Sonia Mkoloma

Sonia Mkoloma   (born 17 January 1979 in London) is an English international   netball  player. Mkoloma made her international debut for the   English national team  in 1999, [ 1 ]  and during her career has COMPETED  at three   Netball World Championships, three Commonwealth Games<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Lora,serif;font-size:16.5px;line-height:26.3999996185303px;">  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Lora,serif;font-size:16.5px;line-height:26.3999996185303px;">and two <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Lora,serif;font-size:16.5px;line-height:26.3999996185303px;">  World Netball Series<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Lora,serif;font-size:16.5px;line-height:26.3999996185303px;">. In 2009, Mkoloma was part of the World 7 team, consisting of international players from England, Jamaica, Samoa as well as former Australian and New Zealand international players. In the domestic <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Lora,serif;font-size:16.5px;line-height:26.3999996185303px;">  Netball Superleague<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Lora,serif;font-size:16.5px;line-height:26.3999996185303px;">  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Lora,serif;font-size:16.5px;line-height:26.3999996185303px;">she played with the <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Lora,serif;font-size:16.5px;line-height:26.3999996185303px;">  Surrey Storm<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Lora,serif;font-size:16.5px;line-height:26.3999996185303px;">  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Lora,serif;font-size:16.5px;line-height:26.3999996185303px;">(formerly Brunel Hurricanes) with fellow England defender <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Lora,serif;font-size:16.5px;line-height:26.3999996185303px;">  Geva Mentor<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Lora,serif;font-size:16.5px;line-height:26.3999996185303px;">. <span class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hudson_1-1" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Lora,serif;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:0.53em;line-height:0;position:relative;top:-0.5em;">[ 1 ] <p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:15px;">Mkoloma also played in the Australasian ANZ Championship: she played for the Wellington-based Central Pulse in the 2008 season, and for the Christchurch-based Canterbury Tactix in 2009. In 2010, she transferred to the New South Wales Swifts in Australia.<span class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:0.53em;line-height:0;position:relative;top:-0.5em;">[ 2 ]Mkoloma announced that she would continue with the Swifts in 2011, She will also be a part of the England national team for the 2011 Netball World Championships.<span class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:0.53em;line-height:0;position:relative;top:-0.5em;">[ 3 ]

<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:15px;">On 11 April 2011, Mkoloma played her 50th ANZ Championship match between the Swifts and the Magic. By the end of the 2014 ANZ season, Sonia left the Swifts after 69 appearances and five seasons at the club.<span class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:0.53em;line-height:0;position:relative;top:-0.5em;">[ 4 ] She currently sits on 95 ANZ caps.<span class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:0.53em;line-height:0;position:relative;top:-0.5em;">[ 5 ]

<span class="mw-headline" id="ANZ_Championship_accolades" style="box-sizing:border-box;">ANZ Championship accolades

 * 2013 NSW Swifts Players’ Player Award
 * 2008 joint-ANZ Championship Most Valuable Player

<span class="mw-headline" id="National_Representation" style="box-sizing:border-box;">National Representation

 * 1999-2011; 2015-present (England)
 * Test Caps: 111

<span class="mw-headline" id="Netball_Career_Facts" style="box-sizing:border-box;">Netball Career Facts

 * 2013 England Netball Hall of Fame Inductee
 * Bronze medal at 2007 & 2011 World Netball Championships
 * Bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games (2006 & 2010)