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Closing prayer wraps it all up

During the closing ceremony three representatives, one from Cook Islands, one from Samoa and the third from Tonga, prayed a special prayer for our Pacific neighbours who so recently experienced the natural disaster of a tsunami.
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Farewell to the Games

We shared the moments for 12 action filled days and last night at the BCI Stadium all nations involved in the 2009 Pacific Mini Games gathered together for one last time to bid each other farewell.
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Games highlights

The highs, and lows, at the Pacific Mini Games have been many – from the opening ceremony on Monday, September 21, right through to last night’s closing at BCI Stadium.
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Congratulations Team Cook Islands

If you look at Team Cook Islands hard enough, you will find that each of the 15 islands is represented by an athlete or two like the sailors from Manihiki, boxers from Pukapuka, table tennis players from Mauke, sprinters from Aitutaki, league players from Mangaia and the list goes on.
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The volunteers made it happen

Without them, the Pacific Mini Games wouldn’t have been possible.
The volunteers may not have been the stars of the show but it was their dedication, hard work and friendly faces that helped make the games successful.
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Aere ra, e kia manuia!

The eighth Pacific Mini Games came to a close last night in true Cook Islands fashion.
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Games finale

What a wonderful fortnight we’ve just had.
Our love of sport brought us together, and our love of fun and fellowship made it magical.
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Children’s joy at PMG09

If you look at all the goings on at the Pacific Mini Games 2009, you can’t get past the children having a fabulous time.
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Opening ceremony torch carriers

These mamas and papas have done their country proud with their past and present sporting achievements and they were honoured at the 2009 Pacific Mini Games opening ceremony with carrying the games torch.
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Results not in

Anti-dope testing at the Pacific Mini Games is going along fine, says the person in charge of testing.
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Our golden day

It was another golden day for the Cook Islands yesterday especially on the water in Aitutaki and on the tennis courts at Nikao.
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Closing messages from competing countries

The Chef de Mission of Samoa, Faamau Samuelu Te’o Fuimaono, would like to thank the organisers and the Pacific Games Council for a job well done.
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5 tonnes of gas for cauldron

The Pacific Mini Games cauldron may have been lit traditionally but it’s something more modern that’s keeping it alight.
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Medal presentations by sponsor - CITC

Dianne Clarke, General Manager of CITC, presented the silver medals to Fiji who had been beaten by Samoa in the final match of the Rugby Sevens tournament of the Pacific Mini Games.
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Thursday wrap up - the games are winding down

Over the water the sailing competition on Aitutaki Lagoon came to an end with a gold medal for Manihiki’s super-sailor Helema Williams and a bronze for team-mate Teau McKenzie in the Laser Radial individual class.
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A time for joyful celebration

Winning a gold at the Rugby Sevens at the Pacific Mini Games was definitely something for the Samoan community to celebrate, and there was lots of singing and dancing to show how much they appreciated their team's efforts. The local Samoan community joined visiting Samoan team members to 'share the moment' of joy and exhiliration caused by the gold medal win of their Rugby Sevens team.
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Samoa receives their gold medals from the Prime Minister

The Prime Minister of the Cook Islands was on hand to present the gold medal to the Samoan Sevens Team, Lolo Lui. The team had just defeated Fiji in the final of the Sevens Rugby Tournament, 38-7.
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Samoa shares the moment

Hearing the national anthem of Samoa as the final anthem of the Pacific Mini Games was a poignant moment that must have made everyone reflect about what Samoa has experienced over this last week.
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Final ceremonial presentation for medal hostesses

These young ladies have done a brilliant job at the medal presentations. They have represented themselves with grace and style and have made us all proud to be Cook Islanders at the medal events.
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Samoa wins the Gold for the Sevens Rugby

Samoa took advantage of the poor peformance of the Fijian team and converted it into points, 38-7. It was definitely Samoa's game and Samoa's day.
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Tonga proved too good for Niue to win Bronze Medal

The second half totally belonged to Tonga as the team easily stretched a half-time draw (12-12) to a 36-12 win.
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Recording and Timekeeping duties at the Sevens

Lorraine Allen and Maki Toko along with other officials are making sure that recording is accurate for all the games at the Sevens Tournament.
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Referees-in-waiting at the Rugby Sevens

Dan Munro, Ratu Mato, Paul Peyroux and friend.
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Wednesday results wrap-up

The Cook Islands tennis team had a great day in Wednesday’s semi-finals.
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Cook Islands hosts event for Sevens managers

Members of the Cook Islands team were on hand to welcome the managers and captains of the visiting Rugby Sevens teams from the Pacific region to the reception laid on by the Cook Islands Rugby Union.
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Samoa will play for a country in pain.

