Netball: Silver Ferns recover from poor start to down Australia - 26 Oct 2008 - NZ Herald: New Zealand and International Sports News
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Monday, 27 October 2008
Sunday, 26 October 2008
The Citizen: SA netball finish in fine style..defeating Barbados 3-0
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The Citizen: SA netball finish in fine style
Barbados's inability to play intense and tough netball within a 48 hour period has manifested itself again... it appears the Bajans forgot to turn up for the final test against South AFrica and were trounced, after being competitive in the first two tests, although losing.
This obviously speaks to the team's fitness level both physcial and mental and clearly is an area which needs to be worked on.
Barbados goal shooter Lydia Bishop had a great second test missing only three of her attempts at goal. Have not heard about many other outstanding performances by the Barbados players. The South AFrican coach seemed to be fairly satified with her players performance, despite the closeness of the first two matches.
South AFrica will be in the Caribbean next week - Jamaica to be precise - where they will play a tri nation test series involving host Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.
The Citizen: SA netball finish in fine style
Barbados's inability to play intense and tough netball within a 48 hour period has manifested itself again... it appears the Bajans forgot to turn up for the final test against South AFrica and were trounced, after being competitive in the first two tests, although losing.
This obviously speaks to the team's fitness level both physcial and mental and clearly is an area which needs to be worked on.
Barbados goal shooter Lydia Bishop had a great second test missing only three of her attempts at goal. Have not heard about many other outstanding performances by the Barbados players. The South AFrican coach seemed to be fairly satified with her players performance, despite the closeness of the first two matches.
South AFrica will be in the Caribbean next week - Jamaica to be precise - where they will play a tri nation test series involving host Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.
Proteas win Challenge Series: Sport: OtherSport
Proteas win Challenge Series: Sport: OtherSport
Both teams are in the rebuilding stage, so it will be interesting to see the final test score
Both teams are in the rebuilding stage, so it will be interesting to see the final test score
Thursday, 23 October 2008
South Africa defeats Barbados in first test in Cape town
SABCnews.com - sport/other
A new look South AFrica team defeated a changed Barbados team by 9 goals in their first test match.
The South African coach believes the game was too close for comfort, while the Bajans must feel that with a more total and consistent effort, they may just defeat this 9th ranked South African team.
Read the story as reported by the South African newspaper.
IFNA changes dates for World Youth Championships - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
IFNA changes dates for World Youth Championships - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
Lots of regional and international netball next year;
JEAN PIERRE UNDER 16 YOUTH TOURNAMENT........APRIL......IN JAMAICA
CANOC GAMES.................................JULY........IN TRINIDAD
WORLD YOUTH TOURNAMENT.....................AUGUST .......IN COOK ISLANDS
Lots of regional and international netball next year;
JEAN PIERRE UNDER 16 YOUTH TOURNAMENT........APRIL......IN JAMAICA
CANOC GAMES.................................JULY........IN TRINIDAD
WORLD YOUTH TOURNAMENT.....................AUGUST .......IN COOK ISLANDS
Sunday, 19 October 2008
Silver Ferns show netball is worlds apart - New Zealand's source for sport, rugby, cricket & league news on Stuff.co.nz
Silver Ferns show netball is worlds apart - New Zealand's source for sport, rugby, cricket & league news on Stuff.co.nz
Well..Well.... The more things change, the more things remain the same. Was that second test victory by England a flash in the pan...What's the explanation for moving from playing so well to playing so bad in the space of 24 hours.
Its a difficult pill to swallow..As the article says..England are rated third in the world and the second rated team has defeated them by over 40 goals...it really does not give the countries rated 5-10 any encouragement.
Lets see what happens when Barbados (11) plays South AFrica(9) and when Jamaica (4) plays South AFrica(11)
Maybe these upcoming test matches will show netball in a greater light on the world stage.
Well..Well.... The more things change, the more things remain the same. Was that second test victory by England a flash in the pan...What's the explanation for moving from playing so well to playing so bad in the space of 24 hours.
Its a difficult pill to swallow..As the article says..England are rated third in the world and the second rated team has defeated them by over 40 goals...it really does not give the countries rated 5-10 any encouragement.
Lets see what happens when Barbados (11) plays South AFrica(9) and when Jamaica (4) plays South AFrica(11)
Maybe these upcoming test matches will show netball in a greater light on the world stage.
Thursday, 16 October 2008
Rejuvenated England stun Ferns - New Zealand's source for sport, rugby, cricket & league news on Stuff.co.nz
Rejuvenated England stun Ferns - New Zealand's source for sport, rugby, cricket & league news on Stuff.co.nz
This is great news......Way to go England...This is great news for netball in the world...Now you guys have to turn your sites to Australia,
congrats..and what a game it was I am told.
