{"id":6025,"date":"2024-11-20T15:06:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T15:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=6025"},"modified":"2024-11-20T15:06:38","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T15:06:38","slug":"gems-settle-for-bronze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=6025","title":{"rendered":"Gems Settle for Bronze"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Sports Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Gems, Zimbabwe&#8217;s National netball team, demonstrated their rapid improvement by securing a Bronze Medal at the Celtic Cup held at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They achieved this by defeating Northern Ireland 55-49 in a tightly contested match on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tournament Highlights<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This tournament marked the Gems&#8217; first competitive outing outside of Africa since participating in the 2019 Netball World Cup in Liverpool.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zimbabwe finished third in a four-team tournament, despite being the lowest-ranked team.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wales emerged as the tournament champions, defeating Scotland in the final.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the round-robin stage, the Gems faced Wales and put up a strong fight, narrowly losing 50-46.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Key Players and Performances<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Takadanaishe Assah Zimusi, the captain for the day, played a pivotal role in inspiring the team.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elizabeth Mushore was named player of the match for her exceptional performance as goalkeeper, contributing significantly to the team&#8217;s defensive efforts and turnover opportunities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Coach&#8217;s Insights<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coach Ropafadzo Mutsauki expressed her satisfaction with the team&#8217;s performance:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>She noted the increased competitiveness of the match against Northern Ireland compared to their earlier encounter.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mutsauki emphasized the importance of these victories for their ranking and the team&#8217;s motivation moving forward.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>She highlighted the need for continued exposure to international competition to foster growth as a netball nation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Upcoming Challenge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following their bronze medal achievement, the Gems are set to face a formidable opponent in a friendly match against England, ranked second in the world and silver medalists at the 2023 Netball World Cup in South Africa. This match presents a significant challenge for the Gems as they seek to enhance their skills and experience against top-tier international competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zim GBC News\u00a92024<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports Reporter The Gems, Zimbabwe&#8217;s National netball team, demonstrated their rapid improvement by securing a Bronze Medal at the Celtic Cup held at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. They&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6025"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6027,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6025\/revisions\/6027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}