Netball
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 […]
Jamaica shares the love
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Tuesday 11: Jamaica’s under 21 netball team spent yesterday morning dancing island style with their adopted school Avarua Primary School. A team spokesperson said that they were at the school to ‘share the love’ after the school put on a welcome fit for a Queen at the airport for the team on Friday afternoon. The […]
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 […]
Proudly Vanuatuan
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Tuesday 11: The Vanuatu under 21 squad will be looking to their goal shooters to lead the way at these World Youth Netball Championships. The team has four speciality goal shoot and goal attack players who have been shooting up to 1000 goals on average at each of their training sessions. Team technical adviser Sarah […]
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 […]
Crunch matches
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Tuesday 11: The crunch matches today will be in the toughest pool where tournament favourite Australia plays South Africa and Pacific neighbours Fiji and Samoa go head to head. After flying in yesterday morning from Los Angeles, the USA face a daunting task in taking on Jamaica in the first game of the day at […]
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 […]
World Youth Day marked at WYNC
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Tuesday 11: Cook Islanders will be promoting International Youth Day today at the World Youth Netball Championships at the Telecom Sports Arena. There will be a booth where the day will be promoted through lots of youth oriented information and freebies. This year the national youth council is celebrating the theme of the day ‘sustainability: […]
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 […]
Anti doping explained
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Tuesday 11: Lee Jones (left) from Drug Free Sports New Zealand has been running a workshop on anti-doping procedures for the World Youth Netball Championships. Jones held his first workshop with team chaperones yesterday to inform them how the drug testing process will be conducted during the championships. He explained what is expected of athletes […]
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 […]
Kia orana, Botswana!
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Monday 10: The Botswana under 21 team is hoping to learn a lot more about netball and the Cook Islands during the week-long World Youth Netball Championships. Assistant team coach Oteng Masole says that the girls have settled after a long haul from Botswana and they are looking forward to the championships. Masole was certainly […]
Nail biting finish to first win
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Tuesday 11: The Cook Islands under 21 netball team got their World Youth Netball Championships campaign off to the best possible start with a nail biting win over Wales yesterday. The Pool B match opened the championships in thrilling fashion with the Cooks showing grit and determination to keep the Welsh at bay. The Cooks […]
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 […]
Kiwi netballers shoot for top
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Friday 7: The New Zealand under 21 netball team arrived on the island in the early hours of Thursday and have already hit the ground running. The team has just one goal to achieve at the World Youth Netball Championships and that is to retain the Millennium Trophy. The Kiwi team won the last championships […]
CHAMPIONSHIPS FORMAT
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Monday 10 August Opening Ceremony 2.30pm Opening Game Tuesday 11 August to Saturday 15 August Pool Play Sunday 16 August Rest Day for all teams Monday 17 August Quarter finals Tuesday 18 August Semi finals Wednesday 19 August Final play-off for placings 9-12 Thursday 20 August Final matches for placings 1-8 Grand Final and Closing […]
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 […]
PNG back after 13 years
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
It’s been 13 years since Papua New Guinea has stepped on to the World Youth Netball Championship stage, and the young side isn’t looking back. They have turned their lack of youth netball experience into driving their ‘nothing to lose’ attitude and according to team assistant coach Boe Lahui-Ako, his team will rise to the […]
Aussies here to claim first spot
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Friday 7: The Australian under 21 netball team couldn’t believe they were being welcomed at Rarotonga airport on Thursday morning to the sounds of ‘Waltzing Matilda’. The team was thrilled with the singing of St Joseph’s Primary School student who ventured out to the airport at 1am to meet the team off the plane. The […]