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Aussie, Aussie, Aussie

Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Netball

The 2009 World Youth Netball Championships final between New Zealand and Australia was literally decided upon in the first quarter. New Zealand made the errors. Australia capitalised, and raced out to a 21-5 lead in the first 15 minutes. “We made too many errors, lost some confidence and found it hard to regain it,” said […]

World rankings

Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Netball

2005 1 NEW ZEALAND 2 ENGLAND 3 AUSTRALIA 4 JAMAICA 5 SOUTH AFRICA 6 NORTHERN IRELAND 7 SAMOA 8 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 9 BOTSWANA 10 COOK ISLANDS 11 WALES 12 SCOTLAND 13 FIJI 14 MALAYSIA 15 CANADA 16 USA 17 ST. LUCIA 18 BARBADOS 19 ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 20 BERMUDA 1 AUSTRALIA 2 NEW ZEALAND […]

National cricket squad named

Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Cricket

Monday 24: Twenty-four cricketers have been doing it tough these past six weeks being put through their paces as part of the Cook Islands Cricket High Performance Programme in a bid to be selected to play in the national team at the forthcoming International Cricket Council Tournament in Samoa. CICA General Manager Alister Stevic says […]

PNG players treated

Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Saturday 22: The Papua New Guinea netball team experienced a little bit of home in Rarotonga last weekend as the PNG community held a dinner for them. Around 20 people gathered at the Pulu family’s home in Takuvaine to meet the team and provide a traditional mumu (umu). Adi Uluibia, Fiji born but PNG raised, […]

Emile Kairua from mine host to marketing

Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Saturday 22: August 14 is a significant date in the life of Emile Kairua Jnr. Firstly it’s his birthday. He signed up as the Edgewater Resort & Spa’s sales and marketing manager on that day in 2006. He then took on the job as general manager on the same day a year later. And just […]

Matariki Wilson's dream team…

Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Saturday 22: No doubt many netball fans have picked their own ‘dream team’ after watching 70 high quality netball games at the 2009 World Youth Netball Championships. I don’t claim to be a netball expert – just a huge fan – but I’d love to see this team take on the Aussies. On my reserves […]

Wednesday's Results

Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Grand Final Draw

Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Malaysia tops PNG

Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Thursday 20: Malaysia coach Aminah Asaari is pleased with her team’s placing at the World Youth Netball Championships, even if they did drop one place in rankings. Malaysia beat Papua New Guinea (62-34) yesterday in the playoff for 15th and 16th, after leading right from the start. Asaari said that they had come to improve […]

Finals march tonight

Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Thursday 20: The World Youth Netball Championships will come to a close today after the grand finals of the championships between New Zealand and Australia. The grand final match will start at 6pm with the closing ceremony to follow at 7.30pm. The public and invited guests are asked to be at the Telecom Sports Arena […]

Tail enders battle it out

Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Thursday 20: Scotland, USA, Papua New Guinea and Botswana played their final netball games yesterday morning to find out their final placings of the World Youth Netball Championships. On court one, Scotland faced a tenacious USA team who refused to give up throughout the match. Luckily for Scotland they were able to establish a clear […]

Kendall helps with sailing

Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Other Sports

Thursday 20: New Zealand Olympic boardsailing gold medallist Barbara Kendall will be the guest speaker at this Friday’s sailing fundraiser at the Ngatangiia-Matavera clubrooms in Muri. Team Cook Islands sailors are fundraising for their Pacific Mini Games campaign and promise a great evening with a presentation by Kendall starting at 6pm. Kendall is on the […]

Samoa blitz Barbados

Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Thursday 20: Samoa hit the court running yesterday and left Barbados in their dust as they showed the Caribbean girls their winning Pacific netball style to take out the match 51-39. Samoa not only showed a more polished attacking game but they also upped their defensive tactics to win all four quarters of the match […]

Wales win goal by goal duel

Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Thursday 20: Wales secured 13th place at the World Youth Netball Championships yesterday, but not after a tough battle with Singapore. The two teams went goal-for-goal until just before halftime when the Welsh managed to assert their dominance and put a six-goal lead over their opponents at the break (24-18). And with Welsh goalie Emma […]

Fiji fire to beat Tobago for 9th

Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Thursday 20: Trinidad and Tobago probably thought they had the game in the bag when they led Fiji 16-11 at the first quarter break of their 9th and 10th finals match yesterday. But Fiji came back fighting in true island style to take out the tough match 52-46. With Trinidad and Tobago heading into the […]

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 […]