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While we don't know if she can sing Calypsoes just yet, the newest Calypso Girl Kira Rothwell is ready to make music on the netball court at the CAC Games.

The English-born player long craved a career on the international stage and now she has a chance to do so with T&T as we get to know the newest face in T&T netball.
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00:00My name is Kira Rothwell and I grew up in the UK but my dad was born in point
00:0614 in Trinidad and Tobago. As mentioned she has played in the English netball
00:10system from age group levels through to the England Futures and England A
00:15programs but just how did the opportunity to represent TNT all come
00:19together? So it all started with a little conversation one of my friends back in
00:24the UK had just transitioned from England to Jamaica and was talking to me
00:28about the process and then I messaged Chakwanda actually because I knew her
00:32from when she played in the UK and then she put me in contact with the coaches
00:36and it kind of went from there through the selection. And the 25 year old has
00:40already answered those who doubted her fit in TNT system. People in the UK were
00:45saying oh maybe you'll have a different style you won't fit in that well but
00:48actually I landed and the next day we played a game and we won by like 20
00:52goals or something and I fitted straight in so actually it's been really nice and
00:57nice for me to see that my style complements. And while this is actually her
01:02first time in Trinidad she made her pick as to who has the best food between the
01:06Calypso Girls and the Sunshine Girls. I've been to Tobago when I was younger but
01:11never Trinidad so it was actually my first time and my dad came over with me
01:16for the first week actually because he wanted to do some exploring so we've done
01:19lots of exploring of the island and been down to Point Fortin and to lots of the
01:24beaches. I love the food. I've had a lot of Jamaican food in the past which I like
01:29but Trinidad food sorry Jamaicans is much better. I love the doubles and I've had
01:35some of the roti and I've been staying with Khalifa and her mum and Khalifa are
01:40such good cooks. Terence Clark TV6 Sport
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