Vitality Netball Superleague: Peace Proscovia returns to UK and joins Surrey Storm

Uganda captain is swapping Suncorp Tremendous Netball for a return to the Vitality Netball Superleague; the 31-year-old beforehand thrived with Loughborough Lightning earlier than shifting out to Australia

Peace Proscovia shall be again within the Vitality Netball Superleague for the 2022 season

Surrey Storm have signed one of many world’s main purpose shooters as Peace Proscovia returns to the Vitality Netball Superleague for the 2022 season.

The Uganda captain’s arrival at Storm marks an actual assertion of intent from Mikki Austin’s group.

Proscovia’s time with Loughborough Lightning between 2015 and 2019 established her as one of many Vitality Netball Superleague’s most cherished and beloved gamers.

Whereas finding out and taking part in her netball for Loughborough Lightning, she helped them progress into two Grand Finals and take a British Fast5 All-Stars Championship victory. Particular person awards additionally adopted as Proscovia excelled.

Following her time in England, Proscovia joined Suncorp Tremendous Netball and Sunshine Coast Lightning. There, she continued to progress as a participant and be instrumental inside their capturing circle.

In the course of the 2021 Suncorp Tremendous Netball season, Proscovia labored at a 90 per cent accuracy price.

In whole, the 31-year-old scored 670 targets in 42 video games for the Tremendous Netball franchise, together with a career-best of 53 towards West Coast Fever in the course of the 2019 season.

“Peace has grown a lot as a participant since becoming a member of our membership,” Kylee Byrn, Sunshine Coast Lightning’s head coach stated, when Proscovia’s departure was introduced.

“It has been a pleasure watching her develop and actually turn into that sturdy goal in our assault line.

“Anybody who has met Peace is aware of the profound influence she has on these round her and that was actually felt in her time at Lightning.”

At worldwide stage, Proscovia has been captain of the Ugandan group since 2013 and has performed on a number of the largest levels together with the 2015 and 2019 Netball World Cup competitions, and the 2018 Commonwealth Video games.

Proscovia, who’s one in all seven kids from one of many poorest households in a small city in northern Uganda, is open about her childhood as a result of she needs to encourage others.

In her personal phrases, Proscovia determined to “struggle for her future” as a younger woman. She defied her father’s preliminary anger at following her ardour for netball, utilized herself academically and created alternatives for herself.

“Expertise has accomplished wonderful issues for folks,” she stated when sharing her background with Sky Sports activities in 2018.

“It has lifted folks from nowhere to someplace and a sensible instance is me. I’ve studied by means of netball. I’ve moved to international locations that I might not have gone to, even simply going to the capital metropolis of Uganda.

“No person’s background defines who they’re. My background has by no means outlined who I’m, if it was to outline who I’m then I might be a no person.”

Proscovia is likely one of the world’s main purpose shooters

“I really feel blessed to be given this chance,” Proscovia stated about signing for Storm.

“I by no means thought that I could possibly be provided a contract in England once more however had religion that someway someday I’ll get again. “I’ve all the time admired Mikki’s fashion of management and exited to be coached by her. I am unable to wait to get again to England.”

Upon her return to England, Proscovia is raring to share the learnings she’s taken from Suncorp Tremendous Netball.

“I’ll deliver my intensive expertise taking part in towards a number of the finest defenders on the earth below stress. I may also deliver my accuracy and dominance below the publish and share my information with the upcoming Surrey Storm shooters.

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“I by no means thought that a possibility would current itself for me to return to the place my skilled life all began,” she concluded.

“I consider every little thing occurs for a purpose and now that I’ve a possibility to return again, there is not any higher feeling than this. Thanks so much for this chance. I missed all my followers in England and I am unable to wait to reunite with them.”

Proscovia is the seventh signing introduced by Surrey Storm forward of the 2022 Vitality Netball Superleague season.

The traditional home and away format will return for the forthcoming season, with chosen rounds being performed in full at impartial venues alongside the standard Season Opener and Grand Remaining weekends.

A full fixture checklist shall be made out there later this 12 months and earlier than that, the Vitality Netball Superleague signing window closes on October 15.

The entire Superleague franchises are allowed to have a squad of 15 gamers, comprising 12 registered gamers and as much as three coaching companions.