Netball
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 […]
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 […]
Sunshine Girls take bronze
Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Jamaica took out the bronze medal at the World Youth Netball Championships after a dramatic 48-42 win over England last night. After a slow first quarter (11-all) Jamaica brought on goal shooter Romelda Aiken – something that was part of the plan, according to coach C’Lloyd Walker. “It was part of the game plan. We […]
Big 2 in final
Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Thursday 20: The final of the World Youth Championships will be played today between netball’s superpowers, New Zealand and Australia. The Trans-Tasman rivals have been the form teams of the tournament, with Kiwis clinically putting Jamaica away on Tuesday night, and the Aussies doing the same to England. Both teams are also bristling with ANZ […]
Malawi play, dance for joy
Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Netball
There was disappointment in the Cook Islands camp yesterday as they were shown up by the energetic Malawi players who made them pay for their mistakes in the early stages of the 5th and 6th placing match. Malawi regained the upper hand in the match after a slow start to win all four quarters and […]
The champs are over!
Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Saturday 22: “All good things must come to an end.” These were the words of a very pleased International Federation of Netball Associations president Molly Rhone at the closing of the World Youth Netball Championships on Thursday evening. The closing ceremony followed the netball grand final match between rivals New Zealand and Australia with the […]
High excitement in 7-8th playoff
Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Netball
The PLAYOFF for 7th and 8th positions at the World Youth Netball Championships really set the scene on the final day of the tournament. “You won’t get a final as exciting as this game,” said South African coach Duduzile Msane after her side beat Northern Ireland 43-41 in a nailbiting match yesterday. The side from […]
Aere ra! It was our pleasure
Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Saturday 22: No one ever thought that 240 young netballers could cause as much fun and excitement. But they did. The 2009 World Youth Netball Championships proved to be a wonderful event that not only tested the new Telecom Sports Arena, but they gave the Cook Islands something to fire up our passion for sport […]
Grand Final Results
Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Netball
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 […]
Barbados bounce back
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball
Saturday 15: Barbados bounced back from their 59-33 loss against Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday to take out their next match against Scotland 41-27 last night. The game was fiercely contested with Barbados finding the much needed edge mid-way through the match to out- do Scotland. Barbados’ stocky goal shooter Shanise Banfield was once again […]