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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 […]

SA beat plucky Botswana

Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Monday 17: When South Africa captain Bongiwe Msomi led her team on court to face Botswana, she wore a face that spelled out their intentions to win the match – no matter what. Not that the young Botswana team took too much notice as they just wanted to put on their best performance. And yes […]

New cricket coach

Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Cricket

Tuesday 18: Cook Islands Cricket’s ability to attract big name coaches continues with its most recent announcement. After the departure of previous national coach Grant Bradburn who has been appointed as coach of one of New Zealand’s premier teams, the Northern Districts Knights, Cook Islands Cricket have secured the services of highly experienced and talented […]

FRIDAY'S RESULTS

Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Samoa pips Wales in thriller

Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Tuesday 18: A one-point thriller was played out between Wales and Samoa yesterday, with the Pacific team edging out the side from the United Kingdom, 47-46. Wales took a 10-8 lead at the first break but Samoa pegged back the score and led 21-20 at half time. The two sides went goal for goal in […]

Two in a row for Irish

Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Thursday 13: Northern Ireland made it two in a row with a hard-fought 53-40 win over Scotland at the World Youth Netball Championships yesterday afternoon. The win came less than 24 hours after Northern Ireland pipped Trinidad & Tobago 45-43, in what has been billed the match of the tournament to date. “It was a […]

No Irish luck in this win

Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Monday 17: There was no luck involved in Northern Ireland’s 50-33 win over Barbados on Saturday –just good clean passes and discipline. However, their win wasn’t easy as Barbados put the squeeze on the Irish girls several times during the match. Ireland squeaked into a 13-10 lead over Barbados in the first quarter and worked […]

SATURDAY'S DRAW

Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball