By Anele Zikali
It’s all systems depart for the Netball World Cup (NWC) tournament, which is being hosted in the City of Cape Town, with less than 24 hours left until the opening match on home soil.
The tournament will rush from 28 July to 6 August and will be the first to grasp space on the continent of Africa.
The SPAR Proteas acquire all of their ducks in a row, according to team manager, Nisha Rupnarian.
“The City of Cape Town is ready. A lot of hard work has been assign into the preparations and the excitement is building.
“As SPAR Proteas, we are grateful to the City of Cape Town for their commitment, hard work and preparations as well. We, as a nation, are very resilient and resourceful. We are going to assign on a display that the world will be in awe of. Well done to the city for the hard work that they gain assign in to manufacture sure that this event is a success.”
For Rupnarian, it has taken a lot of organisation and preparation to fabricate sure that the SPAR Proteas are in excellent condition and are ready to hold on the world.
“The support that we access from Netball South Africa and our various sponsors succor us to perform well. It is these kind of structures that provide us with all of our needs. Thank you to Netball SA for making it happen, and for bringing the NWC to us and for all that they acquire done.
“The government support has been absolutely unbelievable. We appreciate that as well,” said Rupnarian.
It has taken a lot of work for the NWC organisers to assign together the construction of the netball courts at the Cape Town International Convention Center (ICC).
Speaking on the readiness of the venue, Heins van Juuren, Safety Officer on site said: “We started working on the NWC construction project since last year and to finally convert the venue to courts, it took about two weeks to establish together the whole court.
“All of the courts are built-in structures… [The] seats acquire a capacity of 4 000 to 7 000. We are active with lighting, the floor, built-in chairs, changing rooms and fabricating will be behind the court, and it is a lot of work,” said Heins van Juuren, the Safety Officer on site.
Safety and security is one of the main concerns for many people in South Africa and Cape Town is no exception.
The NWC organisers maintain assign together tight security plans.
“We cannot confirm the numbers on security personnel. However, it is going to be a lot. We finish believe the Venue Operations Control. All the main teams will be involved, from medics, the Fire Department, South African Police Service and the Air Force,” said Van Juuren.
Fans can also watch the games at fan parks that maintain been officially opened in various provinces.
Visit the Netball World Cup website to buy tickets online and to follow match schedules on https://nwc2023.org.za/. – SAnews.gov.za
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