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Australian Sports Commission - Annual Report 2000/2001 - Outcome 2: Excellence in sports performance by Australians The Australian netball team maintained its dominance in the international arena and remains the world and Commonwealth Games champions. The Wallabies, Australia’s national rugby union team, currently hold every major trophy in world rugby for which they have competed, including the Tri-Nations Trophy and the Bledisloe Cup. Brisbane hosted the Goodwill Games in September 2001 and Australian athletics medallists were: Matt Shirvington, Dmitri Markov, Nathan Deakes, men’s 4 x 100 metres relay team, Melissa Rollison, Tatiana Grigorieva and Bronwyn Thompson. www.ausport.gov.au /fulltext/2002/ascpub/annualreport/out2e.asp   (859 words)

★ New Zealand Information. Information about NZ The national rugby team is called the All Blacks and New Zealanders expect it to be able to beat the world. This style of name has been followed in naming the national team in several other sports. In 2000, Team New Zealand successfully defended the trophy they won in 1995 in San Diego, but in 2003 they lost to a team headed by Ernesto Bertarelli of Switzerland whose Alinghi was skippered by Russell Coutts, the expatriate Kiwi who helmed the victorious Black Magic in 1995 and New Zealand in 2000. www.mkiwi.com /New+Zealand+information   (859 words)

International Games News April 2004 This has severely restricted the travel budget for Malawi's team, and Malawi will now only be able to send six track and field athletes the games, leaving their, football, boxing, netball, basketball teams and disabled sports athletes at home. Australia's Federal Government has amended a law relating to television sports broadcasting, and added the Commonwealth Games and the Olympic Games to the list of "protected sports" that must only be shown on "free" TV. Australia's Centre for Olympic Studies, which has been located at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) for nearly eight years is moving to the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) after a policy change by UNSW. www.internationalgames.net /april2004.html   (859 words)

Victor Sports - Sport and Medical Products throughout Australia and New Zealand Netball is the most popular women's sport in Australia with national membership of over 350,000 and 541 affiliated associations. The Australian Rugby League oversee the Kangaroos, Australia’s national rugby league team. NSW field two teams in the national competition, these are the Sydney TAB Swifts and the Sydney University Sandpipers. www.victorsports.com.au /partners.asp   (859 words)

Sporting events in the Cook Islands Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee (CISNOC) president Tiki Matapo also spoke to the athletes about the work carried out at the Australian Institute of Sport where Australia's national teams spend time with the sports psychology department to prepare for their games. The Cook Islands netball team is in Pool A with Australia, St Lucia, Malaysia and Scotland. A similar seminar was held prior to the Cook Islands team leaving for the SPG event in Fiji 2003. www.cinews.co.ck /sports.htm   (859 words)

Government of Barbados Sports Barbados is one of the international centres for cricket and plays host to regular test matches between the months of January and April, with teams drawn from the West Indies, England, Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan and South Africa. These include netball, football, basketball, field hockey, squash, badminton, swimming, yachting, skin-diving, water-polo, game fishing, surfing, windsurfing, snorkelling, lawn, table and road tennis, volleyball, golf, polo, rugby, football/soccer, cycling, boxing, karate, judo, athletics, national and international 10K-marathons, chess, dominoes, bridge, darts, draughts, whist and hearts. Two national organisations administer the local game on a competitive basis, the Barbados Cricket Association based at the historic Kensington Oval and the Barbados Cricket League, located at Blenheim. www.barbados.gov.bb /sports.htm   (686 words)

ABC Sport - Rugby Union - Italy will fold without self-belief: Ella Ella has already seen enough to believe that Italy, who beat Wales 30-22 last year in the Six Nations before losing to them 27-15 in the World Cup, could win a couple of games this Italy coach John Kirwan signed up the 44-year-old Ella, the twin brother of the great Australia flyhalf Mark Ella and ex-assistant to Wallabies' coach Eddie Jones, to bring a new sophistication to his backline. Cricket Football Grandstand Netball Olympics Rugby League Winter Olympics www.abc.net.au /sport/content/s1044958.htm   (518 words)

Rugby Union News - AngloINFO Bretagne Newsroom The Australian Rugby League has told its team that should they be knocked out, the league will not pay for them to stay on in England. From touch, to sevens, netball, rugby and rugby league, Hakopa's sporting calendar is always full and when she's not playing or training she tops all that off... Australia reaches Tri-Nations rugby league final with 26-14 win... brittany.angloinfo.com /news?ID=2&Cat=3   (821 words)

Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia At national and international levels, Australia has particularly strong teams in Australian rules football, Rugby League, Rugby Union, cricket and netball and excels in cycling and swimming. There is a symphony orchestra in each capital city, and a national opera company, Opera Australia, first made prominent by the renowned diva Dame Joan Sutherland; Australian music includes classical, jazz, and many popular music genres. This date was later to become Australia's national day, Australia Day. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australia   (821 words)

