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Maikea Bramble, age 21, wants to be an inspiration for young netballers.
“I think the younger athletes coming up into the sport are my outlook and my motivation,” says the captain and goal-shooter for both Trinidad and Tobago’s national under-21 and UWI St Augustine’s netball teams.
“I just want to be someone who can inspire them. I want to be an example for them.”
For followers of the game in T&T, Maikea’s name, and skill on the netball court, are well-known. She represented The UWI in the Courts All Sectors Netball League’s Championship Division this past February, scoring 69 of 71 goals for her team and leading the bracket. She was a member of the Trinidad and Tobago National Team on the international stage that qualified in Guadeloupe for the Netball World Youth Cup in Gibraltar in 2025.
That same year, she set her own personal record of the most goals that she scored so far in her career during the Lystra Lewis Port of Spain Netball League of June 2025. Maikea racked up 80 goals over the opposing Police Netball section. Even she was surprised by her performance.
“I could never imagine that I scored so many. When I got the results, I was really shocked and I excited too.”
Now, Maikea is using her skill and experience to lead St Augustine’s team at the UWI Games. She believes that these attributes are having a positive effect on her younger teammates.
“I think they are amazed sometimes when they see me perform on the court,” she says.
For her, being a team captain is one of the greatest gifts she has ever experienced, both for the on-court duties and off-court team support.
Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s in Sports Kinetics at The UWI’s St Augustine Academy of Sport in the Faculty of Sport, Maikea says that her future goals in netball are to secure a spot on the senior national team and earn a scholarship to play internationally. She also wants to give back to the netball organisations through teaching.
“If you can believe it, you can achieve it,” she says. “Just do your best. Your best is enough.”
Maikea and her teammates have that winning ethos focused on glory for UWI St Augustine at UWI Games 2026.
