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The World Championship of the Netball 2011 will start from 3 July 2011 and it will be interesting to see how this years event goes about. Its the 13th edition of the Championship and this time it is being held in Singapore. All 48 matches will be held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium and it will be a sight to savour as this is one of the best modern day stadiums. This is one of the finest stadiums which was build in 1989 and cost like $90 Millions. Last time the Netball World Cup was held in New Zealand Auckland and this time Australia and Singapore were in the hunt to host which Singapore won.
Singapore Automaticaly qualified in the games and now they will be hoping to get some good results in the games, other big teams which qualified in the result of 2007 World Championships are Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, England and Malawi other 1o teams which qualified in the result of qualifications. We will have all the live action from the World of Netball and it will be all live and available here throughout the 7 days of the Championship. You can bookmark us and comeback shortly before the matches read more
The year was 1983. The venue was Singapore. It was the netball world championships but not as we know it now. The last time the Silver Ferns played for the world title in the Asian state, their captain was haunted by a marauding python. Two other players were dive-bombed by bats, while another Fern suffered from an almost constant nosebleed in the tropical heat.
The tournament was played outdoors, under the burning sun, on unforgiving concrete courts with no substitutions allowed. The Ferns had no hot water at their accommodation and had to contend with midget' umpires, deadly lightning strikes and some over-zealous security. Oh, and a heartbreaking loss in the final.
"Looking back, it was a hell of a tournament," says coach Lois Muir, "but in those days you just accepted things and got on with it. They were a tough bunch of players."
The Ferns were the favourites for the sixth world championships, having won five of their last six clashes with Australia. They had also just come off an unbeaten five-match tour of the UK, where they had beaten England by an average margin of 22 goals. A $26,000 grant from the New Zealand Sports Foundation allowed the team to hold a three-week training camp in Singapore, an invaluable opportunity to acclimatise read more about Netball Championship 2011 Singapore
