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Trinidad-Tobago too strong

Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Tuesday 18: Trinidad and Tobago was just too strong for Papua New Guinea yesterday when the girls from the Caribbean beat the Pacific nation 57-17. Tobago had the game in the bag early in the match and by the end of the third quarter they were comfortably ahead on 41-14 and were not looking back. […]

Selectors name PMG touch squad

Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Touch Rugby

Monday 17: The Cook Islands touch rugby selectors have settled on a final squad of 14 men and 14 women for the Pacific Mini Games The squad is co-captained by Julieanne Westrupp and Mary Adams who both won a touch rugby gold and silver medal at the Apia Pacific Games in 2007. Touch president Mark […]

NZ trumps Trinidad-Tobago

Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Thursday 13: After a first match slaughter of Barbados 102-24 on Tuesday night, New Zealand hit the courts running again yesterday against Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidad and Tobago put up a strong game but the experienced New Zealanders were just too good. New Zealand goal shooter Puala Griffin showed why she has pulled on the […]

TODAY'S DRAW

Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball

South Africa just hold off Fiji

Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Fiji gave South Africa a big scare in their match yesterday. Fiji managed to stay on their heels through the first quarter trailing by just four points at half time (SA21-F17). But through some outstanding and fast plays, South Africa was able to keep Fiji at arms length to win the match 42-37. The South […]

Jamaica book semi with NZ

Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Tuesday 18: Jamaica beat Northern Ireland 78-39 at the World Youth Netball Championships yesterday to book a semi-final clash with New Zealand tonight. The Jamaicans had a distinct height advantage throughout the court especially with Romelda Aiken under the goal, where she received good service from Sateva Taylor and Patricia McCalla. But Northern Ireland mixed […]

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 […]

Oe vakathon a success

Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Paddling

Friday 14: Saturday August 4 saw the Pacific Mini Games oe vaka squad out on the water with their 36km oe vakathon fundraiser. Crews were mixed with men and women from the PMG squad. Big seas on the southern side of the island prevented a round the island circuit so the race course went from […]

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 […]