Papua New Guinea SINGAPORE : Papua New Guinea's netball team beat the Singapore side 3-nil in a three-day test series at the Sports School. Blue Mountains Gazette, Australia -:...later, she was picked for the Matilda's Oceania Olympic qualifying matches and was delighted to receive plenty of game time against Fiji and Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea is richly endowed with natural resources, but exploitation has been hampered by rugged terrain and the high cost of developing infrastructure. www.world-news-watch.com /world/062004/Papua_New_Guinea.html   (821 words)

Netball Singapore The Singapore 19 and Under team will be competing in the International Schoolgirls Netball Challenge in Adelaide, Australia from Saturday 27th May to Friday 2nd June 2006. The Singapore Netball Team will be competing in the XVIII Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia from the 15th to 27th of March 2006. Netball Singapore is pleased to announce that Fisher & Paykel will be sponsoring the Singapore National Netball Team. www.netball.org.sg   (359 words)

Vanuatu News Port Vila Presse Online :: Netball The Vanuatu Netball Association is hosting a visiting netball team of under-16 players from Australia’s Doors United Netball Team of Sutherlandshire in Sydney. Only 9 teams braved the dreary overcast over Port Vila last Friday to participate in the mixed netball tournament to support the national futsal squad. A mixed netball tournament is being held today at the Vanuatu netball courts in the capital to help raise funds for the national futsal squad. www.news.vu /en/sports/netball/index.shtml   (454 words)

NZU21’S Begin Final Preparation For World Youth Cup Keenan believes her team is well prepared for the World Youth Cup after the February tour of Jamaica and the USA, the National Bank Cup and the recent Silver Ferns Test against Australia. The team contains a wealth of talent, with all players taking part in this year’s National Bank Cup as well as an NZU21 tour to Jamaica and the USA in February, where they won six out of their seven games (including one against Australia U21). Nineteen of the world’s top Under 21 Netball teams will gather to compete in the ten day event which begins on July 21st and concludes on July 31st. netballaustralia.com.au /apps/publish?pageID=133   (345 words)

Netball New Zealand - News Netball New Zealand and Netball Australia have confirmed a trans-Tasman showdown in July in Brisbane and Sydney and in Wellington, Christchurch and Auckland in October. Netball New Zealand announced on Monday that the extension of the National Bank Cup, originally scheduled to start in 2006, has been modified to allow franchises to focus on preparing for 2007, when the competition will be extended to a double round. New Zealand's Under 21 netball team notched up their third win in a row at the World Youth Netball Championships on Tuesday, cruising past Antigua Barbuda to win 86-20. www.netballnz.co.nz   (1687 words)

Netball NSW Official Website AANA is a non-profit national sporting organisation established to support and promote the sport of netball in Australia through the marketing, organisation and facilitation of all aspects of the game in Australia and at international level... Where numbers allow, different divisions will be set up within each age group This annual gathering of school age netball players from around the world has become a popular choice for end of season (or mid season) tours for school and club teams wishing simply to participate in a netballing holiday... Bankstown City Netball Association extends an invitation to your District Representative teams to enter our Junior Representative and Development Squad Carnival to be held on Sunday 26 March 2006 at Deverall Park, Condell Park... www.netballnsw.com   (533 words)

Katherine Harby-Williams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Katherine Harby-Williams (or "Harby Williams") rose to captain the Australian national netball team. She was in the television commentary team for the 3-match test series against Australia in winter 2004. Later she moved to New Zealand, where she was the "import" for the Auckland Diamonds in the 2004 National Bank Cup series. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Katherine_Harby-Williams   (121 words)

Netball New Zealand: News Six players from the 1999 World Championships have retained their spot in the Australian national squad named on Monday to compete against New Zealand and others in Jamaica in July. Three of those named in the squad on Monday have announced they will retire from international netball at the end of the World Championships, Harby-Williams, Nicole Richardson, Sanders. The other six players who helped Australia steal a 52-51 victory over the Silver Ferns in the last World Championships in Christchurch, have all retired since then, including former captain Vicki Wilson. www.netballnz.co.nz /news/news_detail/0,1446,193003-87-88,00.html   (121 words)

Silver Ferns - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The international success of the team is second only to the Australian national netball team. The Silver Ferns are the national netball team of New Zealand. Since the IFNA Netball World Championships began in 1963 the Silver Ferns have placed in the top three each time; they have placed first in 1967 (Perth), 1987 (Glasgow), and 2003 (Kingston), and first equal with Australia and Trinidad and Tobago in 1979 (Port of Spain). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Silver_Ferns   (357 words)

www.hallstaekwondo.com.au Great success to Hall's Taekwondo members who recently entered the Victorian Championships to qualify for Victorian Team going to Taekwondo Australia National Championships in Hobart, Tasmania, 30 Sept - 2 October, 2005. Hall's Taekwondo Demo Team Xtreme entertained HRH the Prince of Wales during his visit to the State Netball and Hockey Centre in Parkville, Melbourne, 3rd March, 2005. Instructors and staff hosted 390 Hall's Taekwondo club member competitors at the Club Championships, 21st May. State Netball and Hockey Centre was buzzing with activity as students aged 4 years young - masters excelled to reach their personal best. www.hallstaekwondo.com.au   (3100 words)

