia Netball Premier League.

She said the level of competition is rising, notably in the second round of matches played. “If you look at the last results in Tsumeb, the scores and margins are not that high, meaning other clubs also did their homework to perform decently on court. 

“One cannot say the defending champions, Namibia Correctional Service, will defend their title successfully. There are younger players, and a lot of changes and improvements in clubs. As matches go, clubs will pick up pace,” she said.

Over the weekend, exciting netball matches were once again played at the Patrick Iyambo Police College court in Windhoek.

Here are the weekend results: 

Saturday: Mighty Gunners 41-39 Unam Ogongo NC (Gunners’ Gleneth Kazonganga - player of the match)

Wanderers 52-43 Otjozondjupa Nampol (Wanderers’ Nelandre Mostert - player of the match)

Afrocat Lions 45-22 Eastern Chiefs (Afrocat’s Loide Kanyolo - player of the match)

Namibian Navy 42-32 Tigers (Navy’s Anna Kasper - player of the match)

Young Stars 39-28 Tsumeb (Stars Hileni Thomas - player of the match)

Sunday: Navy 58:47 UNAM Ogongo 

Gunners 47- 43 Eastern Chiefs 

The rest of the results for yesterday’s matches were not available before going to print.