Netball
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 […]
Final netball games for round two
Friday 11 June 2010 | Published in Netball
This week’s club netball will be the final games of the second round. Ngatangiia will take on Avatiu this week while Titikaveka will face off again with Takuvaine. The club season took a break last week for the Pacific Series netball tournament where a number of local players were seen picking up some new skills […]
Netball bounces back from heartbreak
Thursday 10 June 2010 | Published in Netball
The Cook Islands national netball team has had to suck in the heartbreak of not qualifying for the netball World Championships at last week’s Pacific Series and knuckle down to prepare for the Commonwealth Games in India this October. Cook Islands Netball Association president Patsy Hockin says that not qualifying for the world champs was […]
Fiji crowned netball champs
Tuesday 8 June 2010 | Published in Netball
The ATH, Telecom, Vodafone Fiji netball team were crowned the queens of Pacific netball after being undefeated at the recent three-day Pacific Series netball tournament in Rarotonga. Fiji faced the tenacious Papua New Guinea team in the first game on Saturday. The game was a closely fought one as Papua New Guinea made Fiji work […]
Pacific netball all set to go
Wednesday 2 June 2010 | Published in Netball
The Pacific Series netball tournament will officially begin with an opening ceremony tomorrow at the Telecom Sports Arena. The netball series will be battled out between the Cook Islands, Fiji, Samoa and Papua New Guinea. The top two placed teams will maintain their world ranking and qualify for the 2011 Singapore World Championships. The opening […]
Pacific netball teams lining up
Monday 31 May 2010 | Published in Netball
The Fiji national netball team arrived on Rarotonga yesterday for the Pacific Series netball tournament starting on Thursday. The 12-member team has had a rocky road to Rarotonga and has overcome funding woes to make this side a danger in the three-day netball tournament. The Fiji national netball captain said her members were eager to […]
Netball stops for the baton
Monday 24 May 2010 | Published in Netball
Saturday’s netball games came to a standstill for the afternoon arrival of the Queen’s Baton at the Telecom Sports Arena. Due to the smooth travels of the baton around the island, it arrived at the arena just before the main premier grade match. It was the last stop of the Rarotonga relay. Players and supporters […]
Netball battles on cards today
Saturday 22 May 2010 | Published in Netball
The club netball season heads into round two this week with those teams that lost in the first round of games sure to want to show some improvements today. This week the Titikaveka Pearls will take on the Avatiu Dragonflies while the Takuvaine Red Divas will do battle with the Ngatangiia Dolphins. When Titikaveka played […]