As the Netball World Cup 2023 draws closer, the City of Cape Town is gearing up for one of the biggest sporting highlights of the year.
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Cape Town is the sole host for all matches of this tournament, which will take place on African soil for the first time.
As part of the build-up to the event, the Western Cape Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport, Anroux Marais, will receive the trophy on Monday, 3 July and embark on a tour across the province so that communities will be able to see the trophy on display.
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The trophy will be handed over to the Western Cape from the Eastern Cape Government at Bloukrans Bridge Next Monday before making its way to Plettenberg Bay, Beaufort West and Prince Albert on 4 July.
It then goes to George, Mossel Bay, Riversdale, Swellendam, Langeberg, Drakensteing and the Swartland area before the tour wraps up in Saldanha Bay and the Vredenburg Mall on Friday, 7 July.
Upon the tour’s completion, the trophy will be brought to Cape Town where it will travel to various areas in the metro and then stay in Cape Town until the tournament concludes and is handed over to the winning team.
‘Women’s sport plays an important role in empowering our girls and women and in creating safe spaces for women to connect with each other,’ said Marais. ‘We hope to see this World Cup inspiring many more young girls to take up sport within their communities.’
The Netball World Cup will also bring a large economic injection to the Western Cape by stimulating the local economy through tourism. It will also create jobs through the creation of large venues for matches to be watched, as well as by increasing demand for local services through tourism.
‘Now is the time to support our women’s teams as they compete at these international events. Let us all get behind our Netball team as they prepare to keep the cup in Cape Town!’
The tournament will start on Friday, 28 July, when South Africa will play their first match against Wales. A total of 16 teams will battle it out across 10 days at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC).
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