South Africa and New Zealand played out to a thrilling 48-48 draw while Uganda put in another dominant performance to defeat Wales 73-56 in Netball World Cup actions on Wednesday.
Australia survived a huge scare to overcome Malawi with a 70-46 victory while Barbados fought hard to clinch a thrilling 55-50 win over Singapore in the Netball World Cup action on Tuesday.
South Africa returned to winning ways after claiming a 69-28 victory over Trinidad & Tobago while Australia and New Zealand secured their fourth straight win at the Netball World Cup.
South Africa suffered their first defeat against Jamaica while New Zealand and Australia maintain their unbeaten run in their last match of the opening round of the Netball World Cup.
Peter Karmis has not won on the Sunshine Tour since August 2018, but the 42-year-old showed he still has the bottle for it on Saturday as clinched a thrilling one-stroke victory in the FNB Eswatini Challenge at the Nkonyeni Lodge and Golf Estate.
It wasn’t the 62 that he opened the tournament with, but Matthew Spacey’s second round of 70 at the Nkonyeni Lodge and Golf Estate on Friday was still enough to take him into a four-stroke lead going into the final round of the FNB Eswatini Challenge.
South Africa got off to the perfect start with a 61-50 victory over Wales while defending champions New Zealand put on a dominant performance to cruise to a comfortable 76-27 win over Trinidad and Tobago at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on Friday.
Matthew Spacey has enjoyed a solid start to the 2023/24 Sunshine Tour season with five top-20 finishes, but if he had a criticism of his performance so far it would be that his scoring has not properly reflected how well he has been playing.
The Sunshine Tour has announced a significant increase in prize money on its schedule, with a host of tournaments, including this week’s FNB Eswatini Challenge, now featuring minimum purses of R2 million.
Global sports company PUMA has opened a United Warriors Pop Up Store for the duration of the Netball World Cup being hosted in Cape Town.