Botswana hosts netball tri-nations tourney

The tournament is a build-up to the World Netball Championships (WNC) in Singapore in July. The tri-nations tournament is sanctioned by the International Federation of Netball Associations (IFNA). The federation has already appointed international umpires to officiate at the event that will feature Botswana, Singapore and South Africa.

The competition will allow local fans to see their team play on home ground against the two countries they are pitted against in the initial stages of the WNC. "It will offer the team a chance to prepare against these teams and this offers us a rare and much-needed opportunity to gauge our strength and better focus for the rest of the preparations, post the tournament," BONA said in a statement.