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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 […]
A lot at stake!
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Sports
Saturday 8: Kia Orana Tatou and welcome to what’s left of me after a very, very busy week indeed. The World Youth Netball Championships are two days away from the first whistle, where we will see our very own Cook Islands maidens take on the might of Wales. I hope you all have tickets for […]
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 […]
Veteran NZ boxing expert lends a hand
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Sports
Saturday 8: Veteran New Zealand boxing official Keith Walker will add another signpost in his long career as a technical officer at the Pacific Mini Games next month. His main role will be to monitor the performances of the referees. He arrives this weekend for meetings with Boxing Cook Islands who want him to bring […]
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.
What's in the Telecom Sports Arena
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Sports
Saturday 8: Seat extensions Indoor ‘outdoor’ seating at a sporting event is an experience that Cook Islanders and visitors will simply like or hate. However, the designers have tried their best to give the spectators a full visual of what will happen on court inside the Telecom Sports Arena. For the World Youth Netball Championship, […]
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 […]
Games council turns down passport plea
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Sports
Thursday 6: Rules are rules, argues PGC, and the time to object was September 2008 A group of athletes will miss out on competing for the Cook Islands at the Pacific Mini Games next month because they don’t hold NZ passports. Foreign affairs secretary Mike Mitchell says he was disappointed after a last ditch appeal […]
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 […]
Show them the real deal
Wednesday 5 August 2009 | Published in Sports
1 August: Kia Orana Cook Islands. Wow! What a whirlwind of events this week. There is a new games minister with the departure of Wilkie Rasmussen … the Telecom Sports Arena has officially been handed over to the Cook Islands people … the World Youth Netball Championships’ early bird tickets sales have been a hit […]