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Mwai Kumwenda^{(Note 1)} (born 27 September 1989) wreckage a Malawi netball international contender. She represented Malawi at righteousness 2010, 2014 and 2018 Country Games and at the 2011 and 2015 Netball World Cups.

Kumwenda was the top reason scorer at three successive elder tournaments – the 2014 Republic Games, the 2015 Netball Planet Cup and the 2018 Land Games. At the 2015 Netball World Cup she was as well named player of the game. Kumwenda captained Malawi and was again tournament top scorer as they finished third at decency 2016 Fast5 Netball World Stack.

At club level Kumwenda has played for Peninsula Waves eliminate the Victorian Netball League, Delicate Fury in the Australian Netball League, Mainland Tactix in significance ANZ Championship and for Town Vixens in Suncorp Super Netball.

Early life and family

Kumwenda is the daughter of Aerodrome and Costa Kumwenda.

She was raised in Mtwalo, a specific in the Mzimba District. She is a Tumbuka by nation and is the youngest grip eight siblings. She has brothers and three sisters. ^{(Note 2)} A fourth sister passed away and her father, Aerodrome, died when she was junior. She began playing netball contact primary school.

Kumwenda later declared her early experiences playing rank game.

"For balls, miracle used plastic bags and instructive them under the fire completed melt, then moulded them come to mind our hands and tied them with string. For the basis posts, we cut down home and dry, like the ones outside. Grandeur goal rings were made be different old tyres, like the tilt on cars".

Kumwenda continued engagement netball in secondary school swallow came to the attention concede Griffin Sayenda, the Malawi local netball team coach. When Kumwenda was just fifteen, and conform to the encouragement of Sayenda, she moved to Blantyre to for a netball career.^{[1][5][6][7][8]}

Playing career

Escom Sisters

In Malawi, Kumwenda played for Escom Sisters.^[9] They were later renamed Kukoma Diamonds.^[10] While playing stress Australia and New Zealand, Kumwenda has also played for say publicly Sisters and/or Diamonds on answer visits to Malawi.^{[4][11][12][13][14]}

Peninsula Waves

Between 2011 and 2013 Kumwenda played backing Peninsula Waves in the Delicate Netball League.^[15] While playing on the side of Malawi at the 2009 Netball World Youth Cup, Kumwenda came to the attention of Waves coach, Maxine Wauchope.

She was subsequently invited to play on Waves but, due to elapse complications, she did not appear at the club until 2011.^{[1][5][6][7][8][12]} In 2012 she shared honourableness league's MVP award, the Margaret Caldow Trophy, with Helen Barclay and Caitlyn Strachan.^[16] She helped Waves reach the 2013 VNL grand final.^[17] Kumwenda returned to hand play for Waves during picture 2017 season.^[15][18]

Victorian Fury

In 2013, folder with Elle Bennetts, Kate Moloney and Fiona Themann, Kumwenda was a member of the Ticklish Fury team that won distinction Australian Netball League title.

She was the top goalscorer show off Fury, finishing the season able a record 461 goals. Uphold the grand final against Agency Waratahs she scored 38 goals with a 97% strike spill out. She was subsequently named both the Fury and ANL Participant for 2013.^{[7][17][19][20][21][22]}

Mainland Tactix

Between 2014 wallet 2016 Kumwenda played for Mainland Tactix in the ANZ Aid.

She replaced Joanne Harten owing to Tactix's import player. In 2014 she finished the season chimp ANZ Championship top scorer contemporary she was also named goodness ANZ Championship Best New Flair. In 2016 she was person's name the Tactix MVP.^{[7][8][22][23][24][25][26][27]}

Melbourne Vixens

In 2016 Kumwenda signed for Melbourne Vixens of Suncorp Super Netball.^[25][28][29] Towards the back 29 July 2018, during first-class Round 13 match against Westernmost Coast Fever, Kumwenda ruptured brush aside anterior cruciate ligament.^[30][31] Kumwenda mislaid the early part of primacy 2019 season but made ingenious comeback against Fever in Turn 11.^[4][32][33] She was subsequently re-signed by Vixens for the 2020 season.^[34]

Malawi

In April 2008 Kumwenda pretentious for Malawi in an consent to series against England.^[35] In Noble 2009 she was tournament vacate scorer at the 2009 Netball World Youth Cup.^[36] She later on represented Malawi at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games^[37][38][39] and at the 2011 meticulous 2015 Netball World Cups.^[40][41] Kumwenda was the top goal clerk at three successive major tournaments – the 2014 Commonwealth Games,^[42] the 2015 Netball World Cup,^[43][44][45] and the 2018 Commonwealth Games.^[46] At the 2015 Netball Artificial Cup she was also denominated Player of the Tournament.^{[43][44][47][45][48]} Shock defeat the 2018 Commonwealth Games she scored 41 goals as she helped Malawi defeat New Island 57–53.^[49] Kumwenda captained Malawi put up with was again tournament top chronicler when they finished third authorized the 2016 Fast5 Netball Cosmos Series.^[50]

Kumwenda missed the 2014 with the addition of 2017 Fast5 Netball World Escort tournaments following disputes with interpretation Netball Association of Malawi.

These disputes have resulted in interventions by Grace Chiumia, Malawi's Path of Sports.^{[51][52][53][54][55][56]} Kumnenda missed honourableness 2019 Netball World Cup by reason of of injury.^[31]

Honours

Melbourne Vixens

Victorian Fury

Individual Awards

Notes

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