The Samoan team will be playing for a country which has experienced great loss. The boys want to play well and to win but it is understandable that they just as desperately want to go home to be with family and friends following the tragedy which has struck their islands.
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Fiji never underestimates their opponents

Fiji Team Manager Alifereti Malo believes you can never underestimate any of the teams that turn up to a tournament like today’s Pacific Mini Games Rugby Sevens event.
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Tahiti Sevens Team meets old friend

Terry Piri made the most of the informal reception put on by Cook Islands Rugby to meet up with players from Tahiti who have become friends due to their many contacts over the years.
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Niue Sevens Team ready for action

Niue Sevens player Zac Makavilitongia, Coach Alapu Liuvaie, and Team Manager Darren Tohovaka attended the informal reception hosted by the Cook Islands Rugby Union.
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Solomon Islands will try their best.

These are the words of Solomon Islands Sevens Team Manager, Florie Whiteside.
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Cook Islands Rugby welcomes Sevens Management

John Wichman, President of the Cook Islands Rugby Union, welcomed the management and captains of the Sevens teams who will be playing in the Pacific Mini Games tournament tomorrow.
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Girl Guides grace the ceremonial platforms

The Girl Guides from around Rarotonga are doing a great job on the ceremonial platforms.
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Samoa takes the women's 69kg and 75kg weightlifting events

The women's golds at the weightlifting today were swept up by the Samoan contenders with Tauimani Ah Kuoi winning the 69kg class.
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Fiji takes the title for the 77kg weightlifting class

Josefa Atekini Vueti was a deserved winner of the 77kg class with a total weight in snatch and clean & jerk of 292kg.
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146kg drop on the weightlifting platform

Toafitu Perive of Samoa gave the officials a bit of a scare as he walked towards them with 146kgs on the bar.
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Kiribati takes the 69kg weighlifter's Gold medal

Tekaei Temake of Kiribati took the gold with a combined weight total of 262kg.
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Ceremonial team ready for weightlifting medal presentations

Apii Ben and Gaylene Lockington are comfortably situated as they prepare their medal presentations at the Weightlifting competition at the Telecom Sports Arena in Nikao.
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Sponsor arrives to support Triathlon

Mike and Karlene Pynenburg and their family were on hand to witness the start of the Triathlon, this morning.
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The light at the end of the tunnel

This is the finishing line of the Triathlon that started at 8.30am.
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Play offs for medals in lots of codes today

A number of medals will be up for grabs today on day nine of the 2009 Pacific Mini Games.
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Rugby sevens action on Day 8 of the games

The stands at the BCI stadium came alive today with cheering from a large crowd in what was a great days play.
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Another Gold Medal for Fiji

This time in the Rugby League Sevens - having won over the Cook Islands 20-12.
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CITC presents the Gold medal for the League Sevens

Ms Dianna Clarke of CITC was given the honour of presenting the gold medal to Fiji - the winners of the Rugby League Sevens tournament today.
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Samoa and Tonga battle for the Bronze

It was the hardest match of the League Sevens tournament.
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Fiji wins close tussle with Tonga to get into League Final

It was neck and neck all the way with these two teams as they both played hard for the honour of a place in the final.
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Cook Islands overcomes Samoa to get into League Final

It wasn't a walkover by any means but the Cook Islands worked hard in the first semi-final to make it into League final,
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Golden Friday

Seven golds and chef de mission George George is stoked
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Browne wins sports award

Cook Islander Tina Browne, president of the Oceania Netball Association and a member of the 2009 Mini Games organising committee, has been named the inaugural Pacific Sports Awards outstanding sports administrator of the year.
Award winners were announced at the Pacific Games Council (PGC) general assembly held yesterday.
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6 records

SIX athletics records were improved in the 2009 Pacific Mini Games at the BCI Stadium last week.
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PNG awarded the 2015 Pacific Games in close contest

Today at the Edgewater Resort in Rarotonga an historic event in the life of the Pacific Games Council has unfolded. Bids were lodged on the 27th March 2009 to host the 2015 Pacific Games by three PGAs to the Council and member PGAs. These bids were received from the PGAs of Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Tonga. Subsequently Solomon Islands withdrew their bid.
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Samoa and Fiji draw

The final game of the Rugby League Sevens pool play ended with a draw between Samoa and Fiji.
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Tonga wins against Cook Islands

Tonga won their final match of the day against the Cook Islands.
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Ball girls help keep the game alive.

