Mary Cholhok Nuba
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{{short description|Ugandan netball player}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|01|03|df=y}}
| birth_place = Rumbek, Sudan (now South Sudan)
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| sport = Netball
| position = Goal shooter
| education = Loughborough University
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Mary Cholhok Nuba (born 3 January 1997), also spelled as Mary Cholhock Nuba, sometimes known as Mary Cholhok or Mary Nuba, is a South Sudanese-born professional Ugandan netball player. She plays for the Queensland Firebirds in the Suncorp Super Netball league, and for the Uganda national netball team as the GS.{{cite web |title=Firebirds sign prolific shooter Cholhok |url=https://firebirds.net.au/news/firebirds-sign-prolific-shooter-cholhok |website=The Home of the Queensland Firebirds |publisher=Queensland Firebirds |access-date=15 March 2025 |date=7 Aug 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nwc2019.co.uk/people/mary-nuba-cholock/|title=Netball World Cup|accessdate=28 September 2019}}
Career
=School career=
She attended St. Mary's High School, where she represented them in national School Championships between 2013 and 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://journalism.mak.ac.ug/?q=news/251018/mary-nuba-future-uganda%E2%80%99s-netball|title=Is Mary Nuba the Future of Uganda’s Netball?|date=25 October 2018|website=Journalism|accessdate=28 September 2019}}
= NIC =
In 2017, Mary joined NIC Netball Club. She played for NIC Netball Club from 2017 to 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://newsblaze.co.ke/one-of-the-tallest-netball-player-perhaps-meet-nuba-the-20-year-old-6-7-feet-tall-sudanese-who-plays-for-uganda/|title=One of the tallest Netball player, perhaps! Meet Nuba, the 20 year old, 6.7 feet tall, Sudanese who plays for Uganda - Newsblaze.co.ke|website=newsblaze.co.ke|accessdate=28 September 2019}}
=Loughborough University=
In December 2018, Mary joined Loughborough University.{{Cite web|url=http://www.swiftsportsug.com/blog/mary-nuba-eager-to-impress-at-loughborough-lightning/|title=Mary Nuba eager to impress at Loughborough Lightning|accessdate=28 September 2019}} She made her debut in Loughborough Lightning's first league game against Wasps on 5 January 2019 at the Arena Birmingham.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lboro.ac.uk/sport/news/2018/december/ugandan-mary-cholhok-signs-for-loughborough-lightn/|title=Ugandan Mary Cholhok signs for Loughborough Lightning Netball | Sport | Loughborough University|accessdate=28 September 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://ugandaradionetwork.com/story/uganda-in-winning-start-at-world-university-netball-championships|title=Uganda in Winning Start at World University Netball Championships|first=Davidson|last=Ndyabahika|website=Uganda Radio Network|accessdate=28 September 2019}}
National team
Mary made her debut for the Uganda national netball team during the 2018 World University games in Kampala.{{cite web |last1=Tumusiime |first1=Benjamin |title=Is Mary Nuba the Future of Uganda's Netball? |url=https://journalism.mak.ac.ug/?q=news/251018/mary-nuba-future-uganda%E2%80%99s-netball |website=Journalism@mak |access-date=15 March 2025 |date=25 Oct 2018}} She represented Uganda in the 2019 Netball World Cup in England.{{Cite web|url=https://kawowo.com/2019/07/13/live-uganda-vs-samoa-2019-netball-world-cup/|title=As It Happened: FT - Uganda 69-48 Samoa | 2019 Netball World Cup|first=Kawowo Sports|last=Team|date=13 July 2019|website=Kawowo Sports|accessdate=28 September 2019}}
In September 2019, she was included in the Ugandan squad for the 2019 African Netball Championships.{{cite web|url=https://kawowo.com/2019/09/16/she-cranes-regroup-for-training-ahead-of-africa-netball-championship/|title=Uganda regroup for training ahead of African Championship|access-date=28 September 2019}}
Honors
- Topscorer in National Netball Championship : 2016
- Topscorer in World University Games : 1: 2018
- Topscorer in Netball Superleague: 2: 2019,{{Cite web|url=https://kawowo.com/2019/05/20/mary-nuba-she-cranes-star-wins-vitality-netball-goalden-shot-award/|title=Mary Nuba: She Cranes star wins Vitality Netball Goalden Shot Award|first=Franklin|last=Kaweru|date=20 May 2019|website=Kawowo Sports|accessdate=28 September 2019}} 2021{{cite web| url= https://www.netballsl.com/2021/06/24/vitality-netball-superleague-awards-2021/| title=Vitality Netball Superleague Awards 2021: Cobden wins top prize| publisher=Netball Superleague| date=24 June 2021| accessdate=22 July 2021}}
- The Coveted Golden Shot Award for 3 consecutive years{{Cite web |last=Kaweru |first=Franklin |date=2021-10-08 |title=Mary Cholhok: She Cranes shooter stays put at Loughborough Lightning |url=http://kawowo.com/2021/10/08/mary-cholhok-she-cranes-shooter-stays-put-at-loughborough-lightning/ |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=Kawowo Sports |language=en-US}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.nwc2019.co.uk/people/mary-nuba-cholock/ Profile] at Netball World Cup
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Category:Ugandan netball players
Category:Nkumba University alumni
Category:Alumni of Loughborough University
Category:People from Arua District
Category:People from West Nile sub-region
Category:Sportspeople from Northern Region, Uganda
Category:Netball Superleague players
Category:2019 Netball World Cup players
Category:Ugandan expatriate sportspeople in England
Category:Loughborough Lightning netball players
Category:Expatriate netball people in England