Junior ‘Calypso Girls’ two-game win streak halted

In their ninth-16th place quarter- final game, the young Calypso Girls held a 20-16 lead over Cook Islands at the halfway stage.

But the Cook Islanders who were ahead 12-7 at the end of the first quarter, regained the lead at the three-quarter stanza 32-23.

The young Calypso Girls put in a determined effort in the final quarter holding the Cook Islanders to just eight goals but managed only eight themselves for the final scoreline.

They now play Northern Ireland in their second qualifying game today.

Meanwhile, Jamaica were beaten 55-38 by England in their first to eighth place quarter-final.

Another Caribbean island Grenada were beaten 62-49 by Malaysia in their 17th-20th qualifier and Barbados lost to Samoa 54- 48 in a ninth-16th match-up.

Here are yesterday’s Qualification Day scores: 1st - 8th place quarter-final: NEW ZEALAND 69 vs SOUTH AFRICA 32.

1st - 8th place quarter final - UGANDA 37 vs FIJI 39.

1st - 8th place quarter final - SCOTLAND 22 vs AUSTRALIA 95.

1st - 8th place quarter final - JAMAICA 38 vs ENGLAND 55.

9th - 16th place quarter final - SAMOA 54 vs BARBADOS 48.

9th - 16th place quarter final - BOTSWANA 51 vs WALES 39.

9th - 16th place quarter final - TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 31 vs COOK ISLANDS 40.

17th - 20th qualification round match - SINGAPORE 63 vs SRI LANKA 36.

17th - 20th qualification round match - MALAYSIA 62 vs GRENADA 49.