It may only be a 'fetch and carry' role, but these girls help to keep the game on track by making sure the ball is continually in play.
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Cook Islands draws with Samoa

Grim determination helped the Cook Islands to keep pace with Samoa and end up with a draw 16-16.
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Tonga wins over Fiji

It was a closely called match with both teams scoring responding tries. For much of the match the score was tied.
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Cook Islands lose to Fiji

The speed and strength of the Fiji team was a little too much for Cook Islands in their first match of the Rugby League tournament.
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Samoan warrior urges team on to win

The Samoan Rugby League team brought along their own warrior to urge them on to their 18-12 win against Tonga.
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Weightlifting platform being readied

Unakea Kauvai is responsible for ensuring that everything is in readiness for the opening of the weightlifting competition tomorrow.
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Early morning League action

Early Monday morning at BCI Stadium and although there appears to be a lot of action on the field, there is not a single player in sight.
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It was finals day today (Saturday) at the BCI Stadium and Fiji continued their winning ways on the track.

It was finals day today (Saturday) at the BCI Stadium and Fiji continued their winning ways on the track. They scooped the gold medals in the women’s and men’s 400m hurdles, the women’s and men’s 4x100m relays, and the women’s and men’s 4x400m relays. Fiji also won silver in the women’s long jump. French Polynesia took the gold.
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Fiji Gold in Netball

Fiji is celebrating as we speak for the gold, silver and bronze medals that has been won by their athletes. They are proud to have won for their country because of the situation that their country is in, they are here because their Government supported them and now they have won Gold for the nation and not just for themselves.
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Fiji Gold, PNG Silver, Cook Islands Bronze - Netball

What a finale with a neck and neck pace throughout the Game and Fiji just coming stronger at the last quarter winning 57 to PNG 51.
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Cook Islands wins a bronze for netball

Everyone had their eye on the ball willing it to go into the hoop as Curly George tossed one of her basketball shots.
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Presentation eis.

Each day thousands of flowers are collected from Girl Guide groups around the island to prepare the hundreds of eis (garlands) that are to be used for the medal ceremonies over the two weeks of the Pacific Mini Games.
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Poly-Clinic nurses take a break

Raiata Heather and Tearuru Takai are two Public Health nurses who have volunteered 4 hours of each day to man the sports health clinic which is based at the BCI Stadium.
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Sunday dinner for all teams

Communities around Rarotonga will put on dinner for the visiting Pacific Mini Games teams tomorrow evening.
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Will small countries ever host big games?

IT will be impossible for small countries to host full games, says long time Pacific games observer Bob Snow. This is after concern is reported to be growing that the South Pacific Games may be becoming too big for most regional countries to host.
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Memory of the games

THEY call him the memory of the games because Bob Snow lives up to it.
The former school teacher’s style of recalling fact has left many, especially local television viewers, in awe.
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Sharp starts

Australian start referee Geoffrey Martin remembers his experience starting all the 100 metre sprint races at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
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Fiji leads medals

FIJI leads the medal tally after day five of the 2009 Pacific Mini Games.
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Memory Lane - Pacific Games 1963

Peter Marsters has fond memories of the first Pacific Games where he and the boxing team won four out of the five Cook Islands medals.
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Medal ceremony highjacked.

A medal ceremony was highjacked by local event organizers at the risk of putting future sponsorship for their sport in jeopardy.
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A meeting of marketing minds

Tuingariki Short, the Director of Marketing and Communication, met a marketing colleague from Fiji at the presentation of the medals of the women’s 1500m.
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Technical Officials Record Their Attendance.

