Source: www.guardian.co.tt
T&T senior netballers head out again tomorrow, this time to South Africa, to participate in a Test Series with the host and another country still to be named. The invitational series takes place from May 11-13 in the Guanten East Region. The “Calypso Girls” are using the tour against the sixth-ranked team in the world, as a warm-up for the upcoming World Netball Championships set to take place in Singapore from July 3 - 10.
It is the second tour for the T&T unit in under two months, having travelled to Jamaica at the end of March, to partake in a three-match practice series against the fourth-ranked team in the world. T&T, which is ranked eighth, was swept, losing the opening affair 64-36, 46-34 in the second and 56-26, in the third match. In their final practice match which was scheduled last night, the national senior team was set to play an all male Horizon netball team at the Jean Pierre Complex in Mucurapo. T&T opens against Wales at the World event on July 4.
The “Calypso Girls” will also face Commonwealth Games champion New Zealand and Fiji in Pool B. Jamaica have been drawn in Pool C for the early rounds of the tournament alongside hosts Singapore, South Africa and Botswana. Defending champion Australia are drawn in Pool A with Sri Lanka, Northern Ireland and Samoa with England, Malawi, Barbados, and Malaysia playing in Pool D.
Team: Janelle Barker (captain), Anastascia Wilson, Rhonda John-Davis, Onella Jack, Joelisa Cooper, Tricia Liverpool, Daystar Swift, Candice Guerero, Alicia Liverpool, Jellene Richardson, Crystal-Ann George.
Staff: Carol Gittens (manager), Karen Worland (coach/technical consultant), Jennifer Frank (assistant coach), Oba Gulston (physiotherapist), Zephyrinus Nicholas (trainer).