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Aussies storm upbeat Fiji

Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Monday 17: Team Fiji looked every bit the confident team on Saturday with a huge crowd of Rarotonga based Fijians at the Telecom Sports Arena to support them in their tough match against Australia. But their smiles hid nerves that came through early in the first quarter with young shooter Cecilia Sorby missing a number […]

Singapore set the pace

Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Friday 14: Team USA scored twice as many goals in their match against Singapore yesterday than they did in their 109-11 defeat against Jamaica. USA faced Singapore in a very fast paced match which saw the Singaporeans step up another level to take the match out comfortably 59-23. By the third quarter, Singapore had already […]

Playoffs wind up today

Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Wednesday 19: International rankings will be up for grabs as play in the lower half of the World Youth Netball Championships winds up today. Scotland is almost assured of 17th place ahead of Botswana, USA and Vanuatu. The Scots play USA, and Vanuatu take on Botswana – both games will be at 11am. At 1.45pm, […]

Wales push England at WYNC

Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Thursday 13: England overcame a slow start to pull away from arch-rivals Wales and win its second match 57-32 at the World Youth Netball Championships yesterday. “We were expecting a close start especially after their [Wales] close loss to the Cook Islands on Monday” said England’s co-coach Jess Garland. Garland said they would have wanted […]

TOMORROW'S DRAW

Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Top places at stake

Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Friday 14: There a few crunch matches today, with top places to be decided in two of the pools at the World Youth Netball Championships. First up today is the match between Fiji and South Africa which will determine which team will join Australia in the quarter finals. Botswana takes on Samoa in the other […]

Shooter Smith

Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Saturday 15: Cook Islands goal shooter Alanna Smith readies for a shot at goal during yesterday’s pool B match against England. Unfortunately for Alanna, she was not able to finish the game due to an ankle injury. The Auckland Girls Grammar School year 12 student is the granddaughter of Dr Teariki and the late Sally […]

Trinidad-Tobago too strong

Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Tuesday 18: Trinidad and Tobago was just too strong for Papua New Guinea yesterday when the girls from the Caribbean beat the Pacific nation 57-17. Tobago had the game in the bag early in the match and by the end of the third quarter they were comfortably ahead on 41-14 and were not looking back. […]

NZ trumps Trinidad-Tobago

Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Thursday 13: After a first match slaughter of Barbados 102-24 on Tuesday night, New Zealand hit the courts running again yesterday against Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidad and Tobago put up a strong game but the experienced New Zealanders were just too good. New Zealand goal shooter Puala Griffin showed why she has pulled on the […]

TODAY'S DRAW

Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball

South Africa just hold off Fiji

Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Fiji gave South Africa a big scare in their match yesterday. Fiji managed to stay on their heels through the first quarter trailing by just four points at half time (SA21-F17). But through some outstanding and fast plays, South Africa was able to keep Fiji at arms length to win the match 42-37. The South […]

Jamaica book semi with NZ

Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Tuesday 18: Jamaica beat Northern Ireland 78-39 at the World Youth Netball Championships yesterday to book a semi-final clash with New Zealand tonight. The Jamaicans had a distinct height advantage throughout the court especially with Romelda Aiken under the goal, where she received good service from Sateva Taylor and Patricia McCalla. But Northern Ireland mixed […]

Singapore too good

Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Wednesday 19: Singapore continued its good form at the World Youth Netball Championships with a decisive 60-30 win over Papua New Guinea yesterday afternoon. Like all games that eventually end up one-sided, the first two quarters were evenly contested with Singapore leading 24-19 at half time. In the third quarter, Singapore pulled away and its […]

First win for Samoa

Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Saturday 15: Samoa scored its first win in the World Youth Netball Championships with a 58-40 victory over Botswana yesterday. The Samoans led right from the start to go to a 30-20 lead at halftime. Botswana pulled the deficit back to eight goals at one stage in the third quarter but couldn’t get any closer, […]

Barbados win Singapore tussle

Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Tuesday 18: The Singapore-Barbados play off game at the World Youth Netball Championships yesterday was truly a game of four quarters, with the lead see-sawing throughout. Barbados came out firing at 12-8 at quarter time but Singapore wrestled the lead back (22-20) at half time – thanks to accurate shooting by Charmaine Soh Shi Hui […]

Oe vakathon a success

Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Paddling

Friday 14: Saturday August 4 saw the Pacific Mini Games oe vaka squad out on the water with their 36km oe vakathon fundraiser. Crews were mixed with men and women from the PMG squad. Big seas on the southern side of the island prevented a round the island circuit so the race course went from […]

Monday's Results

Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball

15-year-olds Malaysia's x-factor

Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Thursday 13: Norasyikin Kamal Zaman (left) and Noramirah Dayana are the star 15-year-olds in the Malaysia under 21 netball team. The pair may be the babies of the team but they are also the team’s X-factor. Both teenagers contribute their high fitness levels to being students at the Malaysia Sports Academy, where most of the […]

Crunch match in pool D

Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Saturday 15: The Malawi-Singapore match is shaping up as the crunch match in today’s line-up at the World Youth Netball Championships. Both teams have lost one game – to Jamaica – and won against Papua New Guinea and USA. The winner of the game will progress to the quarter finals with Jamaica, with the loser […]

Fiji pull out the stops

Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Tuesday 18: Malaysia found out the hard way that team Fiji were not messing around as they look to salvage their youth netball campaign and secure at least a 9th place ranking. Fiji and Malaysia are currently playing in the 9-16 section competition with Fiji coming out on court with all guns blazing. Fiji ripped […]