Technical officials play an important role on the fields of play at the Pacific Mini Games but trying to organise them for a group photograph was a mission.
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Tuvalu raise flag

The Tuvalu delegation and representatives from Enuamanu School in Atiu, held a flag-raising ceremony yesterday signalling the visiting team’s presence in the Pacific Mini Games village.
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PMG Connects Family

It is not unusual to have siblings in sports teams representing their country. The unusual feature about this family is that they are representing two different countries.
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AIBA – International Boxing Association

The Technical team for AIBA were represented by Mr Keith Walker who is the international technical director.
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Netball - Tuesday 22.09.09

Netball - Tuesday 22.09.09
The first netball match of the Pacific Mini Games was between Fiji and Tonga. The Fiji athletes took the majority of the supporter side in cheering for their country for their fist game. At the first quarter saw Fiji leading the game by 15-8, and they kept their lead to the end.
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Tennis - Tuesday 22.09.09

On court 1 for the first match of tennis between New Caledonia and Fiji was a tight match. However New Caledonian swift and powerful hitter was no match for Fiji which saw them take the set win for both first and second single.
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Sinai Hall Dinner Team Volunteers

At 9.00pm the dinner team at Sinai Hall still had their enthusiasm and joy on their faces as they went about their business cleaning the dining areas under the tents and the buffet area. By 10.00pm, they still showed the same energy as they all dashed together to have their photos taken. These are the people behind the scene making sure that our athletes and officials are taken care of extre
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Technical team doing a sound job

Paenua Matapo is the sound assistant manager and has 15 members in his team.
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Tuvalu National Olympic Representatives

Vete Palakua Sakaio, vice president of the Tuvalu National Olympic Committee enjoyed a quiet breakfast this morning with Teake Esene Manatu, secretary of committee.
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Team Fiji has medal hopes in many codes

During the opening ceremony we had the pleasure of speaking to one of the three general managers of team Fiji, Ratu Inoke Qionitoba Veresa.
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Samoa sends large team to compete

A large contingent of Samoans have travelled to the Cook Islands to compete in the many sporting codes on offer at the Pacific Mini Games.
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Miss South Pacific accompanies home country Niue

It’s not every country who can have Miss South Pacific to lead out their nation’s sports team at an international event like the Pacific Mini Games.
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Nauru flag held high by 15 year old weightlifter

The flag of tiny nation of Nauru was carried proudly into the BCI Stadium by young weightlifter, Elson Brecherfield.
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Fantastic meals for athletes and volunteers

Tau Estall, liaison officer for Nauru, agreed with her guests that the meals that have been provided for the athletes and management at the Pacific Mini Games have been fantastic.
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Volunteer in action

Tau Estall is one of the many volunteers who will be spending the next two weeks of the Pacific Mini Games making sure that our overseas athletes and their management are well looked after.
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NZ Cook Islanders show their support

The organisers of the New Zealand leg of the Mini Games baton relay gave a cheque for $7000 dollars on Sunday to the chief executive of the 2009 Pacific Mini Games.
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Parade of nations

The opening ceremony on Monday will be a very colourful affair with all the Maeva Nui outer islands team participating along with the Maeva Nui overall winner Oire Nikao.
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Takitumu School welcomes Solomon Islands

Takitumu School was supported by the Te Maeva Nui team from Mauke to give a rousing welcome to Team Solomon Islands on Saturday morning.
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Be an environment champion!

Takitumu students are taking the environment seriously.
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Avatea welcomes Tahiti

The main contingent of Team Tahiti was on hand for the welcome prepared by Avatea School.
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Winner of BCI's Term Deposit PMG 2009

BCI announced the winner of the Term Deposit PMG 2009 promotion is Keu Apera.
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Welcome from the CEO of the games – Mac Mokoroa

Turou oro mai greetings and kia orana to all our visitors whether you come as an athlete or as a supporter, welcome to the Cook Islands.
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Overwhelming support by sponsors

With over $2 million dollars in cash and kind, the generosity and support of the private sector has been overwhelming.
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Thumbs up for CITC

CITC definitely get the thumbs up for the support they are giving visiting sports teams being hosted by our school communities.
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Rutaki go red for Wallis and Futuna

Even Kuki matched the colour scheme that Rutaki students draped themselves in to prepare for the arrival of Wallis and Futuna on Saturday morning.
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Kuki sidelined by CI7s

Kuki could only watch from the sideline as the Cook Islands Sevens practiced hard out to perfect some serious moves during their training session yesterday afternoon.
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Computerman signs on

