"Mashindano ya mpira wa pete"

Translation: A netball match

[DiegoJaviUnlam]

Etymology (mashindano)

From -shindana (“compete”).

Noun

mashindano (ma class, plural only)

1) contest, competition

From Wiktionary: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mashindano

[BenMack8]

What is the difference between MASHINDANO and MECHI? 16052020

[Sikubali1]

as in English: one MASHINDANO (competition/tournament) consists of several MECHI (games); two totally different things

[BenMack8]

Got that and thank you, so why is the Duolingo answer to this "A netball match"?

[CeeCeeSong]

Okay, this is really getting ridiculous. I put The Netball Match, and we've been told countless times that things can be either "A" or "The," yet it was marked wrong.