Twelve netball outfits are set to battle for this year\u2019s Presidential Netball Cup championship at Katoto Secondary School court in Mzuzu.
\nThe three-day competition throws off today, with teams battling for the K4 million top prize.
\nRunners-up will get K2 million with the third-placed side pocketing K1.5 million.
\nThe competition will feature eight seeded sides and four regional champions who qualified following their success at regional level.
\nDefending champions Kukoma Diamonds, Tigresses and Thunder Queens are representing the Southern Region with Blue Eagles Sisters, Civonets and Mafco Soldiers representing the Central Region.
\nThe Northern Region has Mimosa and Lameck Queens.
\nThe eight were joined by regional champions Serenity Stars (South), Moyale (North), Prison Sisters (East) and Boma Stars (Centre).
\nDiamonds assistant Coach, Noel Mussa, said his team is geared to defend the trophy.
\n\u201cIt will be tough because all the teams are gunning for the same title. So we do not expect to have an easy tournament,\u201d Mussa said.
\nTigresses Head Coach, Peace Chawinga-Kaluwa, said despite sailing in troubled waters financially, her team has the capability to lift the trophy.
\nChawinga-Kaluwa\u2019s Thunder Queens counterpart, Christina Mkwanda-Nsinji, said she has quality players that will do the job.
\nPerhaps it is Civonets who face an enormous task after clinching the GOtv Netball Champions League.
\nNow the Whyte Mulilima ladies have a chance to prove to the netball fraternity that their success in the GOtv tournament was not a fluke by impressing in the Presidential Cup.
\nHowever, Mulilima said the Presidential Cup is a different competition and his team needs to up the gear as other teams are also well-prepared.
\nNetball Association of Malawi General Secretary, Carol Bapu, said all measures are in place to ensure that this year\u2019s competition is a success.
\n\u201cWe always aim at setting new standards every year. We believe players will give out their best to enhance their chances of earning a call-up ahead of next year\u2019s Commonwealth Games,\u201d Bapu said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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