Computerman owners Mike and Karlene Pynenburg signed their sponsorship agreement to the value of $120,000 worth of laptops, desktop computers, accessories, consumables and printers with the PMG09 early on Tuesday morning.
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Telecom staff join in the PMG fun

Joe Wichman and Mark Boyd were on hand to organise the festivities of Telecom Cook Islands’ launch of their support for the Pacific Mini Games and ‘sharing the moment’ with the children of St Joseph’s school, Nukutere and other children in the area.
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Tahitian Bus Stop

Nancy Tehei, General Secretary of the Olympic Committee for Tahiti (top far right) was on hand to give her stamp of approval to the insignia of the Tahitian flag which now graces the outside walls of the bus shelter outside the CITC Supermarket.
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BCI stadium opened

The official launch of the BCI stadium, formerly the Tereora Stadium,on Friday afternoon was a fun-filled event that drew several hundred people for the occasion.
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Kuki marches in Te Maeva Nui parade

Kuki, our mascot, led our Cook Islands team during the march in the Te Maeva Nui parade on Friday.
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Opening ceremony on schedule

Sonny Williams says that we are on track with our schedule and there was a big rehearsal held on Thursday for our schools who are taking part in the opening ceremony.
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Air Raro signs on

Our national domestic airline, Air Rarotonga signed on as a Tier 3 sponsor of the Pacific Mini Games 2009 on Thursday with a special visit from Kuki to ensure that he doesn’t have to fly over to Aitutaki himself during games time.
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Young UK journalists coming to cover games

Among the media people who will soon be arriving to cover the Pacific Mini Games are four adults and eight young people aged 15 or 16 from Manchester, England.
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Titikaveka College raises Cook Islands flag

“When the flag is raised the war is on…” an appropriate quote from chef de mission George (George) Williams recalling a Mauke athlete travelling overseas for the first time.
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Welcoming turou

Pastor Ngarima George will be part of the welcoming turou team at the PMG opening ceremony on 21st September.
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Drivers learn protocols

There is quite a lot to learn if you are a designated driver for an important someone from overseas. Sinai Hall was the venue for the meeting of all those who have opted to drive VIP cars during the Pacific Mini Games.
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Pacific Games Council

Andrew Minogue is the executive director of the Pacific Games Council, currently based in New Caledonia.
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Arorangi School gets ready for Fiji team

Arorangi School students have been busy cleaning and setting up their classes in preparation of the 167 team members from Fiji who will be accommodated at the school for the Pacific Mini Games 2009.
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Logistics and planning for stadium

Marketing and communication director Tui Short and PMG logistics and support services team members including, Moana Ioane (control centre manager), Tearoa Tini (security manager), George Matutu (transport manager) and Taamoa Heather (acting hospitality manager), recently met with the competition managers of rugby league and rugby union.
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Extra car parking available

Vacant land opposite the national stadium will serve as a car parking area during the mini games.
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Meet the infrastructure team

Theresa Noovao is in charge of catering. Feeding the thousands of athletes, managers, administrators and volunteers at the Pacific Mini Games will be Theresa’s core responsibility.
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Nukutere students join PMG catering team

John Lowrie (left), Hiro Browne (centre) and Jonathon Simpson (right) are students from Nukutere College.
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Catering supervisors offer support at training session

Tai Roberts, Dorothy Ivaiti and Nane Cuthers were on hand to give support to Aere Tua (far left) who attended the training session at St Joseph’s on Monday evening.
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Daily ticket prices explained

Daily tickets will only be available on the day at the venue and will only be sold if there is seating available.
Interpreting the scheme of buying a ticket to watch a sports event is like trying to analyse the Cook Islands financial report, however we hope to simplify it with the following explanation.
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Principals meet with PMG logistics team

School principals from Rarotonga gathered at Avarua school to meet up with members of the PMG infrastructure division.
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Kuki inspects Titikaveka College clean up

Titikaveka College is eagerly looking forward to hosting the host country’s Team Cook Islands.
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Stepping up for the country

“We’re stepping up for the country!” says bank manager Vaine Arioka.
With that motivation, the Bank of the Cook Islands general manager signed an agreement on Thursday to sponsor the Pacific Games.
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Free tickets from BCI

