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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Drumbeats fire Jamaican flair
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Monday 10: Jamaica’s goal shooter Romelda Aiken is probably the most well known netballer on the rock – and is already hailed as one of the world’s best netballers. Aiken, 21, debuted for the Jamaica national team in 2005 at just 16. The six-foot four-inch shooter rose to international fame at the 2007 Netball World […]
Fiji win Pacific duel
Wednesday 12 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Wednesday 12: Fiji won the battle of the Pacific at the World Youth Netball Championships with a gritty 57-43 win over Samoa yesterday. The Fijians made a fast start, racing to 13-8 scoreline after the first quarter. But the Samoans clawed their way back to get within three points at the half time break (23-26). […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]