Wednesday, 15 October 2008
Guyana to sign controversial EPA with Europe
This story is taken from the Guyana Chronicle Newspaper and it really does not say a whole lot about the Caribbean leaders
In the face of threats to its main exports to the bloc
GUYANA will sign the controversial new trading agreement with the European Union (EU) under threats to its main exports to the bloc and in solidarity with other countries in the Caribbean, President Bharrat Jagdeo announced yesterday.
But he said Guyana will press for the mounting of a massive lobby for a better Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) within the 79-nation African, Caribbean, Pacific (ACP) group.
He maintained that the signing of the agreement by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Dominican Republic at this time is a betrayal of the ACP.
Mr. Jagdeo has opposed the agreement and has pushed for two clauses to be included before Guyana signs on:
** The first is that in its implementation should any of the provisions of the EPA conflict with the CARICOM Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas the revised treaty would take precedence, thereby safeguarding the regional integration process.
** The second is for a review of the EPA every five years to look at the socio-economic impact of the agreement on the people of the region and a commitment by Europe to address the adverse impact.
Mr. Jagdeo said Guyana fought for the inclusion of these two clauses and now other countries are shamelessly taking credit for them.
He said Guyana will also sign on to the EPA if the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) under World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules is imposed on this country’s exports to Europe.
Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to Guyana, Mr. Geert Heikens, told reporters here, on Monday, that for countries not signing the EPA, there will be no agreement and the GSP will be applied according to WTO rules.
Heikens said the EPA would benefit both parties noting that it addresses not only goods but services and trade issues as well.
President Jagdeo last week said top officials of the European Commission and governments in Europe had confided in him that some CARICOM members had asked them to “lean hard” on Guyana to sign the EPA with the EU in its current form.
Mr. Jagdeo told reporters at his office the unnamed CARICOM members argued that they would lose face if Guyana were to succeed in getting key changes to the agreement.
“I firmly believe it’s a bad agreement for the region and that’s why I continue to fight and seek changes to the agreement…(but) some countries seem more interested in saving face than getting a better agreement”, he said.
Despite his disappointment at the turn of events, Mr. Jagdeo said Guyana remains a strong member of CARICOM. “I don’t allow setbacks on one issue to daunt me…I can’t hold the future of the people of this region hostage based on my current likes or dislikes.”
He said the push by some in the region to sign the deal on October 15 was a “slap in the face” of other members of the ACP that took a stand at their summit which ended earlier this month in the Ghana capital, Accra.
It could undermine ACP unity, he warned, and said the Accra decision can lead to a better EPA for the bloc.
The summit agreed that a troika representing the entire grouping should meet by the end of this month and lobby Europe on the concerns raised about the current EPA and “try to get a more favourable EPA” for the ACP.
“It was agreed that a troika will continue to pursue our concerns at the highest level in the European Union”, he said.
He stressed that by not signing the EPA, Guyana has more to lose than any other CARICOM member and it should have been in the front row of those moving to conclude the new arrangement.
Fifty-three percent of this country’s imports from Europe already come in without any tariffs, so that Guyana, in the first five years, does not have to commit to any serious liberalisation.
It also stands to lose the most because it is the largest commodity exporter to Europe, he maintained.
Guyana’s exports to Europe include sugar, rice and rum.
Sky Sports | Netball | Features | Netball Olympic Bid
Sky Sports | Netball | Features | Netball Olympic Bid
Come on netball players, adminstrators, fans, interested persons, coaches, umpires, scoreres, timekeepers, managers, officials ..in other words anyone who like the sport of netball...its time to get on board of this drive.
this atheltic spectacular sport should be in the Olympics, lets work to get it there.
And of course..the International Federation of Netball must pick up this fight in a big way and use all its resources in this fight.
Tuesday, 14 October 2008
Netball: Hot Ferns demolish confused England - 14 Oct 2008 - NZ Herald: New Zealand and International Sports News
Netball: Hot Ferns demolish confused England - 14 Oct 2008 - NZ Herald: New Zealand and International Sports News
Well Well...a 39 goal defeat..come on England..what really went wrong. I do hope that this was just a case of a really telling off night for the English lasses.
Any other explanation is not good for the sport of netball!!!!!!
Well Well...a 39 goal defeat..come on England..what really went wrong. I do hope that this was just a case of a really telling off night for the English lasses.
Any other explanation is not good for the sport of netball!!!!!!
