5 NATIONS PITS SINGAPORE AGAINST STRONG TEAMS AND AIDS PREPARATIONS FOR THE WORLD NETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
As part of the lead-up to the competition, all the teams will have the opportunity to get some stern match practice against the Australian Institute of Sports whose visiting Netball Team is coached by ex-Australian international and former Singapore Sports School netball coach, Simone McKinnis.
Fresh from Singapore’s victory in last year’s inaugural 4 Nations Netball Cup, Netball Singapore is proud to host the 5 Nations this year which will run from 3 to 8 September. The exciting six-day event will witness Singapore’s national team play each visiting team over the five days followed by play-offs on the last day to decide the final standings. The tournament has increased from four to five nations this year, giving the Singapore team a bigger training platform to prepare for the World Netball Championships in Auckland, New Zealand in November this year. After emerging champions of the 4 Nations Netball Cup 2006 and the 6th Asian Netball Championship in September 2005; Singapore will get some really tough match practice against the likes of fellow World Netball Championships qualifier, Trinidad & Tobago, currently ranked number 10 in the world. This will be the Singapore team’s last major competitive outing before they set-off to participate in the World Netball Championships.
“We are really pleased that these netballing countries have accepted our invitation to take part in this event. This tournament is an excellent opportunity to heighten Singapore’s presence in the international Netball fraternity and can only help in our bid to host the next World Netball Championship in 2011” said Tan Wee Khim, President of Netball Singapore.
The Singapore National team for the 5 Nations Netball Cup will be announced on 13 August. Fans of the national team can expect to see their familiar favourite players at the helm.
Miss Kate Carpenter, National Head Coach for Netball Singapore says, “We really enjoy this tournament. It gives us the opportunity to play against quality national teams that we aim to be very competitive against. To play at home in front of a home crowd is also very special as most of the time we’re touring and competing outside of Singapore.” The 6-day international competition will be held at the Toa Payoh Sports Hall and spectators can get the tickets from Netball Singapore when tickets go on sale in August.
Fixtures 3rd September • 4.30pm – Opening Ceremony • 6.00pm – Singapore vs Canada • 8.00pm – Trinidad & Tobago vs Sri Lanka 4th September • 6.00pm – Canada vs Trinidad & Tobago • 8.00pm – Singapore vs Northern Ireland 5th September • 6.00pm – Northern Ireland vs Trinidad & Tobago • 8.00pm – Sri Lanka vs Canada 6th September • 6.00pm – Northern Ireland vs Sri Lanka • 8.00pm – Trinidad & Tobago vs Singapore 7th September • 6.00pm – Canada vs Northern Ireland • 8.00pm – Singapore vs Sri Lanka 8th September • 1.00pm – 3rd & 4th Placing • 3.00pm – 1st & 2nd Placing • 4.15pm – Closing Ceremony (Guest of Honour - Mrs. SR Nathan).
About Netball Singapore Netball Singapore is the national body for netball in Singapore. It is a well-established organisation, which has progressed dramatically since it commenced in 1962. It has become a professionally run National Sport Association which generates a proportion of its expenditure through sponsorship and other streams of revenue-generation. The association supports 50 multi-team club members and over 260 schools have netball in their curriculum.
Our mission is to encourage, promote and develop netball in Singapore, and our vision is to make Singapore a World Class Netball nation. Our target for Singapore is to become one of the world’s top 10 netball teams by 2011.
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