Rainbow Paints Netball League new comers, Pacers Netball Club eyes top 3 finish in its first season

A newly formed Blantyre based netball club, Pacers Netball Team which is comprised of former Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences- MUBAS students who were playing for MUBAS Sisters (formerly known as Poly Sisters) and have now graduated in various programs from the University have challenged that their main target in this year’s Blantyre District, Rainbow Paints Netball League is to finish within top 3 position in their first 2024 netball season.

President of Pacers Netball team, Nthombizana Thindwa  disclosed this on Sunday during the official launch of the team which was held at Blantyre Youth Centre.

Delivering her speech, Thindwa emphasized that they have decided to form the team which will mainly be focusing on the girl child who are passionate about netball by bringing them together and create a platform where they can continue displaying their talent, blend professionalism and skill after school and become netball stars.

“What we discovered is that a lot of talented girls take interest in netball but after playing for two seasons they go back home and stay, this also happens to Secondary school and Universities students who participate in netball competitions at school level but once they finish their academics they don’t know where to go as they feel like they’re done with netball.

“So, Pacers Netball team has been introduced to open doors for those girls so that they can find a place where their talent can be exposed,” said Thindwa.

She further added that, the team is geared to compete in the league and that it is eyeing to conclude the season on high note by securing a top 3 position.

In his remarks, Chairperson of Southern Region Netball (SRN), Justice Katika expressed happy with the introduction of the team which he described it as a unique club in terms of its objectives of promoting the girl child   which is a very important aspect in netball as it will help to  encourage more girls to start loving the sport.

“This is very encouraging and as SRN we are happy for Pacers because their objectives are inline with our mission as we focuses much in bringing netball into its right track,” said Katuka.

Pacers Netball Captain who is also the former MUBAS Sisters  Vice Captain,  Eddah Mkombezi said they are excited with the leadership of Pacers for coming up with the new team which she said will give them a room to continue building their netball talent after graduating from MUBAS  where they have left the team in order to allow upcoming students to take over and showcase their skills.

During the launch of the club, ECORIDE company was also unveiled as the kit sponsors for Pacers Netball team.

The company through its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Pilirani Namalomba presented  a set of brand new netball jerseys and bibs to be used for the 2024 netball season.

“It was easy to accept their proposal because of the objectives listed in their document which was full of inspiring goals they’re targeting to achieve more especially in promoting the girl child.

“This is a team comprised of academic professionals from MUBAS and other colleges which will inspire the little ones because previously people thought sports is for those who have not done well academically  but Pacers is changing that by bringing a new mindset,” explained Namalomba.