What an exciting morning for ten lucky customers at the Bank of the Cook Islands when tickets were randomly given out for those customers who braved the rain and were at the Bank at 10.00am on Friday morning.
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BCI signage for the Pacific Mini Games

Providing the backing for one of the major sponsorships of the Pacific Mini Games is just one of the tasks that Ron Patia and Tai Exham have been involved in as staff of the Bank of the Cook Islands.
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Free passes for outer islanders and volunteers

Outer islanders coming for the Maeva Nui celebration will be allocated some free passes to the Pacific Mini Games.
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Sponsors signing on for the games

Kuki the Kukupa has been flying around for the last few days getting sponsors signed on for the Pacific Mini Games.
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CITC launch 'We care' campaign

CITC staff and PMG volunteers shared in the launch of CITC’s WE CARE campaign in the shed of their Building Centre opposite Avatiu Wharf.
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Steve’s games shopping list starts arriving

With a sigh of relief, Steven Barret of MFEM, the procurement manager for the Pacific Mini Games received some containers with the weightlifting stage and other sports equipment.
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Tennis court preparation

The gardens around the new tennis courts at Nikao are starting to shape up in readiness for the Pacific Mini Games in two weeks time.
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Chris McKinley and Kevin Cook sign on as sponsors

The ink is just drying from sponsoring the World Youth Netball Competition and Chris McKinley is already signing up for the Cook Islands Pacific Mini Games.
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TAU Power to the People sponsors

Te Aponga Uira has come on board as a second tier partner (Family Sponsor) for the Pacific Mini Games in the goods and services area.
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Athletic track workers on Nikao tennis courts

Workers from Willam Loud Ltd of Australia moved onto the new tennis courts in Nikao as soon as they completed laying the athletic tracks at the National Stadium.
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From Tahiti to Cook Islands to NZ citizen for va'a duo

Vaea Otto – Melvin and Joseph (Tupuna) Minerota Amo have been presented with New Zealand citizenship documents by the New Zealand High Commissioner to the Cook Islands, His Excellency Tia Barett at the Ngatipa residence.
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Rotary helps PMG beautification project

On Saturday morning (29 August), Te Tika Mataiapo met with members of the Rotary Club of Rarotonga to discuss a beautification project for the centre of Avarua, Rarotonga’s main shopping centre.
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Agriculture helps with beautification

The outside of the new tennis court at Nikao received the first beautification treatment this week by June Baudinet and her team of helpers.
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Ticket on sale at the BCI

The ticket prices for the first day of the launch were sold at heavily discounted price.
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Hugh Henry’s legacy continues…

Helen Henry one of the early birds to buy family tickets for the Pacific Mini Games launched last Friday at the main office of the Bank of Cook Islands.
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Red Track White Lines

Geoff Obrien a professional line marker will spend about 10 to 12 days marking the running track at the soon to be named national stadium.
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'Safe Games' package for athletes

The Cook Islands ministry of health and the environment service have combined to produce a goodie bag for the teams who will be coming to Rarotonga for the Pacific Mini Games.
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Team Cook Islands announced

The names of athletes and officials who have been selected for Team Cook Islands were announced today (Tuesday) at the CISNOC office in Taptapuatea.
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NZ loses WYNC final to a fired-up Australian team

NZ lacked the fire and determination that was required to be truly competitive against such a dominant Australian side on Thursday night, especially for the final of the World Youth Netball Championships.
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Jamaica vs England

One of the most thrilling games so far of the tournament with neither side giving way to the other.
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Cook Islands vs Malawi

An awesome game of netball between these two popular teams vying for 5th and 6th placing.
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Malaysia vs PNG

Malaysia dominated all phases of play, shutting out Papua New Guinea in this fast and exciting game.
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Samoa vs Barbados

Samoa had pride going into this game with only one other win for them, and it showed as they played to their strength – their shooter.
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Wales vs Singapore

Team Wales were able to keep Team Singapore under pressure in another fast and physical match.
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Fiji vs Trinidad & Tobago

This was a tough, physical game between Trinidad and Tobago and Fiji as both teams fought for 9th and 10th placing in the world youth netball championship.
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Cook Islands vs South Africa

This was the decider for fifth and sixth placing and after their poor showing against Australia the previous night Team Cook Islanders lifted their game to convincingly beat the South Africans and raise their current world ranking status.
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NZ vs Jamaica

