Netball
CISNOC apologises
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Friday 7: CISNOC president Sir Geoffrey Henry would like to apologise to Turtles Sportswear, an official sponsor of the World Youth Netball Championship and the Pacific Mini Games, for the innocent mistake made by the Cook Islands under 21 team who were pictured receiving gifts from Raromart. Henry made the official apology yesterday on behalf […]
Tall order to beat Trinidad and Tobago
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Monday 10: Trinidad and Tobago have been on an eight-month campaign to get their team to the World Youth Netball Championships and like the rest of the team – winning the championships will be the ultimate reward. “Of course we want to win. Isn’t that every team’s goal,” says team manager Carol Gittens. Gittens says […]
Student takes the long way
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Wednesday 12: Cecilia Sorby pots another goal for Fiji in yesterday’s tough game against Samoa. Sorby is the goal shooter for Fiji. She had to take the long way to Rarotonga for the World Youth Netball Championships. Sorby was denied a visa to travel through New Zealand and had to travel via Los Angeles. Of […]
Sport CI under 21 Kaikai
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Friday 7: The Cook Islands Netball Association and Rarotonga Golf Club held a dinner in honour of their main sponsor Turtles Sportswear. The dinner for Chris and Nana McKinley was held at the Rarotonga Golf Club where netballers and golfers thanked the team at Turtles for their generous sponsorship. As well as dressing Team Cook […]
How they rank now
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Monday 10: These are the current world junior rankings after the 2005 World Youth Netball Championships in Florida. But it will all change over the next 10 days. Teams listed but not attending these championships are: Canada, St Lucia, Antigua & Barbuda and Bermuda. Teams not ranked in the top 20 or without a ranking […]
Training romp tonight
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Thursday 6: The Cook Islands Pacific Mini Games netball squad will play a training match against the visiting South Africa under 21 squad tonight. The game will be a great opportunity for South Africa to warm up before the World Youth Netball Championships, which starts on Monday, while the local girls will be looking forward […]
Grand opening at 1pm
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Monday 10: It’s the grand opening today – with christening of the new venue and launching of WYNC 2010. The World Youth Netball Championships will be officially opened today at the Telecom Sports Arena in Nikao. The short opening ceremony will start at 1pm with the doors to the arena to open at 12pm for […]
Cooks on home turf, aiming for top 8
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Thursday 6: The Cook Islands under 21 netball team arrived into the arms of waiting families and friends on Tuesday evening led by head coach Teresa Tairi. The 13 squad members were excited to finally be back on the island and to kick start their World Youth Netball Championship campaign. Upon arrival, a special presentation […]
Spectacular action
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Monday 10: Spectacular netball games will be seen at the Telecom Sports Arena over the next 10 days as 20 teams vie for junior netball supremacy in the World Youth Netball Championships. “This is history in the making,” says Cook Islands Netball Association president and former Silver Fern Margharet Matenga. “We are going to be […]
South Africans warm up – play tonight
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Thursday 6: Playing every game likes it’s a finals match is the South Africa under 21 team’s plan of attack for the World Youth Netball Championships. The team arrived on the island on Tuesday afternoon to a huge group of cheering Tereora College students who are South Africa’s cheer squad. Head coach Dudu Msane told […]
Home town pride on the line
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Monday 10: ALL EYES will be on centre court at the Telecom Sports Arena today when the Cook Islands and Wales take to the floor for the opening World Youth Netball Championships game. On paper, the two teams are evenly matched with the Cooks ranked 9th and Wales 10th. But Cook Islands coach Teresa Tairi […]
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Results for Tuesday 11 August Game No. Pool Team name Team name 1 Pool B Cook Islands 43 Wales 37 2 Pool D Jamaica 109 USA 11 3 Pool D PNG 23 Singapore 61 4 Pool C Australia 73 South Africa 22 5 Pool C Fiji 57 Samoa 43 6 Pool B England 110 Vanuatu […]
Draw - TODAY AND TOMORROW
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in 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.
National netballers step up intensity
Wednesday 29 April 2009 | Published in Netball
Wednesday 29: With the local club netball season nearing the end, members of the 2009 Pacific Mini Games netball squad will head into more intense training. Team head coach Mii Maui says that over the past few months, the team has been training with her just once a week as all the team members are […]
Premier rivalry continues in Rarotonga netball comp
Wednesday 29 April 2009 | Published in Netball
Friday 24: The Takuvaine netball club will play rivals Titikaveka this weekend when the local competition gets underway today. Both the premier sides from these two clubs have shared the silverware over the past decade. Titikaveka is unbeaten this season, and after dishing out a hiding to Takuvaine in the first round, they should go […]
World youth under 21 netball team finalised
Wednesday 22 April 2009 | Published in Netball
Wednesday 22: National under 21 head coach Teresa Tairi has made her final team selection to play in the World Youth Netball Championships in August. Tairi says she made her final decision based on a number of factors including the general fitness of players, on-court performance, off-court behaviour and the player’s overall contribution to the […]
Club netball restarts today
Wednesday 22 April 2009 | Published in Netball
Friday 17: The club netball season fires back into action today with the open 1 and open 2 grade matches to be played out today. This week, point’s table leader Titikaveka (1037 points) will face old foes Avatiu in what is surely to be an action packed encounter. That’s because Avatiu on 1020 points only […]
U21 netballers meet their match
Wednesday 15 April 2009 | Published in Netball
Wednesday 15: Both the Cook Islands under 21 squad and the Pacific Mini Games squad have a better understanding of what preparations they need to do before the World Youth Netball Championships in August and the mini games in September. The under 21 team faced the mini games team on Saturday and Monday where the […]
First game by under 21 netball reps
Wednesday 15 April 2009 | Published in Netball
Thursday 9: The national under 21 training squad will have the first match of their whirlwind Rarotonga tour this afternoon against a selection of top local under 21 players. This will be the first time the public and members of the Cook Islands Netball Association will see the girls in action with team head coach […]