Netball World Cup 2023: South Africa ready to 'showcase' historic tournament
It means the tournament will have been hosted on every continent and when the host nation was announced in 2019, Netball South Africa chief executive Blanche de la Guerre said she hoped it would drive participation in netball and help to contribute positively to wider social issues.
"Now that we're competing with the best in the world, people notice us and that's the great thing about this timing," said Potgieter, who has 89 caps and will be playing in her third World Cup. The Proteas, who are still searching for their first World Cup podium since 1995 when they were runners-up, arrived in Cape Town earlier this month to begin their preparations and Potgieter says World Cup fever is starting to take hold of the city.
"It's also very good for our economy and tourism - Cape Town is a beautiful part of the country. It's so pretty, it's clean, it's green. It is one of the most beautiful parts of southern Africa so people are in for a real treat."'Welcome to Africa, this is us' Cape Town hosted the Quad Series in January as a warm-up to this summer's showpiece and Potgieter said teams had a taste of what was to come.
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