{"id":246102,"date":"2020-03-06T18:55:22","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T22:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=246102"},"modified":"2020-03-06T18:55:22","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T22:55:22","slug":"sports-division-launches-inaugural-district-netball-league-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/sports-division-launches-inaugural-district-netball-league-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Division launches Inaugural District Netball League this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-246103\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/netball-hoop-642x428.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/netball-hoop-642x428.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/netball-hoop-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/netball-hoop-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/netball-hoop-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/netball-hoop.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Sports Division will on Sunday, 8<sup>th<\/sup> March 2020, stage the first of a number of Community Sporting activities which are planned for 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The Inaugural District Netball League, organized by the Sports Division in the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Community Development, will commence on Sunday with an Opening Ceremony and a Ball-o-Rama among the participating teams from 3:00 pm at the Benjamin\u2019s Park in Portsmouth.<\/p>\n<p>Ten (10) teams representing the eight (8) districts are expected to participate in the Inaugural League.<\/p>\n<p>The League targets District teams comprising members of the communities within the Districts.\u00a0 Districts are allowed to register no more than two teams.<\/p>\n<p>The Districts are arranged according to the Sports Districts: North, North East, East, South East, South, South West, West Central and West.<\/p>\n<p>The League is expected to be played on a Round Robin basis with the teams placed in two (2) Zones.<\/p>\n<p>Regular Matches will follow Sunday\u2019s Opening.\u00a0 It is our hope that this will become an annual event.<\/p>\n<p>We extend an invitation to the Media to be at the Opening of the Ball-o-Rama.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sports Division will on Sunday, 8th March 2020, stage the first of a number of Community Sporting activities which are planned for 2020. 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