Free State Crinums

Free State Crinums are a South African netball team based in Bloemfontein. Since 2014, they have represented the Free State in the Telkom Netball League. They were the inaugural league champions. Between 2014 and 2016, Crinums won three successive titles. In 2024, they won a fourth title.

Free State Crinums

Founded	2014
Based in	Bloemfontein
Regions	Free State
Head coach	Martha Mosoahle-Samm
Premierships	4 (2014, 2015, 2016, 2024)
League	Telkom Netball League
Uniform

History

Brutal Fruit Netball Cup

In 2014, Free State Crinums, together with Eastern Cape Aloes, Gauteng Golden Fireballs, Gauteng Jaguars and North West Flames, became founder members of Division One of the Brutal Fruit Netball Cup.^[1][2][3] They were subsequently the inaugural league champions.^[4] Between 2014 and 2016, with teams coached by Burta de Kock, captained by Maryka Holtzhausen and featuring Karla Pretorius, Crinums won three successive titles. On each occasion they defeated Gauteng Jaguars in the final.^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

Telkom Netball League

Crinums are closely associated with the University of the Free State and their Varsity Netball team, UFS-Kovsies. In 2018, 2019 and 2020, Crinums were a de facto Kovsie team. The vast majority of squad members, including Lefébre Rademan and Khanyisa Chawane, were UFS students. Crinums head coach, Burta de Kock, was also the head coach of the Kovsies.^[9][10][11] In 2020 and 2023, Crinums were Telkom Netball League finalists again. However, on both occasions they lost to Gauteng Jaguars.^[12][13] In 2024, Crinums, with a team coached by Martha Mosoahle-Samm and featuring a returning Karla Pretorius, won a fourth title.^[14][15][16]

Finals

Division One

Season	Winners	Score	Runners Up	Venue
2014[4][17]	Free State Crinums	40–36	Gauteng Jaguars	University of Pretoria[2]
2015[5][18][19]	Free State Crinums	61–59	Gauteng Jaguars	University of Pretoria
2016[6][20]	Free State Crinums	52–43	Gauteng Jaguars	Olive Centre, Durban
2018[21][22]	Gauteng Jaguars	51–43	Southern Stings	University of Pretoria
2020[12][23]	Gauteng Jaguars	38–26	Free State Crinums	Mangaung Indoor Sports Center, Bloemfontein
2023[13][24]	Gauteng Jaguars	59–51	Free State Crinums	Heartfelt Arena
2024[14][15]	Free State Crinums	47–46	Gauteng Jaguars	Ellis Park Arena

Notable players

Captains

Years	Captains
2014–2017	Maryka Holtzhausen[4][5][6][25]
2018	Maryke Coetzee[9]
2019–2020	Lefébre Rademan[10][11][26][27][28]
2021	Sikholiwe Mdletshe[29][30]
2022–2023	Ané Retief[31][32][33]

Internationals

 South Africa

Khanyisa Chawane Maryka Holtzhausen Sikholiwe Mdletshe Refiloe Nketsa

Karla Pretorius Lefébre Rademan Ané Retief

Sources:^{[26][29][32][34]}

Coaches

Head coaches

Coach	Years
Burta de Kock[26][29][34]	2014–2021
Martha Mosoahle-Samm[16][32][33]	2021–

Assistant coaches

Coach	Years
Martha Mosoahle-Samm[26][29]	201x–2021
Karin Venter[32][33]	2022–

Honours

• Telkom Netball League
  • Winners: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2024
  • Runners Up: 2020, 2023