Netball
New format netball begins
Thursday 24 February 2011 | Published in Netball
This year’s netball season, which began last night at the Telecom Sports Arena, will have a big emphasis on development with a number of changes made to the playing divisions. It’s going to be a full on season for all six clubs on Rarotonga taking part with players in the new masters and corporate mixed […]
Netball start pushed back
Tuesday 15 February 2011 | Published in Netball
The start of the 2011 netball season has been pushed back by one week and is now scheduled to start on Wednesday, February 23, to give clubs more time to prepare for what is going to be a full-on season. The first games will be open grade matches which last season were played on Friday […]
Netball coach has big goals
Wednesday 26 January 2011 | Published in Netball
Up-skilling local netball coaches and inspiring players at all levels are two of Marg Foster’s goals in her new role as the Cook Islands national netball head coach. The former Silver Fern brings with her a wealth of knowledge and skills which she says she is keen to share with Cook Islands netballers. The new […]
High calibre applicants for netball jobs
Friday 21 January 2011 | Published in Netball
High-calibre netball applicants for the new netball development manager and development officer positions have made selecting people into these positions very tough. Netball New Zealand development manager and Oceania liaison officer Briar Martindale was on Rarotonga for a week interviewing the applicants for the two new netball positions. Applicants were shortlisted and interviewed by Martindale […]
Club netball starts February 19
Tuesday 11 January 2011 | Published in Netball
The Rarotonga club netball season is due to start earlier this year to accommodate national and regional tournaments towards the end of the year. February 19 is the planned start date for the 2011 netball season with all games again to be played at the Telecom Sports Arena over the 13-week season. 2010 was the […]
Netball gets development boost
Tuesday 14 December 2010 | Published in Netball
Netball development in the Cook Islands is set to get a boost when the positions of netball development officer and development manager are filled. The Cook Islands Netball Association is currently advertising the new positions locally as well as in New Zealand and Australia. CINA president Patsy Hockin says that this is the first time […]
Netballers struggle to find form
Tuesday 12 October 2010 | Published in Netball
The heartbreak of bombing out of the Delhi Commonwealth Games netball competition will be felt far and wide across the netball community. But the pain is greatest for the 12 member squad that just couldn’t find their A game in India. The team were outclassed by Pacific sisters Samoa, in what was a gritty match […]
Bowls, netball remain
Monday 11 October 2010 | Published in Netball
The Cook Islands national netball team and bowling singles athletes Pita Toto and Irene Tupuna will have the full support of Team Cook Islands today as the only two codes still competing at the Delhi Commonwealth Games in India. The netballers will play their final playoff match against Samoa today for 9th and 10th place […]
Netballers suffer second loss
Thursday 7 October 2010 | Published in Netball
The Cook Islands national netball team has yet to really show their prowess at the Delhi Commonwealth Games after suffering their second loss at the tournament. The team was confident heading into their match against lowly ranked Barbados, but they soon found themselves struggling against a much improved Barbados who went on to win the […]
Netballers put up brave fight
Wednesday 6 October 2010 | Published in Netball
The Cook Islands netball team may have gone down 87-24 to the Silver Ferns on Tuesday – but they were no walkovers. The local girls put up a brave and bruising battle, with some moments of brilliance, in what was their first match up of the Delhi Commonwealth Games. They walked off the court a […]
Netballers thank their sponsors
Thursday 23 September 2010 | Published in Netball
Locally based national netballers Curly George and Luciana Matenga made special visits this week to their code’s sponsors to show their gratitude for the support given to them. The pair donned their playing uniforms for the Delhi Commonwealth Games, which starts early next month, and headed to the Air Rarotonga hangar to say meitaki maata […]
Commonwealth netball team named
Saturday 4 September 2010 | Published in Netball
The national netball team has been selected and is gearing up for the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games in India in October. A final trial was held last week in New Zealand where the three local based players – Luciana Matenga, Curly George and Nana Manuela – were in attendance. From a pool of talented Cook […]
Primaries clash in rugby and netball
Saturday 24 July 2010 | Published in Netball
Avarua and Avatea Primary Schools once again dominated the inter-primary school rugby and netball tournament at the BCI Stadium on Thursday. They certainly looked the more serious teams as they warmed up and warmed down in between games while other students ran around having fun. On the rugby field, Avarua won the A and C […]
Netball honours clubs and players
Wednesday 7 July 2010 | Published in Netball
After a fantastic day of thrilling netball grand finals actions on Saturday, the Cook Islands Netball Association honoured clubs and players at the 2010 season prize giving. The prize giving was held after the premier grade grand final between Titikaveka and Avatiu where Titikaveka showed their class to win the match 60-40. Not that the […]
'Historic' netball finals clash
Saturday 3 July 2010 | Published in Netball
Defending netball champions the Titikaveka Pearls premier grade are no strangers to netball grand finals fever. But their opponents in today’s grand finals match the Avatiu Dragonflies are relative newcomers to the grand finals stage. The Pearls have dominated the local netball scene for the past 10 years with their usual grand finals foe Takuvaine […]
Finals time at netball
Friday 2 July 2010 | Published in Netball
Its grand finals time in the Rarotonga club netball season and action packed games are expected today and tomorrow. The open one and two grades will play their grand finals matches tonight at the Telecom Sports Arena with Avatiu taking on Titikaveka in the open 2 game at 4.30 while Titikaveka will face Takuvaine in […]
Netball semis clash on
Saturday 26 June 2010 | Published in Netball
There’s nothing more netball teams can do but bring their ‘A’ game to today’s club semi-finals but supporters and cheer squads could make all the difference in how teams play today. In the premier grade, the Avatiu Dragonflies go up against the Takuvaine Red Divas. Takuvaine will no doubt head into this game with their […]
Netballers fight for last spots
Friday 25 June 2010 | Published in Netball
This week’s ‘do or die’ netball matches will be played on the one court configuration at the Telecom Sports Arena where teams will battle it out for the last spot in next week’s grand finals. But first up tonight will be the open one and two semi finals clashes to determine who goes to the […]
Hot battles expected at netball
Saturday 19 June 2010 | Published in Netball
Heated battles are expected to be seen on the Telecom Sports Arena courts today as teams eye up a spot in the grand finals. The heavyweights of the current club netball season the Titikaveka Pearls and Avatiu Dragonflies will go head to head in what should be a thriller of a game. Avatiu have yet […]
Knockout time at netball
Friday 18 June 2010 | Published in Netball
This Friday and Saturday’s club netball knockout round games are expected to be intense battles as teams jostle to get into the grand finals. After two rounds of netball games, the four clubs have been stacked into the top two and bottom two teams. The top two and bottom two teams in each grade will […]