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YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Results for Tuesday 11 August Game No. Pool Team name Team name 1 Pool B Cook Islands 43 Wales 37 2 Pool D Jamaica 109 USA 11 3 Pool D PNG 23 Singapore 61 4 Pool C Australia 73 South Africa 22 5 Pool C Fiji 57 Samoa 43 6 Pool B England 110 Vanuatu […]
Soo so excited!
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Wednesday 12: Anna Soo beams with delight after her Singapore team won its first game 61-23 against Papua New Guinea yesterday. Anna plays wing defence and has been playing netball for 10 years. She is very excited about being in the Cook Islands and at her first ever World Youth Netball Championships.
Strong CI show against Malaysia
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Wednesday 12: Cook Islands under 21 netball coach Teresa Tairi showed that she had depth in her squad with new combinations taking to the court against Malaysia last night. The Cooks started and ended strongly to take the match out 70-36, with shooters Memory Tangimetua and Chrystalla Neophitou working well together in the circle. Once […]
Turts tops at WYNC
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Wednesday 12: Turts the Onu – the World Youth Netball Championships mascot – is a hot seller at the new Turtles Sportswear store in the foyer of the Telecom Sports Arena. Turtles is the official merchandiser for the under 21 netball championship with a large range of WYNC branded products in store for supporters. Store […]
England dominate valiant Vanuatu
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Wednesday 12: The English netballers barely broke a sweat when they showed their might against one of the newcomers to the championships, Vanuatu. Yesterday’s 110-9 result ran more like a cricket score as English shooters Kirsty Delves and Ella Clark racked up the goals. The English team even had a sizeable home support team who […]
Tough day under goal
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Wednesday 12: Nineteen-year-old Cemara Gordon is the goal keeper for team USA. Cemara is a freshman (first year) at high school (or university) and really enjoyed playing against Jamaica’s star shooter Romelda Aiken in her team’s first match up at the World Youth Netball Championships. Her pride and joy is definitely her bouncy hair which […]
A century for Jamaica
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Wednesday 12: Jamaica’s Sunshine Girls scored the first century of the World Youth Netball Championships yesterday, smashing the hapless USA side 109-11. Romelda Aiken was the star of the Jamaican side, towering over US defender Cemara Gordon – potting the goals at will and helping her side power away to a 25-5 lead after the […]
First up win for Singapore
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Wednesday 12: Singapore coach Mary Lee says the shaky start against Papua New Guinea at the World Youth Netball Championships yesterday could be put down to nerves. PNG, which is making its debut at the under 21 tournament, drew level 9-all at the first quarter, but then fell away by halftime (16-27) to eventually lose […]
Australia outclass South Africa
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Wednesday 12: Australia is not here to get a sun tan and proved this was true when they outclassed South Africa 73-22 in their pool C game yesterday. Australia built a solid foundation in the first quarter racking up 18 goals to South Africa’s 5, and shutting down hardworking centre Bongiwe Msomi. In the shooting […]
Malawi debuts today
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Wednesday 12: Botswana, Malawi and Scotland will play their first games at the World Youth Netball Championships today. Scotland takes on ‘neighbours’ Northern Ireland, while Botswana, which was ranked ninth at the 2005 championships, will play Fiji. Malawi’s senior side surprised most at the 2007 World Netball Championships in Auckland by finishing fifth, so it […]
Fiji win Pacific duel
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Wednesday 12: Fiji won the battle of the Pacific at the World Youth Netball Championships with a gritty 57-43 win over Samoa yesterday. The Fijians made a fast start, racing to 13-8 scoreline after the first quarter. But the Samoans clawed their way back to get within three points at the half time break (23-26). […]
Student takes the long way
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Wednesday 12: Cecilia Sorby pots another goal for Fiji in yesterday’s tough game against Samoa. Sorby is the goal shooter for Fiji. She had to take the long way to Rarotonga for the World Youth Netball Championships. Sorby was denied a visa to travel through New Zealand and had to travel via Los Angeles. Of […]
Monday 10: WHO ARE THE KINGS?
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Smoke Signals
Larry Price says it right in his letter last week titled ‘King or the People?’ comments a smoke signaller. “He asks ‘What is your guess?’ The answer? The court won’t find it easy, but there will be lots and lots of work for the lawyers and lots of work means lotsa money! Who is King? […]
Monday 10: SAME SAME BUT DIFFERENT
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Smoke Signals
An irate reader reports his disgust at the Minister of Finance’s statement in the budget speech that the Cook Islands faces the same challenges as countries around the world. “Not so,” says our reader. “Other countries don’t have the majority of their politicians as incompetents. Neither do they have a few collaring as many of […]
Monday 10: CONSTITUTION SURCHARGE
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Smoke Signals
A visiting couple who were in Aitutaki at the time of the August 4th Constitution Day commemoration commented on a 15 percent surcharge they were required to pay at some places. They said the 15% surcharge at restaurants was similar to what they would face on a public holiday back home, but they were a […]
Monday 10: AIM HIGH
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Smoke Signals
Referring to whoever advised the Cooks U21 not to worry too much, they just need to do better than 7th place, a smoke signaller said: “Come on kotou, think about how much sweat we had to go through to get them here. Be serious in everything you do or say to them so that they […]
Monday 10: DODGY BAG
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Smoke Signals
A satisfied diner asked for a bag of bones and scraps for his dog, which the restaurant duly provided, and on the way home he stopped at Whatever Bar for a drink. While there, someone stole his bag! He laughed when he sent us this smoke signal, adding, “I hope they choke on it!”
Monday 10: TOP SHOW
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Smoke Signals
Te Hiva Nui dance team, one of the hit groups at the Billingham International Folklore Festival in the UK that wrapped up this weekend, featured in a news article with the playful title ‘Dancers go nuts as stage bras show up’. “The girls from the Cook Islands thought their traditional coconut bras must have been […]
Monday 10: Bear the badge of shame
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Smoke Signals
Those supposedly responsible for the progress of sports in the Cook Islands are “individually dumb and collectively dumber”, a smoke signaller writes. “The vote to amend the SPG charter was taken right here in Rarotonga, and was passed UNANIMOUSLY. That means that each and every representative from the Cooks was there and voted …so no […]
Gospel Day celebrated with cake
Wednesday 5 August 2009 | Published in Church Talk
Friday 31: The arrival of Christianity to Rarotonga 186 years ago, was celebrated with song and dance at the Are Karioi Nui on Monday. In his sermon, Nikao Cook Islands Christian Church’s Rev Tereora Tereora likened the embracing of the gospel in the Cooks, to that of Laban welcoming his nephew Jacob, as told in […]
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