Peace over moon at getting to grand final
Journey from poverty to Lightning goalshooter beyond imaginings
LIGHTNING goalshooter eace Proscovia feels "blessed" ustto be a part of the Sunshine oast squad, let alone to be laying in the 2019 Suncorp uper Netball grand final. Born into poverty in her na-ve Uganda where she was metimes denied education d sent to the fields to work, roscovia survived a near-eath experience when she as poisoned 11 years ago after eaving the small family village o play club netball against her ather's wishes She went on to star in the nglish competition and for e Ugandan national team here she caught the eye of e Lightning at the 2018 Com-onwealth Games on the old Coast. Proscovia, 29, has shared e starting goalshooter duties ith young gun Can Koenen n the Lightnings march to eir third-straight Super Net-ll decider where they are nning for a hat-trick of titles. The Sunshine Coast will ke on the NSW Swifts in the 019 season showpiece at the risbane Entertainment Cen-re this Sunday after the Syd-ey side claimed a hard-arned 60-47 victory over the elboume Vixens in the pre-iminary final yesterday. The last time Proscovia set foot inside the Boondal I venue, she hit 53 goals from 55 at-tempts in a 71-56 win over the Queensland Firebirds to re-mind the competition of her potent productivity. She admits walking into the Lightning environment was in-itially intimidating given they were coming off back-to-back championships and is happy to play whatever role is required to capture a third crown. "I never imagined myself playing in this competition so I never imagined myself playing in a grand final," Proscovia said. "I'm excited about the game but I'm also excited for my teammates after we have all worked so hard together to reach this point But we just have to treat it like any other day and any other game. "I came into the team with a mixture of excitement and knowing it would be a chal-lenge for me to step up because of what this team had achiev-ed. Every team wants to beat us because of our record so every game is a challenge but I have been so proud of the way we have worked together?' Proscovia said the compet-ition for the starting goal-shooter spot with Koenen had lifted both players "Cara is an amazing player but she is different to me so we present different styles when we are out there," she said