The Citizen (Dar es Salaam)
Jessca Nangawe
13 July 2011
Dar es Salaam — Jeshi Stars are simply unstoppable. Yesterday, they ran riot to trounce clueless CMTU 45-11 and stake a claim in the race for the netball title
.The First Division Netball League, which started on Monday at the Sheikh Amri Abeid Stadium, Arusha, saw the army-owned team record its second resounding victory.
Jeshi Stars embarked on the league by teaching Tamisemi a netball lesson when they posted an indisputable 38-13 win.In yesterday’s match, Mwanaidi Hassan, the 2010 sports personality of the year, was the heroine after bagging 42 goals for Jeshi Stars.
Agnes Simkonda scored three goals to wrap up the convincing victory for a team primed to snatch this year’s title.
In another game, Tumbaku of Morogoro thrashed Polisi Pwani 30-16 while Polisi Mwanza, who went to the court brimming with confidence, lost 30-20 to Migration of Dar es Salaam at the same venue.
Mbeya’s Hamambe also had the last laugh when they edged out Magereza Dodoma 29-20 and Tamisemi bounced back well by beating Polisi Mbeya 30-24.Netball controlling body (Chaneta) chairperson Anna Bayi lavished praise on participating teams for the quality displayed so far.
She harboured hopes that the league would unearth lots of gifted players who would constitute the national team, Taifa Queens. Bayi disclosed that Taifa Queens would start a residential camp in two weeks time to prepare for the forthcoming All Africa Games planned for Maputo in September.
She said Taifa Queens would have a month-long training in Zanzibar, adding that the squad would be unveiled after the climax of the ongoing league in Arusha.
“Our coaches are monitoring closely the players in Arusha and I believe that they will come out with the best squad for the All Africa Games,” she hoped.
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Jeshi Stars Keep Pace in Netball League