Monday, 13 October 2008
Bajans take on South AFrica in a three match Test Series
According to a Nation Newspaper report The Barbados Netball Association has selected the following persons to represent Barbados in the three match test series in South Africa:
Laurel Browne, Lisa Puckerin, Nikita Piggott, Kizzy Marville, Sabrina Smith, Shekira Boxill, Dionne Quarless, Natalie Miller, Lydia Bishop, Sherry Martindale, Shakira Springer, Janelle Sealy, Harriet Waithe (senior coach), Sandra Bruce-Small (assistant coach), Sonia Moore (manager) and Andrew Simpson (primary care/physiotherapist)
Not a lot to say about this group as I believe the BNA is in the process of trying to put together a group of about 15-17 players to draw from with respect to senior selection over the next two to three years leading up to the world tournament in 2011.
Shakira Boxhill and Shakira Springer, will be making their debut at senior level, having been part of the successful Barbados Under 16 team in 2005. Natalie Miller would have been invited to trials before, but was in a position to accept this time and she too will be making her debut.
Good luck girls and remember that a victory of any sort over South AFrica will do wonders to getting the Barbados world ranking back up to or surpassing 7th in the world. The July rankings show Barbados moving up two places from 2007 from 13th to 11th.
Thursday, 9 October 2008
Pretoria News: Barbados series part of netball's 4-year plan
Pretoria News: Barbados series part of netball's 4-year plan
Well...the West Indies cricket team can tell the Sout AFricans about attaining the habit of losing and the difficulty of moving to the habit of winning.
I therefore cannot fault the South African coach on her reasons for this and future test series of this standard.
I await to hear the perspective of the Barbados Netball Association.
Saturday, 4 October 2008
Tobago News, Start of Tobago School's Netball competition
Tobago News, Tobago Newspaper, Tobago Business, Tobago Sports, Tobago Politics, Tobago Jobs, Trinidad & Tobago, Tobago
Great to see school's netball alive and well in the Caribbean.
The schools' competition also got started in Barbados this week.
Its the youngsters that will carry the game forward
Great to see school's netball alive and well in the Caribbean.
The schools' competition also got started in Barbados this week.
Its the youngsters that will carry the game forward
Friday, 3 October 2008
Daily Express | Netball :: Why England’s former coach is helping our African rivals
Daily Express | Netball :: Why England’s former coach is helping our African rivals
EVery little bit helps. Liz Broomehead has always wanted to assist in the development of netball throughout the world. Its a good job that she is helping some of the countries on the AFrican continent, as this can only redound to the benefit of netball world wide
EVery little bit helps. Liz Broomehead has always wanted to assist in the development of netball throughout the world. Its a good job that she is helping some of the countries on the AFrican continent, as this can only redound to the benefit of netball world wide
Lets Talk Politics
Well:
Not too much longer to wait to see who will be the new president of the United States.
Lots of people in the Caribbean are wishing Obama in, simply because as they see it ..it would be the first time that a black man is the presiden of the United States of America.
I just want to caution this group that the president of the United States is dictated to by the policy makers of the USA. Therefore whether the president is black or white...it is the policy makers who matter.
Obama will not be able to do "what he thinks should be done"..if it fits in with what the policy makers want, then so be it..otherwise he will forget it.
so please don't let us believe for one moment that Mr. Obama is going to be able to change the direction of the USA foreign, ecomomic or social policy unless it fits it with what the guys on Capitol Hill and the Foreign Relations committee want.
In other words..please let us stay real
Not too much longer to wait to see who will be the new president of the United States.
Lots of people in the Caribbean are wishing Obama in, simply because as they see it ..it would be the first time that a black man is the presiden of the United States of America.
I just want to caution this group that the president of the United States is dictated to by the policy makers of the USA. Therefore whether the president is black or white...it is the policy makers who matter.
Obama will not be able to do "what he thinks should be done"..if it fits in with what the policy makers want, then so be it..otherwise he will forget it.
so please don't let us believe for one moment that Mr. Obama is going to be able to change the direction of the USA foreign, ecomomic or social policy unless it fits it with what the guys on Capitol Hill and the Foreign Relations committee want.
In other words..please let us stay real
Wednesday, 1 October 2008
The Nation Newspaper | Netball getting push in latin America
The Nation Newspaper | Netball getting bigger push
Good news for this vibrant sport of netball. maybe if we can get in played competitively in Argentina, Venuezuela , and the other latin American countries we can get netball into the CAC games etc.
Lets go for it.
Good news for this vibrant sport of netball. maybe if we can get in played competitively in Argentina, Venuezuela , and the other latin American countries we can get netball into the CAC games etc.
Lets go for it.
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