THE North West Flames Netball team continues to do the province proud as it leads the pack in the ongoing 2016 Brutal Fruit netball League.

MEC for education and sport development in North West, Wendy Matsemela applauded the team’s exploits after it defeated a fired up Kwazulu-Natal Kingdom Stars team.

Matsemela said she was proud that the team continued to show its mettle at the tournament.

“We urge our people to continue rally behind the team. They are making the province proud with their weekly performances. Our North West Flames Netball Team dominated the weekend games again in the 2016 Brutal Fruit Netball League. This was round 4 of the tournament and took place at Ellis Park Indoor Arena, Johannesburg,” Matsemela said.

North West Flames has played its two crucial games and looks set to be a surprise package this year. The team played against the Kingdom Stars of KwaZulu-Natal on Friday and Gauteng Jaguars on Saturday and came out unscathed.

Matsemela said these two games were taunted as a make or break for the Flames to consolidate their position of staying at the top of the Premier League.

In a thrilling game against the Kingdom Stars, The North West Flames Netball team dominated all the quarters and won 46 – 39. On the second day of Round 4, The Flames played another difficult match against the Gauteng Jaguars in which they ended up sharing the spoils at 52 – 52 goals.

The results of these two games propelled the North West Flames to stay on top of the log above all teams with 11 points.

North West Flames player, Fikile Mkhuzangwe scooped player of the match award. She was awarded R5000 cheque.

Mkhuzangwe said: “I am very excited and attributes my win to the team as a whole. It was all about hard work and dedication. I am very happy and excited to be named the Player of the Match. This means a lot to me as a player and my hard work has paid off.”

North West Flames coach, Doretta Bardenhorst expressed her temporary relief after playing the toughest games in the tournament.

She said: “Somehow I am truly relieved after playing these two games. These were a mammoth task and I will like to thank my players for giving it all. Now going forward, we will take every game as it come.”

Expectations are that the team will managed to clinch the coveted trophy this year and residents in the province have been urged to keep on supporting the team.

-TDN

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