2021 SPAR Challenge Series explained

Event:	Netball
Games:	2021 SPAR Challenge
Location:	Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, South Africa
Teams:	5
Dates:	24 – 31 March

The 2021 SPAR Challenge was the sixth edition of the netball Challenge Tournament organised by Netball South Africa. The series was contested by three South African teams (the senior national team, the national "B" team known as the President's XII, and the under-21 team known as the Baby Proteas), the Ugandan national team, and the Namibian national team.^[1] ^[2] The tournament was originally scheduled to occur in January 2021, though it was postponed to March due to a resurgence of COVID-19 cases in South Africa.^[3] The tournament is sponsored by SPAR, is broadcast by SuperSport and was held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.^[2]

Squads

Note: South African netballers playing in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand domestic leagues were unavailable for the tournament.^[4]

Web site: Netball Set To Resume In South Africa. Netball South Africa. 8 February 2021.
Web site: FIXTURES: SPAR Challenge 25-31 March 2021. Netball South Africa. 16 March 2021.
Web site: Netball South Africa suspends planned activities. 8 January 2021. Netball South Africa.
Web site: SPAR Proteas Teams Set For SPAR Challenge Confirmed. Netball South Africa. 18 March 2021.
Web site: Two teams set for the SPAR Challenge confirmed. Netball South Africa. 15 December 2020.
Web site: Netball Set To Resume In South Africa. Netball South Africa. 8 February 2021. The SPAR Proteas team and SA President’s XII team were announced in December 2020..
Web site: Netball: 18 Make She Cranes Provisional Squad For Cape Town Test Series. Kigozi Abdusalam. 20 February 2020. chimpreports.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20210309015417/https://chimpreports.com/netball-18-make-she-cranes-provisional-squad-for-cape-town-test-series/. 9 March 2021. live.
Web site: Namibia announces team for SPAR Challenge. Netball South Africa. 18 March 2021.