COVID 19 border closure means Swifts, Giants lose Super Netball home game
One minute Swifts and Giants players were preparing for the opening round of the Super Netball season at their new Sydney Olympic Park venue. The next they were rushing to pack suitcases for a quick escape from Sydney.
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Queensland’s decision to close the border to Greater Sydney has caused chaos for Swifts and Giants players who are now rushing to cross into the sunshine state on Thursday for the start of the delayed Super Netball season.
Players were frantically packing to leave home more than a week earlier than expected as officials worked overtime to construct yet another new draw for the season with opening matches in Sydney due to start this weekend now shifted to Queensland.
Both the NSW Swifts and the Giants were due to host matches at their new Ken Roswall Arena home venue at Sydney Olympic Park thius weekend and next week.
Now the NSW teams will play each other at Nissan Arena in Brisbane this Sunday with the following fixtures to be finalised in the coming days.
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NSW officials are still hopeful of hosting games in Sydney during the second half of the draw which has yet to be released.
News Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk had declared Greater Sydney a hotspot on Wednesday sent netball into a spin.
Overnight 19 new COVID-19 cases were recorded.
Super Netball’s start earlier this year had already been delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
