Charmaine Soh Shi Hui (born 24 March 1990) is a retired Singaporean netball player and former captain of the Singapore national team who played either as a goal attack or goal shooter.[1][2] Charmaine officially captained the national side at the 2019 Netball World Cup replacing Vanessa Marie Lee who took a brief break from the sport in 2018.[3][4] She has featured in three World Cup tournaments for Singapore in 2011, 2015 and 2019.[5] She is Singapore's most-capped netballer, with 128 competitive appearances.[6]
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| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Charmaine retired in 2023, playing and winning her 128th game for Singapore in the 2023 Nations Cup final.[6]
Career
editCharmaine Soh had been a regular member of the Singaporean team since 2011 following her debut Netball World Cup appearance during the 2011 edition.[7] She was a member of the Singaporean team which emerged as champions during the 2012 Asian Netball Championships defeating home side Sri Lanka 48–47 in a close thriller.[citation needed] She was one of the key members of the Singaporean contingent which claimed gold medal in the women's netball event during 2015 Southeast Asian Games and was part of the Singaporean squad which bagged silver at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games.[8]
Soh made her captaincy debut in 2019 as she captained the national side at the 2019 Netball World Cup tournament where the team finished at last position among the 16 teams.[3]
Soh is widely known for her calm composure and her ability to shoot from anywhere around the shooting circle, making her shooting accuracy comparable to the likes of the world's best shooters such as Maria Folau according to multiple commentators commenting on matches between Singapore and their opponents during the 2015 Netball World Cup and the 2019 Netball World Cup
In October 2019, she was included in the Singaporean squad for the 2019 M1 Nations Cup and was retained as the captain of the team for the tournament.[9] She was part of the national team which emerged as runners-up to Namibia in the final.[10]
On 24 August 2021, World Netball announced that Charmaine was its official Ambassador for the Asia Region.[11]
On 28 October 2023, Charmaine played her last game for Singapore, in a 59–56 win over Papua New Guinea, winning her first and only Nations Cup gold medal.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Charmaine Soh Shi Hui". ActiveSG. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
- ^ "Charmaine Soh". Netball Draft Central. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
- ^ a b hermesauto (2019-07-11). "Netball: Singapore team, with many newer players, face tough test at World Cup". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
- ^ "Singapore". Netball Draft Central. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
- ^ "Charmaine Soh". Retrieved 2019-09-10.
- ^ a b c Ang, Ervin (2023-10-28). "After 128 games for Singapore, netballer Charmaine Soh retires with a gold medal". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
- ^ "Singapore announce team for Mission Foods World Netball Championships 2011". Red Sports. 6 June 2011. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
- ^ "Charmaine Soh | Athlete Profile". gms.kualalumpur2017.com.my. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
- ^ "Singapore tune up for M1 Nations Cup ahead of Southeast Asian Games". Yahoo. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ^ "Namibian women's netball team wins 2019 M1 Nations Cup - Xinhua | English.news.cn". www.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on October 26, 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
- ^ Reynolds, Sophie (2021-08-24). "World Netball Announces Charmaine Soh As Official Athlete Ambassador". World Netball. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
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