{"id":49318,"date":"2023-07-14T17:40:18","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T17:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/gunners-face-ncs-in-mtc-nnpl"},"modified":"2023-07-14T17:47:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T17:47:07","slug":"gunners-face-ncs-in-mtc-nnpl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/gunners-face-ncs-in-mtc-nnpl","title":{"rendered":"Gunners face NCS in MTC NNPL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Maurice Kambukwe<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>The MTC Namibia Netball Premier League continues this weekend at the Kuisebmond stadium in Walvis Bay, with an exciting match between inaugural champions Namibia Correctional Services (NCS) and Mighty Gunners.<\/p>\n<p>This encounter starts at 12h30 tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Both teams are tied at the top with 22 points after 13 matches played, with 11 wins and two losses each. Otjozondjupa Nampol too has the exact same record, but NCS has a better goal difference currently with 328 points, compared to Gunners\u2019 202 and Otjozondjupa Nampol\u2019s 149.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to this publication on her team\u2019s readiness, Desiree Namases of Gunners said they are aware of the tough assignment which lies ahead, but they remain ready to face them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s quite a challenging encounter for us this weekend. NCS is a good team, and possesses all the qualities to put up a great fight. But we are equally prepared for the challenge, and we want the points the same way they want the win. We have had a great week training, despite the challenging weather, but we can say we are ready,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Another exciting match in Round 3 of the league\u2019s second leg to look forward to tomorrow at 14h00 is between Otjozondjupa Nampol and Namibia Navy, who are in fourth position with 20 points.<\/p>\n<p>Also on Saturday, in-form Wanderers (fifth with 20 points) will square off against Young Stars (ninth with six points), starting at 08h00, while Eleven Arrows (eight with six points) will welcome Tigers (seventh with 14 points) in another tough encounter at 09h30.<\/p>\n<p>Afrocat Lions will take on Fatou at 11h00, while Arrows will again return to the courts and face off against Rebels (11th with 4 points) at 15h30.<\/p>\n<p>Afrocat Lions (sixth with 14 points) and Young Stars end the day\u2019s matches with their battle starting at 17h00.<\/p>\n<p>Round 4 action will start on Sunday with Arrows taking on Young Stars at 08h00, followed by a tie between NCS and Rebels at 09h30.<\/p>\n<p>Tigers and Fatou (12th for zero points) then take to the court at 11h00, and Navy will then wrap up the weekend with a tie against Wanderers, starting at 12h30.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Ballers are 10th with six points.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maurice Kambukwe Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. The MTC Namibia Netball Premier League continues this weekend at the Kuisebmond stadium in Walvis Bay, with an exciting match between inaugural champions Namibia Correctional Services (NCS) and Mighty Gunners. This encounter starts at 12h30 tomorrow. Both teams are tied at the top with 22 points after 13 matches played, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":49316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[234,236,233],"class_list":["post-49318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-namibia","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gunners face NCS in MTC NNPL - Namibia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The MTC Namibia Netball Premier League continues this weekend at the Kuisebmond stadium in Walvis Bay, with an exciting ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/gunners-face-ncs-in-mtc-nnpl\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gunners face NCS in MTC NNPL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The MTC Namibia Netball Premier League continues this weekend at the Kuisebmond stadium in Walvis Bay, with an exciting ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/gunners-face-ncs-in-mtc-nnpl\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Namibia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-14T17:40:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-14T17:47:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/07\/sm_1689344082.641671.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"716\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"313\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/gunners-face-ncs-in-mtc-nnpl#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/gunners-face-ncs-in-mtc-nnpl\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Gunners face NCS in MTC NNPL\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-14T17:40:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-14T17:47:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/gunners-face-ncs-in-mtc-nnpl\"},\"wordCount\":374,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/gunners-face-ncs-in-mtc-nnpl#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/07\/sm_1689344082.641671.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"africa press\",\"Africa Press-Namibia\",\"namibia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/gunners-face-ncs-in-mtc-nnpl#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/gunners-face-ncs-in-mtc-nnpl\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/gunners-face-ncs-in-mtc-nnpl\",\"name\":\"Gunners face NCS in MTC NNPL - 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