Irene Eyaru (born 23 October 1996) is an Ugandan netball player who represents Uganda internationally and plays in the position of goal attack. She is also the current national captain of the Ugandan national netball team.

Career

She made her international debut representing Uganda in 2015. She has been playing for KCCA Netball Club since 2014 and has also went onto captain the club. She was a key player in Uganda's historic gold medal-winning performance against South Africa at the 2018 World Netball University Games where hosts Uganda prevailed against South Africa under her leadership in a thrilling nail-biting entertainer winning it 44–43 in the end by the barest of all margins. She was named in the Ugandan squad for the

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which was held in South Africa and she eventually won the Best Shooter's plaque during the competition. She was also part of the Ugandan team which took part at the

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. She represented Uganda at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the women's netball competition where Uganda finished at fifth position. In 2023, she replaced

Peace Proscovia Peace Proscovia Drajole Agondua (born 1 November 1989), commonly known as Peace Proscovia and nicknamed "Warid Tower", is a professional Ugandan netball player for Surrey Storm and the current captain of the Uganda national team. She began he ...

as the captain of the Uganda national netball team just ahead of the highly anticipated Netball World Cup. She made her maiden appearance at a Netball World Cup tournament when South Africa hosted the

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. She eventually captained the Ugandan national team during the 2023 Netball World Cup.

References

1996 births Living people Ugandan netball players Netball players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Uganda 2023 Netball World Cup players {{Uganda-netball-bio-stub