Netball
'Friends of netball' rally round
Wednesday 18 July 2012 | Published in Netball
Netball is set to boom right across the country thanks to the ‘friends of netball’ who’ve manufactured 40 standard and seven junior netball goal posts. Avatiu Harbour contractors McConnell Dowell partnered up with a number of businesses and co-ordinated the manufacturing of the netball equipment for pre-schools, schools and community sports groups across the Cook […]
Business time on netball courts
Tuesday 10 July 2012 | Published in Netball
The first grand final of the netball season will take place tomorrow at the Telecom Sports Arena in Nikao. The open one and two grades will set the scene for the business end of the season with Avatiu going up against Arorangi in the open two grand finals. Titikaveka will meet Takuvaine in the open […]
Netballers finish third in Pacific
Saturday 30 June 2012 | Published in Netball
Fiji netball has firmly established that they are the Queens of Pacific netball after taking out the 2012 Pacific Netball Series in front of their home crowd. Fiji cleaned up at the series convincingly disposing of all their opponents and thumping the Cook Islands 62-33 in the final match of the series. It was a […]
National netballers aim to topple Fiji
Tuesday 26 June 2012 | Published in Netball
The Cook Islands national netball side is focusing on acclimatising to the Fiji weather ahead of the Pacific Netball Series, which starts today at the Vodafone Arena in Suva. The team arrived yesterday brimming with high hopes to deny the Fijians from retaining the regional title at home for the third consecutive year. Coach Margaret […]
Netballers prepare for Fiji showdown
Wednesday 20 June 2012 | Published in Netball
Netball Cook Islands officially unveiled their family of five sponsors and national netball squad members at a farewell function at the Edgewater Resort & Spa on Monday night. Netball supporters were introduced to the hardworking netball board and volunteers before accolades were showered on the sport’s generous sponsors. The Edgewater Resort & Spa has joined […]
Netballers pursue a 'Cookie template'
Monday 18 June 2012 | Published in Netball
Cook Islands national netball coach Margaret Foster says she’s enthused by the upcoming challenge of winning the Pacific Series tournament in Fiji. Cook Islands impressed at last year’s tournament, recording wins over Papua New Guinea and Samoa, and losing to eventual champions Fiji. Foster says they are going into the tournament with the belief they […]
Air Rarotonga puts $11,520 into netball
Friday 15 June 2012 | Published in Netball
Netball Cook Islands efforts in developing the sport in the outer islands and supporting youth initiatives have been given a boost by Air Rarotonga who this week donated $11,520 to the netball body. The local airline company has supported netball for a number of years and in previous years it has helped dress the national […]
National netballers meet the men
Wednesday 13 June 2012 | Published in Netball
Rarotonga based national netball squad members are being whipped into shape ahead of the Pacific Netball Series in Fiji at the end of the month. For the past four months, the Rarotonga based players have been put through their paces by trainer Rolly Roleston while assistant coach Mii Maui has been polishing up their skills […]
Netball back indoors at Telecom Sports Arena
Saturday 9 June 2012 | Published in Netball
Netball heads into the fourth games of round two with teams wanting to register wins heading towards the tail end of the season. Today Avatiu will rumble with Arorangi, Tupapa take on Titikaveka and Ngatangiia meet Takuvaine. Games, as usual, will start with the babes – the Avatiu and Titikaveka under 8 grade. The youngsters […]
Netballers hit their straps
Tuesday 5 June 2012 | Published in Netball
As netballers hit their straps – classy games are being seen at the Telecom Sports Arena where this Saturday Avatiu met Ngatangiia, Tupapa took on a tenacious Takuvaine Club while Titikaveka faced Arorangi. Junior grade games were fiercely competitive as young netters put into action the new and improved skills from their training sessions. In […]
Jaewynn McKay on netball board
Friday 1 June 2012 | Published in Netball
Netball Cook Islands this week announced the appointment of Jaewynn McKay to the board and bringing with her in-depth knowledge of media and communications. Of Cook Islands Maori and pakeha decent, McKay resides between Rarotonga and Wellington although Auckland is her city or origin. From September 2006 through to February 2012 Jaewynn was the manager […]
Netball teams finding their form
Saturday 19 May 2012 | Published in Netball
The Arorangi netball club will host Tupapa at Raemaru Park today in what should be exciting games on the outdoor courts. Tupapa teams right across the board are finding their form quickly this season and will no doubt be a handful for their hosts today who will also field some exciting age grade teams. The […]
New national netball squad named
Wednesday 9 May 2012 | Published in Netball
A new national netball squad has been named to represent the Cook Islands at the Pacific Netball Series in Fiji next month. A development squad of under 21 players has also been selected and they will train with the national squad upon their return from Fiji to prepare for the Scotland, Wales test later in […]
Netball back in the great outdoors
Monday 7 May 2012 | Published in Netball
Old-style netball played outdoors was welcomed with open arms on Saturday when the Avatiu netball club were hosted by Arorangi on the newly upgraded Raemaru Park netball courts. It was a departure from indoor games at the Telecom Sports Arena due to recent upgrading of the Raemaru Park courts. Pictured here is Avatiu junior open […]
Netball spreads outdoors today
Saturday 5 May 2012 | Published in Netball
Today’s netball buzz spreads from the Telecom Sports Arena to the Arorangi netball courts at Raemaru Park as the club hosts Avatiu on their newly upgraded hard courts. The games outdoors in Arorangi have generated much excitement as players and supporters are sure to break out the picnic baskets for a fun family day out […]
Top netballers on trial
Wednesday 2 May 2012 | Published in Netball
Cook Islands netball head coach Marg Foster arrives on the island tomorrow to conduct the Rarotonga based national netball trials to be held at the Telecom Sports Arena from 5.30pm to 7.30pm. Today, Foster will run similar trials for New Zealand based players before arriving on the island to put the local girls through their […]
Close netball games at TSA
Monday 23 April 2012 | Published in Netball
Intense and closely fought games were the features of round two of the domestic netball season played at the Telecom Sports Arena on Saturday. The under 8 and 10 games set the tone for the day. The Avatiu and Titikaveka under 8 match ended in a 1-all draw. Other closely fought matches seen were between […]
Netball visitors win first game
Thursday 12 April 2012 | Published in Netball
The visiting Paeroa College netball team coached by former Silver Fern head coach Ruth Aitken showed their stamina and patience when they fought back to take out their first game of netball in the Cooks against Tereora College yesterday. Both sides started the match in shaky form as players tried to shed the nerves in […]
New netball season opens today
Wednesday 11 April 2012 | Published in Netball
The 2012 domestic netball season starts with a bang tonight with the open grades taking to the courts plus games through the week between local clubs and the visiting Paeroa College netball team. Led by former New Zealand international level player and Silver Fern head coach Ruth Aitken, the visiting school will play four games […]
Netball forms high performance team
Saturday 24 March 2012 | Published in Netball
As part of its restructuring, Netball Cook Islands has set up a high performance committee to manage the development of its high performance athletes, technical officials, coaches and managers. This is a new development for NCI and a “work in progress” as it activates the committee for the first time. The high performance committee comprises […]