By Pemphero Malimba:
Three Central Region Netball League teams have booked their slots in the national finals of the inaugural One Nico Top 12 Netball Cup after finishing in the top three during playoffs that took place at Area 30 in Lilongwe over the weekend.
Blue Eagles, Civonets and Young Eagles made it into the top three and have joined Kukoma Diamonds, Tigresses, Blantyre Tremors [Southern Region], Prison Queens, Airforce Falcons and Genius Sisters (Eastern Region) in the final phase.
During the play-offs, Eagles beat Civonets 45-44 in the final.
Eagles Head Coach Madanno Tepetheya said he was delighted with the performance of his players.
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“I am so happy that we have won this cup but there are some areas we need to improve on. So, starting this week, we will work on those areas so that we can do better at the national finals,” Tepetheya said.
In the semi-finals, Eagles beat Young Eagles 38-31 while Civonets defeated Lionesses 55-50.
In a third-place match, the Young Eagles sealed the last slot after beating MDF Lionesses 52-38.
The champions got K1 million, runners-up received K700,000 while the third-placed team received K500,000.
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Nico Holdings Corporate Affairs Manager Mbumba Mlia-Ndasauka said the company wanted to rebuild the country’s netball to promote the systematic transition of players.
“We believe that netball is one of the best sports in our country. We want netball teams to be engaged throughout the year so that there should be a good transition when our current players are growing up,” Ndasauka said
