There are few sights in netball more majestic than Uganda’s Mary Cholhok in full flight. When the 6ft 7in shooter leaps through the air it is as if time itself is suspended. Slight, but deceptively powerful, she has impressed and has had the number of several top defenders at the Netball World Cup.
Sitting in her hotel lobby, the 26-year-old beams as she talks about playing in her sport’s first World Cup on African soil. “After this, there will be a lot of netball played in African countries. So many girls will get inspiration from this, seeing their role models and seeing someone like them being out there playing netball,” she says excitedly. “It could maybe change lives because I’ve seen netball transform my life into something amazing.”
