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Kiwi netballers shoot for top
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Friday 7: The New Zealand under 21 netball team arrived on the island in the early hours of Thursday and have already hit the ground running. The team has just one goal to achieve at the World Youth Netball Championships and that is to retain the Millennium Trophy. The Kiwi team won the last championships […]
Aussies here to claim first spot
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Friday 7: The Australian under 21 netball team couldn’t believe they were being welcomed at Rarotonga airport on Thursday morning to the sounds of ‘Waltzing Matilda’. The team was thrilled with the singing of St Joseph’s Primary School student who ventured out to the airport at 1am to meet the team off the plane. The […]
CISNOC apologises
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Friday 7: CISNOC president Sir Geoffrey Henry would like to apologise to Turtles Sportswear, an official sponsor of the World Youth Netball Championship and the Pacific Mini Games, for the innocent mistake made by the Cook Islands under 21 team who were pictured receiving gifts from Raromart. Henry made the official apology yesterday on behalf […]
Sport CI under 21 Kaikai
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Friday 7: The Cook Islands Netball Association and Rarotonga Golf Club held a dinner in honour of their main sponsor Turtles Sportswear. The dinner for Chris and Nana McKinley was held at the Rarotonga Golf Club where netballers and golfers thanked the team at Turtles for their generous sponsorship. As well as dressing Team Cook […]
Training romp tonight
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Thursday 6: The Cook Islands Pacific Mini Games netball squad will play a training match against the visiting South Africa under 21 squad tonight. The game will be a great opportunity for South Africa to warm up before the World Youth Netball Championships, which starts on Monday, while the local girls will be looking forward […]
Cooks on home turf, aiming for top 8
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Thursday 6: The Cook Islands under 21 netball team arrived into the arms of waiting families and friends on Tuesday evening led by head coach Teresa Tairi. The 13 squad members were excited to finally be back on the island and to kick start their World Youth Netball Championship campaign. Upon arrival, a special presentation […]
South Africans warm up – play tonight
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Thursday 6: Playing every game likes it’s a finals match is the South Africa under 21 team’s plan of attack for the World Youth Netball Championships. The team arrived on the island on Tuesday afternoon to a huge group of cheering Tereora College students who are South Africa’s cheer squad. Head coach Dudu Msane told […]
Jamaica shares the love
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Tuesday 11: Jamaica’s under 21 netball team spent yesterday morning dancing island style with their adopted school Avarua Primary School. A team spokesperson said that they were at the school to ‘share the love’ after the school put on a welcome fit for a Queen at the airport for the team on Friday afternoon. The […]
Proudly Vanuatuan
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Tuesday 11: The Vanuatu under 21 squad will be looking to their goal shooters to lead the way at these World Youth Netball Championships. The team has four speciality goal shoot and goal attack players who have been shooting up to 1000 goals on average at each of their training sessions. Team technical adviser Sarah […]
Crunch matches
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Tuesday 11: The crunch matches today will be in the toughest pool where tournament favourite Australia plays South Africa and Pacific neighbours Fiji and Samoa go head to head. After flying in yesterday morning from Los Angeles, the USA face a daunting task in taking on Jamaica in the first game of the day at […]
World Youth Day marked at WYNC
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Tuesday 11: Cook Islanders will be promoting International Youth Day today at the World Youth Netball Championships at the Telecom Sports Arena. There will be a booth where the day will be promoted through lots of youth oriented information and freebies. This year the national youth council is celebrating the theme of the day ‘sustainability: […]
Anti doping explained
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Tuesday 11: Lee Jones (left) from Drug Free Sports New Zealand has been running a workshop on anti-doping procedures for the World Youth Netball Championships. Jones held his first workshop with team chaperones yesterday to inform them how the drug testing process will be conducted during the championships. He explained what is expected of athletes […]
Nail biting finish to first win
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Tuesday 11: The Cook Islands under 21 netball team got their World Youth Netball Championships campaign off to the best possible start with a nail biting win over Wales yesterday. The Pool B match opened the championships in thrilling fashion with the Cooks showing grit and determination to keep the Welsh at bay. The Cooks […]
CHAMPIONSHIPS FORMAT
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Monday 10 August Opening Ceremony 2.30pm Opening Game Tuesday 11 August to Saturday 15 August Pool Play Sunday 16 August Rest Day for all teams Monday 17 August Quarter finals Tuesday 18 August Semi finals Wednesday 19 August Final play-off for placings 9-12 Thursday 20 August Final matches for placings 1-8 Grand Final and Closing […]
Drumbeats fire Jamaican flair
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Monday 10: Jamaica’s goal shooter Romelda Aiken is probably the most well known netballer on the rock – and is already hailed as one of the world’s best netballers. Aiken, 21, debuted for the Jamaica national team in 2005 at just 16. The six-foot four-inch shooter rose to international fame at the 2007 Netball World […]
Tall order to beat Trinidad and Tobago
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Monday 10: Trinidad and Tobago have been on an eight-month campaign to get their team to the World Youth Netball Championships and like the rest of the team – winning the championships will be the ultimate reward. “Of course we want to win. Isn’t that every team’s goal,” says team manager Carol Gittens. Gittens says […]
How they rank now
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Monday 10: These are the current world junior rankings after the 2005 World Youth Netball Championships in Florida. But it will all change over the next 10 days. Teams listed but not attending these championships are: Canada, St Lucia, Antigua & Barbuda and Bermuda. Teams not ranked in the top 20 or without a ranking […]
Grand opening at 1pm
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Monday 10: It’s the grand opening today – with christening of the new venue and launching of WYNC 2010. The World Youth Netball Championships will be officially opened today at the Telecom Sports Arena in Nikao. The short opening ceremony will start at 1pm with the doors to the arena to open at 12pm for […]
Spectacular action
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Monday 10: Spectacular netball games will be seen at the Telecom Sports Arena over the next 10 days as 20 teams vie for junior netball supremacy in the World Youth Netball Championships. “This is history in the making,” says Cook Islands Netball Association president and former Silver Fern Margharet Matenga. “We are going to be […]
Home town pride on the line
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Monday 10: ALL EYES will be on centre court at the Telecom Sports Arena today when the Cook Islands and Wales take to the floor for the opening World Youth Netball Championships game. On paper, the two teams are evenly matched with the Cooks ranked 9th and Wales 10th. But Cook Islands coach Teresa Tairi […]
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