Netball Australia profile Netball Australia manages a range of programs and events including the Australian Netball Team, Australian 21&Under Netball Team, Commonwealth Bank Trophy competition, National Underage and Open Championships, along with National participation, coaching and umpire development programs. Netball Australia with the Australian Team and Commonwealth Bank Trophy provide national exposure at the high profile end - television, media etc - however it is the States that deliver the day to day grass roots exposure for sponsors. Netball South Australia: ETSA; Commonwealth Bank; Farmers Union; McDonalds; Sport & Recreation SA; National Pharmacies; Ashross Agencies; Mitre; Dynamic Sports and Leisure; Coopers Brewery; CSR Readymix; Wakefield Sports Clinic; Balfours; AAMI; CMI Toyota; Health Promotions SA. www.aussport.com.au /sponsorship/NetballAus/NetballAus_packages.htm   (3100 words)

Tasmania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia They do have a team (the Tasmanian Devils) in the VFL (Victorian league), and a team in the national league is a popular topic among supporters as well as the state government (one of the potential sponsors of such a team). Tasmania's small population and low sponsorship potential results in the state not being represented in national basketball, soccer and netball leagues. Tasmania was once inhabited only by an indigenous population, the Tasmanian Aborigines, and evidence indicates their presence in the territory, later to become an island, at least 35,000 years ago (rising sea levels cut Tasmania off from mainland Australia about 10,000 years ago). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tasmania   (3783 words)

Netball Australia : For Players : Australian Institute of Sport The major focus of the program is on development, international competition and travel, combined with participation in a domestic league to prepare players for the Australian 21 and Under team and in particular competing in the World Youth Cup every four Years. Training is based on developing skills and tactics employed by Australian teams and their major international competitors. Netball was one of the eight foundation sports when the AIS opened in 1981 and is the most popular women's sport in Australia today. netballaus.hyper.groundhog.com.au /for-players/ais.html   (3783 words)

Encyclopedia: Newcastle, New South Wales Hunter Jaegars are an Australian netball team, based out of Newcastle, participating in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy. The National Rugby League (NRL) is one of the most popular sporting competitions in Australia and, in recent times, New Zealand, consisting of fifteen teams playing Rugby League football against each other. The Hunter Valley is a region of New South Wales, approximately 160 kilometers north of Sydney, Australia. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Newcastle,-New-South-Wales   (3783 words)

Encyclopedia: Silver Ferns The international success of the team is second only to the Australian national netball team. Since the IFNA Netball World Championships began in 1963 the Silver Ferns have placed in the top three each time; they have placed first in 1967 (Perth), 1987 (Glasgow), and 2003 (Kingston), and first equal with Australia and Trinidad and Tobago in 1979 (Port of Spain). As of 2003, the Silver Ferns are the highest ranking team on the IFNA World Rankings. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Silver-Ferns   (3783 words)

STUFF : SPORT - STORY : New Zealand's leading news and information website But while she played all her age-group netball for Australia and was called up into the national team in 1996, two years later she was frustrated and was thinking of crossing the Tasman. "I didn't get selected in the (Australian) team for the (1998) Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur and I didn't know what I was going to do," Cox said this week. She has earned 38 caps for Australia and this year helped the Sydney Swifts to their second Commonwealth Bank Trophy Title. www.stuff.co.nz /stuff/0,2106,3094599a1823,00.html   (3783 words)

Netball New Zealand - News Netball New Zealand and Netball Australia have confirmed a trans-Tasman showdown in July in Brisbane and Sydney and in Wellington, Christchurch and Auckland in October. Netball New Zealand announced on Monday that the extension of the National Bank Cup, originally scheduled to start in 2006, has been modified to allow franchises to focus on preparing for 2007, when the competition will be extended to a double round. New Zealand's Under 21 team completed their clean sweep of the Group rounds at the World Youth Netball Championships with a convincing win over the Cook Islands 85-20. netballnz.co.nz   (2039 words)

Jamaica Gleaner - Clarendon showdown - Saturday January 18, 2003 JAMAICA'S netballers have a busy schedule leading up to the World Netball Championships here in July and national coach Maureen Hall believes they are crucial to the team's preparedness. Among the teams expected to visit are world champions Australia (March 17-27), England in April and St Lucia in either May or July. They are one of the fastest teams in the world and Hall says the match-up would also be good to test Jamaica's level of speed, accuracy and intensity. www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20030118/sports/sports1.html   (726 words)

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