By Tione Andsen

Lilongwe, August 11, Mana:  Malawi Netball Teams, “the Queens” can claim its lost glory if funds are injected for early preparation and camping for the team.

Leeds Lionesses professional netballer, Joyce Mvula made the suggested Saturday at Gateway Mall Netball Court in Area 47 in Lilongwe in an internment with Malawi News Agency (Mana).

She admitted that the team’s performance has gone down in the recent past but this was due to lack of adequate preparation and camping.

Mvula said early camping was helping a lot and players were able to jerry well and formulate good combinations.

The Queens Goal Shooter observed that nowadays that the Queens, they only have one week of camping for big tournaments and the results are usually disastrous. 

“When I was first called into camp in 2010, we used to be in camp for two months when preparing for big tournaments.” Mvula recalled.

She noted that teams like England, New Zealand, Jamaica and Australia have already started camping for 2025 Commonwealth games and 2026 World Netball cup.

“Look at the seriousness of the teams that we play with. If we are to progress, we need to emulate what our friends are doing too and then we will be at par with them. Netball Association of Malawi through National Sports Council need to support the Queens technical and financially,” Mvula explained.  

She believes that, “In camp make the players happy and happy players win games always.”

Former Queens captain, Emmie Chongwe attributed to delays in injecting new blood into the team.

“We are taking long to replace our aging players and as result we are being caught up. We need to have a fine succession plan and   more days of camping in order to develop our play. We have talent and the only way we can nature it is to scout it,” she said.