Although it hasn’t been all smooth sailing for her team, 2016 was a pretty successful one for Kovsies’ captain Tanya Mostert.
She was selected for the SA A team who played in the Diamond Challenge and shortly after received the news she’ll be traveling with the national Fast5 team to Melbourne for the Netball World Series towards the end of the month.
“It is a privilege to achieve the goals I set myself. It motivates me to strive to even achieve higher things.
“My inclusion in the SA A team and the Fast5 team helped developed my game and will definitely assist in creating new opportunities,” the 22-year old Mostert said.
Mostert, who can play up to four positions, was mostly used at centre. “I prefer and is most comfortable in any defender position. Having said that, I enjoyed playing centre as it was a new challenge for me.”
According to her Varsity Netball 2016 was full of lessons, the one standing out never to underestimate any opponent.
“It was a big learning curve for us. For me personally it was a privilege to lead the newcomers and see them develop.”
Only having one game at home meant Kovsies had to travel often. Mostert in particularly enjoyed playing at Maties and described Stellenbosch as “exceptionally beautiful”.
She could not pinpoint what made the year of 1994 such a good one for newly born babies who would become good netball players. Apart from Mostert, Tshina Mdau, Ine-Marí Venter, Marlize de Bruin, Lenize Potgieter (all UP-Tuks), Renske Stoltz, Chanté Bester, Romé Dreyer (all NWU-Pukke), Fortuna Bagula (UCT), Kim-roché Holmes (UJ), Hlumisa Sithonga and Arné Rust (both Madibaz) are all born in 1994.
