Netball by country

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 27. Chapters: Netball in Australia, Netball in Botswana, Netball in Brunei, Netball in England, Netball in Fiji, Netball in Hong Kong, Netball in India, Netball in Lesotho, Netball in Malaysia, Netball in Namibia, Netball in New Zealand, Netball in Niue, Netball in Pakistan, Netball in Papua New Guinea, Netball in Samoa, Netball in Scotland, Netball in Singapore, Netball in South Africa, Netball in Sri Lanka, Netball in Tanzania, Netball in Thailand, Netball in Tonga, Netball in Trinidad and Tobago, Netball in Vanuatu, Netball in Wales, Netball in the Cook Islands, Netball in the Maldives, Netball in the Solomon Islands, Netball in the United Kingdom, Action Sports Netball Inter Provincial Tournaments, 2007 Netball World Championships, Australia national netball team, Shepparton United Football Club, Mansfield Football Club, South Australian Netball Association Inc, Netball Federation of India, Wales national netball team, Welsh Netball Association, South Africa national netball team, Cook Islands Netball Association, Scotland national netball team, Constellation Cup, Samoa national netball team, Netball Australia, Netball Superleague, Netball in Indonesia, Botswana national netball team, Cudgewa FC, Australian national netball captains, Netball New Zealand, Kate Palmer, Loughborough Lightning, India national netball team, Celtic Dragons, England Netball, Malaysian Netball Association, 1999 Netball World Championships, Seymour Football Club, 1975 Netball World Championships. Excerpt: Netball is one of the most popular women's participation sports in South Africa. The sport is also played by a large number of men. It exists in a culture where sport plays an important public and social part of life. The history of South Africa's netball involvement mirrors that of other sports played in the country like rugby union. During the apartheid era, there were many netball facilities available for whites to use, and fewer for people from other race groups. Funding issues and gender issues did not help bridge this gap. South Africa has been a long time participant in the international netball community. It was part of the 1960 meeting to set the rules for the game. It came in third place at the 1967 World Netball Championship. Around 1970, during the Sporting boycott of South Africa, South Africa was blocked from competing internationally. South Africa was welcomed back to have their teams compete in international games in the 1990s. This came with national accusations of race playing a part in squad selection. Netball South Africa has worked to help develop the sport in the region in countries like Botswana. Netball is very a popular womans sport in South Africa. While participation rates are high, there is no sense of collective identity by players as netballers and being part of a national netball community. In 2002, 40% of African girls rated netball as their favourite sport and 19% of coloured girls like netball best. Many African girls claim netball as their favourite sport even if they have never played it. South African national netball team coloursThe history of South Africa's netball involvement mirrors that of other sports played in the country like the rugby union. South Africa was involved with the international netball community early in the sport's history, taking part in the 1960 meeting of Commonwealth countries in Sri Lanka to standardise the rules for the game. South Africa's international involvement w...