On Saturday, KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica’s Sunshine Ladies captured the Margaret Beckford Sunshine Collection with a dominant 58-47 victory over South Africa.
The 11-point victory helped the house facet sweep the three-match collection on the Nationwide Indoor Sports activities Centre, following a 2-1 collection win over England within the Vitality Netball Horizon Collection final November.
Sunshine Ladies head coach Sasher-Gaye Henry stated she was particularly happy with the workforce’s efficiency.
“We’re excited for the win and really grateful for the chance.
“It is a journey we’ve began, and it’s our second encounter. We’re actually grateful for our outcomes,” Henry stated after the victory.
“We need to get better, and we need to construct on these girls. The ladies will return to the leagues, we are going to work onerous on our abilities growth, and we are going to take a look at different prospects.
“It’s a lengthy journey forward, and we nonetheless need to deliver in additional individuals based mostly on what we’ve proper now,” she added.
The Sunshine Ladies acquired off to a blazing begin. establishing a 10-goal lead inside the primary six minutes of the sport.
Nonetheless, the introduction of Elmere van de Berg and Kamogelo Maseko helped South Africa get better. The duo helped to shut the hole to a five-goal deficit (14-9) on the finish of the primary quarter.
However Jamaica’s Shimona Jok took over proceedings within the ensuing quarter, very like she did all collection, netting 37 of her 40 makes an attempt to finish the collection with solely six missed pictures throughout all three video games.
Her efforts helped the Sunshine Ladies reestablish their commanding lead, main 29-19 on the half.
The third quarter was a lot of the identical. Jamaica continued to be aggressive within the capturing circle, with Jok and Shanice Beckford dominating proceedings. They coasted to victory with out a lot alarm.
Beckford scored 14 of her 19 makes an attempt, whereas Rhea Dixon netted all 5 of her pictures.
For South Africa, van de Berg scored 30 of her 33 makes an attempt, whereas Maseko ended the sport with 16 objectives from 17 makes an attempt.
