Netball
Netball back in the great outdoors
Monday 7 May 2012 | Published in Netball
Old-style netball played outdoors was welcomed with open arms on Saturday when the Avatiu netball club were hosted by Arorangi on the newly upgraded Raemaru Park netball courts. It was a departure from indoor games at the Telecom Sports Arena due to recent upgrading of the Raemaru Park courts. Pictured here is Avatiu junior open […]
Netball spreads outdoors today
Saturday 5 May 2012 | Published in Netball
Today’s netball buzz spreads from the Telecom Sports Arena to the Arorangi netball courts at Raemaru Park as the club hosts Avatiu on their newly upgraded hard courts. The games outdoors in Arorangi have generated much excitement as players and supporters are sure to break out the picnic baskets for a fun family day out […]
Top netballers on trial
Wednesday 2 May 2012 | Published in Netball
Cook Islands netball head coach Marg Foster arrives on the island tomorrow to conduct the Rarotonga based national netball trials to be held at the Telecom Sports Arena from 5.30pm to 7.30pm. Today, Foster will run similar trials for New Zealand based players before arriving on the island to put the local girls through their […]
Close netball games at TSA
Monday 23 April 2012 | Published in Netball
Intense and closely fought games were the features of round two of the domestic netball season played at the Telecom Sports Arena on Saturday. The under 8 and 10 games set the tone for the day. The Avatiu and Titikaveka under 8 match ended in a 1-all draw. Other closely fought matches seen were between […]
Netball visitors win first game
Thursday 12 April 2012 | Published in Netball
The visiting Paeroa College netball team coached by former Silver Fern head coach Ruth Aitken showed their stamina and patience when they fought back to take out their first game of netball in the Cooks against Tereora College yesterday. Both sides started the match in shaky form as players tried to shed the nerves in […]
New netball season opens today
Wednesday 11 April 2012 | Published in Netball
The 2012 domestic netball season starts with a bang tonight with the open grades taking to the courts plus games through the week between local clubs and the visiting Paeroa College netball team. Led by former New Zealand international level player and Silver Fern head coach Ruth Aitken, the visiting school will play four games […]
Netball forms high performance team
Saturday 24 March 2012 | Published in Netball
As part of its restructuring, Netball Cook Islands has set up a high performance committee to manage the development of its high performance athletes, technical officials, coaches and managers. This is a new development for NCI and a “work in progress” as it activates the committee for the first time. The high performance committee comprises […]
Inter college netball starting
Tuesday 13 March 2012 | Published in Netball
The first ever inter college netball tournament has been set down for May 11 with the aim of sharing the love of the game with young Cook Islanders. Netball Cook Islands development officer Luciana Matenga has begun working with students at Tereora College, Titikaveka College, Papaaroa College and Nukutere College who are encouraged to enter […]
National netball call
Saturday 3 March 2012 | Published in Netball
The 2015 Netball World Cup may be three years away but Netball Cook Islands wants to start preparing for the event straight away. With that in mind – all netball players including past national representatives and premier grade players as well as under 21 players are being called to attend a special meeting on Tuesday […]
Mitiaro men shine at netball
Saturday 3 March 2012 | Published in Netball
In the not too distant future Mitiaro will have a talented pool of netball players to tap into after a highly successful development programme run on the island by Netball Cook Islands development officer Luciana Matenga. With the assistance of the island’s sports association president Mata Noota, Mitiaro School principal Tirotoru Tararo and Eli Stricland, […]
Foster reappointed as CI netball coach
Thursday 16 February 2012 | Published in Netball
Former Silver Fern netballer Marg Foster has been re-appointed as the Cook Islands National Netball head coach. Foster was first appointed as the national netball head coach in January last year. This year she was one of three people who applied for the position. Lynnette Hagai has also been re-appointed as the national squad manager. […]
Holiday netball programme a hit
Tuesday 17 January 2012 | Published in Netball
Dedicated netball lovers hit the Tupapa court yesterday for the first day of the Netball Cook Islands holiday programme. The netball season doesnt officially start until April. The group of 15 boys and girls that took part in yesterdays programme are keen to get back into the netball groove ahead of the season. Coached by […]
Netball coaching on today
Monday 16 January 2012 | Published in Netball
Budding local netball players keen to polish up their game ahead of the 2012 season starting in April have the opportunity to improve their game with Netball Cook Islands netball development officer and national netball player Luciana Matenga. Matenga is running a netball holiday programme this week for players aged between 8 and 12 starting […]
International netball will draw players
Saturday 7 January 2012 | Published in Netball
Netball loving Cook Islanders from all over the globe will have the opportunity to come home and play the game they love when Netball Cook Islands stages its International Netball Tournament in November. The tournament is scheduled to be run from November 28 to December 1 this year and is open to any team locally […]
Busy netball year planned
Friday 6 January 2012 | Published in Netball
A full calendar of netball competitions and programmes is in store for local netball players from the grassroots level right up to the international squad. While the new netball executives fine tune dates of events they have put out a tentative overall plan for 2012. Starting this month a new school holiday netball programme will […]
Netball executive committee elected
Tuesday 13 December 2011 | Published in Netball
Exciting times are ahead for local netball clubs with the election of the Rarotonga Netball Centre executive committee who are responsible for leading and running the 2012 domestic netball season. Nominations for the various positions were of a great calibre, with a balanced mix of experienced administrators, netballers and newcomers standing for positions. The new […]
Netball makes a comeback on Atiu
Friday 9 December 2011 | Published in Netball
Netball is set to make a comeback on the outer island of Atiu after the recent visit to the island by Netball Cook Islands development officer Luciana Matenga and coach trainer Maryanne Miller. The pair visited the island armed with netball equipment and enthusiasm to revive the sport there as part of Netball Cook Islands […]
Air Raro supports netball
Saturday 5 November 2011 | Published in Netball
Air Rarotonga and Netball Cook Islands have formed an alliance through the signing of a sponsorship agreement to facilitate netball development in the outer islands. The sponsorship deal between the domestic airline and Netball Cook Islands will allow coaches, umpires and technical officials to travel to the outer islands for ongoing training and development programmes […]
Good turnout at junior netball tournament
Monday 17 October 2011 | Published in Netball
Junior netballers bullet-passed, intercepted and shot their way through a fantastic and fun Potiki Navenave netball tournament at the Telecom Sports Arena on Friday afternoon. The first of its kind, the junior under 8 and under 10 tournament was developed by Netball Cook Islands and driven by development officer Luciana Matenga. Matenga was overwhelmed with […]
Future netball stars compete
Friday 14 October 2011 | Published in Netball
Future netball stars will take over the Telecom Sports Arena this afternoon for the first ever Potiki Navenave junior netball tournament for 8 and 10-year-old players. Around 10 teams are expected to take to the netball courts today to showcase their skills and love for netball. The Potiki Navenave tournament is a new junior development […]