Malawi national netball team and Tigresses\u2019 goalkeeper-cum-shooter, Lauren Ngwira, is undergoing short-term trials with a top English netball side, Team Northumbria, netball officials have confirmed.
\nThe Queens, minus Ngwira, jetted back from England on Friday after taking part in a Vitality Netball International Series where they lost all the three games they played
\nMalawi lost the first game 66-60 before going down 61-53 in the second match. The Queens upped their game in the third match and narrowly lost 62-60.
\nFollowing her excellent displays throughout the series, Ngwira has been offered a chance for trials and is expected back in the country on December 10.
\nNetball Association of Malawi (Nam) General Secretary, Carol Bapu, confirmed that the lanky utility player was left behind to enable her undergo the trials.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s an opportunity for the country and it shows that we are moving in the right direction. The team [Northumbria] would like to assess her thoroughly before offering a contract,\u201d Bapu said.
\nTigresses Head Coach, Peace Chawinga-Kaluwa, was locked up in a meeting on the same and promised to get back to us.
\nShe had not yet done so by the time we went to press.
\nManchester Thunder shooter, Joyce Mvula, tipped Ngwira to impress during the trials.
\n\u201cLauren is a good player and can easily fit in Northumbria\u2019s defence. The team is looking for a defender because the one they rely on suffered an injury. She only needs to continue believing in herself as she did during the Test Series,\u201d Mvula said.
\nIf successful, Ngwira will become Malawi\u2019s second player in England after Mvula, who will be in her second season at Manchester Thunder.
\nAccording to northumbriasport.com, Team Northumbria is the Netball Super League franchise of Northumbria University and is the only Super League netball club in the North East.
\n\u201cTeam Northumbria competes in the 10 team \u2018top flight\u2019 tier of UK netball covered by Sky Sports. Based at the university\u2019s world class venue, Sport Central, in the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne, the team attracts supporters from across the region and beyond,\u201d states the website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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