Team New Zealand knew they were in for a tough game against the tall Jamaicans and it proved to be thriller right from the first whistle as they steadily shot their way to win the night.
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Trinidad & Tobago vs Barbados

This was a thrilling and close match up and could have gone either way until the last goals posted by Trinidad & Tobago led them to a four goal victory over Barbados.
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Australia fire up against England

Australia was all fired up to dominate in Tuesday night’s semi-final against England.
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Aussie support from St Josephs

They might not know the right way up for their sign, but they knew all the words of every verse of “Waltzing Mathilda”.
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Well deserved win to Malawi

Malawi celebrated their win with their supporters.
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Cook Islands supporters check out the competition

Cook Islands supporters check out the competition
Watching the Malawi – Northern Ireland game were at least three anxious Cook Islands supporters.
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Cheers for South Africa

Tereora College and friends were out in force to support the South African team during their game against England.
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South Africa shut down by English defence

One of the lowest first quarter scores of the tournament indicated how evenly matched these teams were, coming into Monday night’s match.
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Wales vs Malaysia

Wales demonstrated their higher standing in the world rankings over Malaysia with their superior play on the court. Wales is currently 18th and Malaysia is 20th.
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Fiji vs Samoa

The play off between Fiji and Samoa was a competition of who could out-do the other in offence and defence.
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Australia vs Cook Islands

Australia’s speed, height and powerful ball passing right throughout the match were the dominant factors for defeating Team Cook Islands in their quarter final encounter.
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England v Malaysia

Wow! What a match between England and Malaysia.
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New Zealand v Malawi

Malawi tested New Zealand in their fiery match.
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Scotland vs Botswana

It was light pickings for Team Botswana as Scotland dominated on the court.
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USA vs Vanuatu

Team USA were a determined team as they ground down Team Ni Vanuatu to eventually come out a winner for the first time in this competition.
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Aussie support from Canberra

Watching Australia whitewash the Cook Islanders was a good reason to wave the Australian flag for Stephen Lenthall from Canberra.
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Jamaicans move to semi-final against NZ

Northern Ireland players were all geared up for a hard game but gave the Jamaicans as good as they got in a fiercely fought battle on the court on Monday evening.
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Trinidad & Tobago vs Papua New Guinea

Trinidad & Tobago are one of the current top ten in the world and their play reminded Papua New Guinea of their status.
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Wales vs Samoa

The Samoan girls made a huge effort as they lifted their game to pip Wales by a point.
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Fiji vs Malaysia

Fiji dominated through all the quarters to eventually outscore and outplay the Malaysian girls.
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Scotland vs Vanuatu

Scotland faced a determined Vanuatu side that had everything to play for to improve on their world standing.
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Singapore vs Barbados

This was a close game but Barbados was able to keep the Singaporeans at bay until the final whistle.
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Botswana vs USA

This was a tough encounter for the last of the play-offs between USA and Botswana.
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Ticket sales for week 2

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Courtside support for Scotland

Two of Scotland’s players had their parents on the sideline to give them support during Saturday's WYNC game against Trinidad and Tobago.
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Trinidad and Tobago vs Scotland

Saturday’s game was a do or die game for Scotland who, despite their valiant efforts on court, have not been favoured by a win during this tournament.
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PNG Courtside

Supporting the Papua New Guinea team courtside were three PNG nationals.
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Papua New Guinea vs United States of America

It was a very relieved PNG side at the end of a grueling match against USA.
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Malawi vs Singapore

Malawi has done it again with their match against Singapore. Accurate shooting, ball snatching and height were some of their advantages in Saturday evening’s match.
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South Africa vs Botswana

The energetic team from South Africa dominated their way to victory over Botswana.
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Northern Ireland vs Barbados

A fit and prepared Northern Ireland team came out and took control with a victory over Barbados.
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Cook Islands Umpire recalled to New Zealand

Estelle Searle was courtside not only to watch the Jamaican team play Papua New Guinea but also to check on the umpiring of the games.
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Family night out at the Netball

Court-side this evening were three young ladies who were enjoying watching some really excellent games of netball.
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Jamaica vs Papua New Guinea

The Jamaican team joined together with the Papua New Guineans in a huddle at the end of their match.
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Half-time, dinner-time

