{"id":66066,"date":"2024-04-26T15:13:13","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T13:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/collection-of-graduate-certificates-copy\/"},"modified":"2024-04-26T16:37:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T14:37:10","slug":"spu-gemmies-to-take-center-stage-at-telkom-netball-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/spu-gemmies-to-take-center-stage-at-telkom-netball-league\/","title":{"rendered":"SPU Gemmies to take center stage at Telkom Netball League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/netball-sa.co.za\/telkom-netball-league\/\">Telkom Netball League<\/a><\/span> (TNL), an interprovincial league which is ranked as the most elite league within South African Netball, begins another exciting season. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">SPU<\/span><\/a> Sport is exited to announce that two of our Gemmies, Andile Dlamini and Amnkelekile Malambile will represent\u00a0\u00a0 the <a href=\"https:\/\/southafrica.net\/gl\/en\/travel\/article\/the-diamond-fields-of-the-northern-cape\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Northern Cape Diamonds<\/span><\/a> in this prestigious league.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amnkelekile originally from the Cape winelands is a second year Retail Business Management student, and a member of the SPU Netball Club.\u00a0 Amnkelekile started playing netball at a very young age and has grown into a young Netball superstar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Notable achievements:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>District Championship: U19 Silver Medalist<\/li>\n<li>Northern Cape Senior Inter-District: Gold Medalist<\/li>\n<li>Cape Winelands Federation Super League: Silver Medalist<\/li>\n<li>Frances Baard District Senior Spar Championships: Bronze Medalist<\/li>\n<li>NC Diamonds -2024<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Andiswa Dlamini, originally from Gauteng, is one of the SPU High Performance Sport Recruits for 2024. She is certainly a marvel to watch. She is a first-year student, studying Court Interpreting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Andiswa is someone to watch during this season.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Notable achievements:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Northern Cape Senior Inter-District: Gold Medalist<\/li>\n<li>Frances Baard District Senior Spar Championships: Bronze Medalist<\/li>\n<li>TNL 2023: Recipient of Player of the Match awards in two matches.<\/li>\n<li>Selected into the SA U23 Development Team.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Deborah Kintenge also a student and member of the SPU Netball club was selected as a non- traveling member. The TNL is set to kick-off during power week which takes place from 26 April to 5 May, followed by matches being played through May and June at the Elis Park Arena.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We wish the young women all the best, let\u2019s bring the Gemmie Fire to the Ellis Park Arena!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All games will be televised on SuperSport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Telkom Netball League (TNL), an interprovincial league which is ranked as the most elite league within South African Netball, begins another exciting season. 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