In Africa, netball is the biggest female participation sport. The sport has been seen huge growth on the continent over the years.
Cape Town will be the proud host city of 16 nations for the 10-day tournament.

Netball World Cup 2023, are you ready?

Gwijo Squad is a group of sports fanatics, young and old, who are connected by the love of igwijo – traditional South African singing that is synonymous with coming-of-age celebrations, weddings, struggle and liberation movements, as well as sports events. If you have ever attended a KwaZulu-Natal netball league match, you will recognise that igwijo is synonymous with the sport.
Spectators can be heard belting out Masambe Nono, in an effort to motivate their team, through song.
Gwijo Squad, intends to bring this unique flavour of spectatorship to the world stage, and plan to do this at the Netball World Cup in 2023, on home soil, in Cape Town!

“It is an exciting time for netball right now. Our sport is growing in popularity at an unprecedented rate throughout the world,” INF President, Honourable Molly Rhone said.

The preparations for the Netball World Cup are well-underway, despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Being able to support the SPAR Proteas in the stands, has been a big goal for the Gwijo Squad, as netball is one of our key sports identified (together with rugby and cricket). But due to matches not being hosted in South Africa and the pandemic also getting in the way, we can finally cement the dates and work towards showing our full support to the ladies in green and gold,” says Nande Macingwane, Gwijo Squad committee member.

Planning has started

Gwijo Squad’s plans to attend the tournament in Cape Town have started. The supporters club which is filled with sports fanatics will head to Cape Town for four days to catch the ladies in action.
The members have set up a financial saving system to give themselves enough time to raise the funds needed to be comfortably accommodated in Cape Town.
There will also be fundraising drives put in place to help raise some funds as well as approaching potential brands for sponsorships.

Gwijo Squad can’t wait to be part of this amazing experience and tick it off your bucket list – Netball World Cup 2023, in Cape Town, be ready!

Book your spot TODAY and don’t miss out on this once in a lifetime trip.

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Our 2021 virtual activities

Netball World Cup 2023 with Gwijo Squad

The Netball World Cup will be hosted in Cape Town in 2023 and we will be supporting the Protea ladies, in the Mother City.
It’s going to be a vibe.
The travel prices have been finalised.
We will start an 18-month payment plan in March in order to give those that want to attend enough time to raise the necessary funds.
The final amount will include*:
– Arena ticket
– Return flights (from Johannesburg only)
– Accommodation
– Transport to and from the airport
– Special edition travel kit
All will be outlined once we open up the debit order system.
There will be an option for arena ticket only for those that will not be coming from Johannesburg.

The Great Gwijo Squad Online Quiz

The Great Gwijo Squad Online Quiz is back!
We have been inundated with requests to continue this family-friendly virtual quiz.

The online quiz is a great way for you and your family and friends to have tons of fun while in lockdown. You can even form a team with friends in other cities and even a different country.
It is fun and there is tons of banter in the comments section.
We hosted three online quizzes in 2020, with special guests such as Temba Bavuma, Makhaya Ntini, Babalwa Latsha, Karla Pretorius, Joel Stransky, Monde Zondeki, Kaunda Ntunja and Dumisani Chauke just to name a few.
The views from the quizzes are over 1 000, with over 30 teams that have participated in the quiz.
The quiz consists of general knowledge, picture rounds, music rounds and the most loved category: Girls school and Boys school trivia.

It’s BINGO night time!

A Gwijo Squad first… Bingo Night!

With lockdown continuing and the committee eager to keep the members active (virtually), we will be hosting a Bingo Night for everyone on Zoom.
The event is completely free and you’ll need to register in order to receive your bingo cards.
Bingo is super fun and can be played as one-player or as a team.

We hope that you can join us on Bingo Night on Friday 23 April at 8pm.
Register yourself or your team in order to get your special bingo cards.

Fitness with Gwijo Squad

Fitness means different things to different people, especially during the recent lockdown months.

Let’s have a challenge where everyone can get involved in the comfort of their neighbourhood and gym.
We present to you… Fitness with Gwijo Squad.
All you need is to download the Strava app and join the challenges.
All the running or walking will start in March and your target is to run/walk 100km within the month.
Tackling as much any kilometres as you can each day and by the end of the month, you’ll need to have done the full 100km.
Interact with fellow fitness members (and non-members too).
Share exercise playlists.
Share stretching tips and get the little humans involved too. It’s fun for the whole family!

You’ll get to tag us and use #FitnessWithGwijoSquad #GwijoSquad100 on Twitter to see who else is part of the challenge!

The Fitness with Gwijo Squad challenge/group will be available to join on the Strava app on 1 March 2021.

It’s going to be a jam-packed first half of the year and we are itching to get started with our virtual activities for 2021.

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