Anonga Tisam, Danielle Cochrane, Jonah Tisam, and Barbara Ngawati made the most of the interval...
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From London to the WYNC Cook Islands

Holidaying in the Cook Islands seemed a much warmer option than New Zealand at this time of year, for Kerry Oldham.
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New Zealand vs Northern Ireland

The New Zealand team gathered for a half-time huddle before they took to the court again, leading Northern Ireland by 44-13.
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England vs Cook Islands

England won their third game coming off a bye on Thursday.
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Wales vs Vanuatu

A solid Wales kept on top of their shorter Pacific challenger team Ni Vanuatu, who were kept out of the points tally for the first ten minutes of the first quarter.
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Botswana vs Samoa

A rejuvenated Team Samoa played their way to victory over Team Botswana, with a powerful start leading to a 10 point difference after the first two quarters.
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Fiji vs South Africa

Fiji and South Africa lit up court number one with their display of skills and spills on Friday.
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Trinidad and Tobago team visits Tereora

The Rarotongan weather could have been more welcoming , but the girls from Trinidad and Tobago certainly lightened up the day for the students of Tereora College.
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Papua New Guinea visits Nikao Maori School

Papua New Guinea took some time out of their bye day to visit their host school Nikao Maori on Thursday morning.
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Family here to watch NZ team

Barry and Lyn Crofts and friends Ross and Kay Tangney made sure that they could be seen in the crowd to watch daughter Hayley in the New Zealand Under-21 team.
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Jamaica vs Malawi

Jamaica stood at ease during the playing of the anthems of Singapore and USA on Court2, in anticipation of a game that they must have known was going to be a real test of their skills.
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New Zealand vs Scotland

New Zealand really needed the breaks after a feisty performance by the Scottish team in today’s game at the Telecom Stadium.
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Samoa vs South Africa

The players in this match turned out to be evenly matched in height but Samoa lacked some of the fire that they showed in their game against Australia on Wednesday. In fact they looked rather tired at times.
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Australia vs Botswana

Australia dominated throughout this match with their superior game plan, fitness and height.
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Singapore v USA

The skills, determination and quick court coverage by the girls from Singapore gave them their first win of the competition.
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Trinidad and Tobago beat Barbados

Trinidad/Tobago came in as favourites against their Caribbean neighbour Barbados and didn’t disappoint themselves.
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WYNC tournament is a privilege for the Cook Islands

Two of Rarotonga’s social legends, Dawn Baudinet and Theresa Manarangi-Trott, were caught enjoying the exterior seating in sunny conditions which also offered them a great view of two games which were being held today at the Telecom Stadium.
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Young Kiwi’s Dream Team

Ten-year-old Nadia Sziranyi chattered animatedly to her mother during just about the whole of New Zealand’s game against Trinidad and Tobago.
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Avarua school children fly the flag for Vanuatu

One of the big hits of the World Youth Netball Championships has been the enthusiastic support of schools for their adopted countries.
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Day two matches

Most of today's games were somewhat one-sided when you look at the scores but on the court teams gave it their all.
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New Zealand vs Barbados

Prematch warm ups were intense and focused for both teams on court tonight as New Zealand and Barbados prepared for their first match of the WYNC tournament on Court 1 at the Telecom Stadium.
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Plenty to shout about

The students from Titikaveka College who are hosting New Zealand during their stay on Rarotonga, had a lot to shout and sing about tonight.
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WYNC starts with colourful opening, close contest

An excited crowd of netball fans, locals, tourists and adopt-a-school kids crowded into the Telecom Sports Arena on Monday afternoon to watch the start of the World Youth Netball Championships.
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Titikaveka happy after Singapore win

In the first session of pool play at the World Youth Netball Championships today, Singapore met Papua New Guinea.
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Nikao Maori School cheers on Papua New Guinea

Not every team can be a winner on the court but the Nikao supporters of Papua New Guinea didn't let that worry them.
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Unfurling the Cook Islands and IFNA flags

The unfurling of the Cook Islands and the INFP flags was a solemn occasion for the many participants at the opening of the WYNC Games.
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Titikaveka boys enjoy the fun

Just because there are only girls in the netball teams doesn’t mean to say that boys can’t enjoy just being part of the excitement of it all too.
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Te Uki Ou kids greet South Africa netballers

Members of the newly arrived South African Team were greeted by their school hosts, Te Uki Ou.
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