{"id":49559,"date":"2023-07-17T17:31:59","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T17:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/ncs-defeats-gunners-to-take-the-lead-in-the-mtc-nnpl"},"modified":"2023-07-17T17:37:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T17:37:31","slug":"ncs-defeats-gunners-to-take-the-lead-in-the-mtc-nnpl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/ncs-defeats-gunners-to-take-the-lead-in-the-mtc-nnpl","title":{"rendered":"NCS defeats Gunners to take the lead in the MTC NNPL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Maurice Kambukwe<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>The Inaugural MTC Netball Namibia Premier League (NNPL) champions, Namibia Correctional Services (NCS), extended their lead on top of the 2023 log standings after winning a crucial match on Saturday against their rivals, the Mighty Gunners.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to Saturday\u2019s match, Both Gunners and NCS were tied at 22 points, and Saturday\u2019s encounter was the one to decide which of the two previous winners would increase their chances of winning the title this season.<\/p>\n<p>The two teams clashed on Saturday at Walvis Bay in a match that saw NCS narrowly down their opponents by 40-37. Speaking to this publication after the match, NSC Sports Administrator Absolom Mushandja said the game was a must-win for them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a crucial match; we knew it was going to be a tough game for us, but we also knew that all we wanted was the maximum points, and that\u2019s what we went to do. This will now leave everything in our hands. To me, I think that\u2019s the only hard game that we needed to win to ensure that our chances of winning the league this season are high. We have to turn our focus on the remaining league matches,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In other matches on Saturday, Afrocat Lions defeated Fatou 43-18, while Eleven Arrows suffered a 44-48 defeat at the hands of Tigers.<\/p>\n<p>Newly promoted side Wanderers continued to soar in the league as they thrashed Young Stars 53-36.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Namibia Navy defeated Otjozondjupa Nampol 58-37, with Eleven Arrows collecting maximum points by defeating Rebels 49-29.<\/p>\n<p>Afrocats Lions accounted for Young Stars, winning 39-43 in the last match of the day.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, Otjozondjupa Nampol bounced back from Saturday\u2019s defeat to win 58-24 against Fatou, while Eleven Arrows beat Young Stars 59-48.<\/p>\n<p>NCS continued their impressive run as they battered Rebels 60-19, with Tigers continuing from where they left off on Saturday, winning 59-25 against Fatou.<\/p>\n<p>Finally yesterday, Namibian Navy concluded the weekend\u2019s proceedings with a close 47-43 victory over Wanderers.<\/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 Inaugural MTC Netball Namibia Premier League (NNPL) champions, Namibia Correctional Services (NCS), extended their lead on top of the 2023 log standings after winning a crucial match on Saturday against their rivals, the Mighty Gunners. Prior to Saturday\u2019s match, Both Gunners and NCS were tied at 22 points, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":49558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[234,236,233],"class_list":["post-49559","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>NCS defeats Gunners to take the lead in the MTC NNPL - Namibia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Inaugural MTC Netball Namibia Premier League (NNPL) champions, Namibia Correctional Services (NCS), extended their l ...\" \/>\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\/ncs-defeats-gunners-to-take-the-lead-in-the-mtc-nnpl\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NCS defeats Gunners to take the lead in the MTC NNPL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Inaugural MTC Netball Namibia Premier League (NNPL) champions, Namibia Correctional Services (NCS), extended their l ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/ncs-defeats-gunners-to-take-the-lead-in-the-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=\"2023-07-17T17:31:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-17T17:37:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/07\/sm_1689602690.208302.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"479\" \/>\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\/ncs-defeats-gunners-to-take-the-lead-in-the-mtc-nnpl#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/ncs-defeats-gunners-to-take-the-lead-in-the-mtc-nnpl\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"NCS defeats Gunners to take the lead in the MTC NNPL\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-17T17:31:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-17T17:37:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/ncs-defeats-gunners-to-take-the-lead-in-the-mtc-nnpl\"},\"wordCount\":356,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/ncs-defeats-gunners-to-take-the-lead-in-the-mtc-nnpl#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/07\/sm_1689602690.208302.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\/ncs-defeats-gunners-to-take-the-lead-in-the-mtc-nnpl#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/ncs-defeats-gunners-to-take-the-lead-in-the-mtc-nnpl\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/ncs-defeats-gunners-to-take-the-lead-in-the-mtc-nnpl\",\"name\":\"NCS defeats Gunners to take the lead in the MTC NNPL - 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