Netball
Singapore too good
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Wednesday 19: Singapore continued its good form at the World Youth Netball Championships with a decisive 60-30 win over Papua New Guinea yesterday afternoon. Like all games that eventually end up one-sided, the first two quarters were evenly contested with Singapore leading 24-19 at half time. In the third quarter, Singapore pulled away and its […]
First win for Samoa
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Saturday 15: Samoa scored its first win in the World Youth Netball Championships with a 58-40 victory over Botswana yesterday. The Samoans led right from the start to go to a 30-20 lead at halftime. Botswana pulled the deficit back to eight goals at one stage in the third quarter but couldn’t get any closer, […]
Barbados win Singapore tussle
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Tuesday 18: The Singapore-Barbados play off game at the World Youth Netball Championships yesterday was truly a game of four quarters, with the lead see-sawing throughout. Barbados came out firing at 12-8 at quarter time but Singapore wrestled the lead back (22-20) at half time – thanks to accurate shooting by Charmaine Soh Shi Hui […]
Monday's Results
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball
15-year-olds Malaysia's x-factor
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Thursday 13: Norasyikin Kamal Zaman (left) and Noramirah Dayana are the star 15-year-olds in the Malaysia under 21 netball team. The pair may be the babies of the team but they are also the team’s X-factor. Both teenagers contribute their high fitness levels to being students at the Malaysia Sports Academy, where most of the […]
Crunch match in pool D
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Saturday 15: The Malawi-Singapore match is shaping up as the crunch match in today’s line-up at the World Youth Netball Championships. Both teams have lost one game – to Jamaica – and won against Papua New Guinea and USA. The winner of the game will progress to the quarter finals with Jamaica, with the loser […]
Fiji pull out the stops
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Tuesday 18: Malaysia found out the hard way that team Fiji were not messing around as they look to salvage their youth netball campaign and secure at least a 9th place ranking. Fiji and Malaysia are currently playing in the 9-16 section competition with Fiji coming out on court with all guns blazing. Fiji ripped […]
Tuesday's Draw
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Singapore resist Jamaica
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Thursday 13: It was a fiery and feisty Singapore team that took on the mighty Jamaicans last night in what was a thrilling match that saw Jamaica win 75-24. Singapore was able to keep Jamaica from scoring another century with the gutsy players taking on players twice their size. Jamaica played an expansive game with […]
Lofty English inflict first CI loss
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Saturday 15: Facing England was always going to be the Cook Islands’ toughest match in their pool, but the young island side did well to contain their loftier opponents who won the match 58-31. The Cooks headed into the match after an 82-24 win over Vanuatu on Thursday evening, which no doubt cushioned the team […]
How to beat Romelda?
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Tuesday 18: New Zealand take on Jamaica in a crunch semi-final match tonight. And it begs the question, how do the Kiwis counter the towering Romelda Aiken in the shooting circle? Cook Islands News asked former New Zealand coach Lois Muir who has been a keen observer throughout the under 21 tournament. Muir was in […]
Scotland, Botswana win first games
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Tuesday 18: Scotland scored its first win of the World Youth Netball Championships with a 68-23 victory over Vanuatu. Botswana also won its first game, beating USA 52-43. Today the two winners – Scotland and Botswana face off, while Vanuatu will play USA. The games will start at 9.45am. The four teams are playing off […]
Malawi deliver
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Thursday 13: Malawi have shown that they are a threat at their first ever World Youth Netball Championships after a very quick 84-20 win over Papua New Guinea last night. Malawi spared no time for niceties when they took to the court in high gear and stayed that way for the whole game. Papua New […]
3 last deciders
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Monday 17: The final three pool games on Saturday evening brought no surprises. Papua New Guinea defeated USA 51-35 in pool D. Malawi brought their A game to beat Singapore 85-25 in the final pool D match. England used their match against Malaysia to play all their players in their 53-20 defeat over Malaysia. Malawi […]
Australia ravage Cooks
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Tuesday 18: After Australia scored 10 goals in the first five minutes of play against the Cook Islands, it was an uphill battle for the local team who were defeated 86-17. The Cooks had the advantage of the first pass off but nerves saw the ball turned over in the Cooks shooting circle and it […]
Malaysia bolts in
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Thursday 13: Malaysia brought their A game to the courts yesterday to defeat Vanuatu 74-30 in their pool B match. The team bolted to a 25-7 lead in the first quarter and spent the last three quarters of the match having plenty of fun playing their game. Malaysian goal shooter Norashikin Zaman had a ball […]
SA beat plucky Botswana
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Monday 17: When South Africa captain Bongiwe Msomi led her team on court to face Botswana, she wore a face that spelled out their intentions to win the match – no matter what. Not that the young Botswana team took too much notice as they just wanted to put on their best performance. And yes […]
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Samoa pips Wales in thriller
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Tuesday 18: A one-point thriller was played out between Wales and Samoa yesterday, with the Pacific team edging out the side from the United Kingdom, 47-46. Wales took a 10-8 lead at the first break but Samoa pegged back the score and led 21-20 at half time. The two sides went goal for goal in […]
Two in a row for Irish
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Thursday 13: Northern Ireland made it two in a row with a hard-fought 53-40 win over Scotland at the World Youth Netball Championships yesterday afternoon. The win came less than 24 hours after Northern Ireland pipped Trinidad & Tobago 45-43, in what has been billed the match of the tournament to date. “It was a […]