By Tione Andsen

Lilongwe, August 11, Mana: Provision of better sports equipment remains fundamental prerequisite to the development of any sport code in the country.

Leeds Lionessess in England and National Netball Goal Shooter, Joyce Mvula made the sentiments Saturday in at Gateway Mall Court in Area 47 when she presented assorted sporting shoes to Immigration Netball team which is playing in the Gateway Mall Central Region League sponsored by Mpico to the tune of K 40 million.

She said development of any sporting code starts with the essential basic equipment such as such balls, uniforms, whistles and playing surface.

“A well-wisher who opted to be named has collected and provided the fairly used shoes which has been donated to Immigration netball team,” Mvula disclosed.

The Leeds netballer added that, “Sometimes people would ask for assistance and I had just to ask some other few friends to help. I have collected the parcel and I have presented to Immigration netball team.”

She said her role was only to facilitate the delivery of the items to the intended beneficiaries which are Immigration netball team.

Mvula said playing on hard surface was prone to lots of injuries and wearing of sporting shoes help to curb some of them particularly in our country where most playing courts are made of hard surface.

Immigration Netball Coach, Aaron Gopani expressed gratitude to the well-wishers saying the donation would go a long way in improving the standards of play for her players.

He said playing shoes are one of the critical equipment most teams in the league are lacking and the coming of the shoes has narrow the gap his was facing in terms of equipment.

“I am hopeful that the donation will help to boost morale in my camp and the team will start doing betters in our league games,” Gopani added.