By Tione Andsen

Lilongwe, September 3, Mana: Blue Eagles Sisters have finished on high annotation for the first round of K 40 million Mpico Gateway Mall Central Region Netball League on Saturday after thrashing Boma by 53 baskets to 18 at Gateway Mall netball court.

According to the General Secretary for Central Region Netball Association, Daniel Chigowo, the second round of the netball league will commerce on September 21, 2024

The Sisters have a 100 percent record after playing nine games and have collected 18 points and are yet to lose the game in the remaining nine game until November.

They have netted 481 baskets against 189 with goal difference of 292.

Civonets are closing on them with 16 points from the same number of games played have scored 431 baskets against 268 with 163 as goal difference.

The Servants had to slender Young Eagles on the final round one games with 31 baskets against 29 to climb the ladders and the Eagles dropped one step down.

Young Eagles have registered their first defeat of the season and have dropped on the ranking third after netting 451 baskets against 253 with goal gap of 198 and are having 14 points in their bag.

Lioness are fourth after beating Dyna Queens by 51 baskets to 32 with 12 points recording 381 baskets against 291 with baskets minus of 90.

Vanessa are fifth with nine points after posting a winning by 60 baskets to 23 against Sharpshooters while Dyna Queens are sixth with eight points.

Boma helped themselves to move to seventh after they claimed a win over Immigration by 51 baskets to 25 and have six points while Immigration are still stuck on ninth position with two points.

Sharp Shooters are anchoring the 10 team log with no point and they have a mountain to climb.

Blue Eagles Sisters coach, Madano Tepetheya admitted that this year’s Mpico Gateway Mall Netball league has been tough.

“We used to win with wide margins but today the story is different, this means teams are preparing for games and they planning well in order to contain us,” he said.

Coach for Sharp Shooters, Kondwani Nyirenda noted that his charges were not good in the first round and promised to do better in the last round.

“We are urging our supporters to come and watch us in the next set of games and they will enjoy them,” he promised.