The Board of Netball Namibia has secured a lucrative N$4.2 mil sponsorship through the Namibia mobile giant MTC.
The sponsorship is towards the establishment of a professional and Elite League, that will see 12 topflight teams competing for the best team title in the country annually.
MTC has made the Namibian girl-child`s dream come true and has put the board at ease for the next three years, as they do not have to worry about funding for this league.
This has been the body dream, and they always wished to bow out knowing they have established something big for the future of netball.
The board iterated that the introduction of a Premier league, will aid in the performance of the Desert Jewels team, as they are hoping that teams will be scrounging to include 1/2 players from their national squads in their teams in order to secure wins.
This will in turn ensure that the National players are fully engaged through-out the year and are competing at higher levels.
Securing international friendlies, and funding for training camps is not readily available, so they believe that they have somehow, are also meeting the coaches half-way by introducing this league- as they no longer have to worry about players fitness and agility.
The Namibian Nation is ecstatic and looking forward to the games, they are guaranteeing themselves a better performance level and hope to be a contender at the next Africa games.