Netball: Stellar young believers the target for Soh

Netball skipper opens new academy, hopes to provide proper pathway for young players

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When national captain Charmaine Soh joined netball as a co-curricular activity in Secondary 1, the general consensus within her St Hilda's Secondary School team was that, as a neighbourhood school, it was always going to be an uphill battle against the more established teams.

Such attitude is self-defeating and Soh, 30, hopes to change this mindset with the opening of her Stellar Netball Academy.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on October 22, 2020, with the headline Netball: Stellar young believers the target for Soh. Subscribe