Regional
Imports boost Tupapa's morale
Thursday 20 September 2012 | Published in Regional
Curious football followers would have noted the presence of three New Zealand-based players at the start of the Rarotonga’s premier football competition. Leonardo Berlim, Hone Fowler and Rhys Ruka all play their trade for Manukau City FC in Auckland’s division two competition. But it was their assistance during Tupapa-Maraerenga’s recent campaign in the O-League preliminary […]
Avarua take back Prince of Wales
Thursday 20 September 2012 | Published in Regional
Avarua School yesterday dashed Avatea School’s hopes of making it three years of holding the Prince of Wales athletics shield when they outran and out jumped everyone to be crowned champions yesterday. Hundreds of parents and caregivers flocked to the BCI Stadium to cheer and watch the annual primary school athletics competition in the sweltering […]
Cooks secure Maoate Memorial
Monday 17 September 2012 | Published in Regional
The spoils of victory were not the only reward for the Cook Islands’ parliamentary rugby team when they defeated their Kiwi opponents last month. A new trophy in honour of the late Sir Terepai Maoate was donated by the family and created by the Avatiu Nikao Mongoose Rugby Club for contests between the two teams. […]
Eels survive the Dragons
Monday 17 September 2012 | Published in Regional
The Avatiu Eels survived the Ngatangiia Dragons on Saturday to book their spot in next weekend’s season grand final against defending champions the Tupapa Panthers. The Eels’ 13-11 win over the Dragons was a hard fought victory in a match that had supporters on both sides on the edge of their seats. The game ended […]
Tupapa edge out Matavera 2-nil
Monday 17 September 2012 | Published in Regional
In the main premier men’s football match on Saturday, Tupapa defeated Matavera by two goals to nil at Victoria Park. Both goals were scored in the first half with the first by Twin Tiro who slid the ball past Matavera’s goal keeper in the 30th minute. Tupapa’s second goal followed later through a penalty where […]
12 records fall at Tereora
Saturday 15 September 2012 | Published in Regional
A whopping 12 new track and field records were set on Wednesday during the annual Tereora College inter house athletics competition at the BCI Stadium. Angelus Vaevaemaki set a new 100m sprint time in the junior boys division with a time of 11.56sec – breaking the previous record set in 1987 by A. Rua with […]
Olympic celebration at Takitumu
Saturday 15 September 2012 | Published in Regional
Takitumu School was a rainbow of colours, smiles and laughs as the school community gathered to support their kids at their Olympic race day yesterday. It was hard to tell who was having more fun – the kids or the parents, as cheering family members sprinted along the sidelines encouraging their babes to finish their […]
Knockout time in semi-final rugby
Friday 14 September 2012 | Published in Regional
This week is ‘knockout week’ in the CITC Rarotonga Club Rugby competition with only the winners of each grade progressing to next week’s grand finals of the 2012 season. All the weekend rugby action will be at the BCI Stadium where games will kick off on Saturday 11.30am with the under 13 knockout match between […]
Takitumu sports day in red
Friday 14 September 2012 | Published in Regional
The Takitumu Primary School sports ground will be a sea of red today as the school takes a day out off the classroom for its mini Olympics sports day. Prior to today’s big sports day at the school – teachers spent time with athletics coach Ake Hosea-Winterflood learning new ways of delivering fun athletics activities […]
Avatiu play Titikaveka
Thursday 13 September 2012 | Published in Regional
The Avatiu Football Club will be travelling to Titikaveka to contest today’s football matches scheduled to start at 4.15pm in the under 14 boys division followed by the senior women at 5pm. In the CIPS Image & Copy Centre women’s championship, Titikaveka is leading the round cup competition after three games. With a win and […]
Tok and Lux make a mark
Thursday 13 September 2012 | Published in Regional
Only one New Zealand Parliamentarian joined the local oldies in their rugby game at the Avatiu swamp last Friday. Leading by example, president Tok scored the first try after some quick passes allowing him to burst through a gap before side-stepping the last defence. Nga Takaiti’s team attacked in a similar manner, but handling errors […]
Big turnout for record-breaker day
Thursday 13 September 2012 | Published in Regional
Records fell at the best ever attended Tereora College athletics day yesterday. It was a festive atmosphere despite the competition as Tereora College students dressed up and cheered each other on. House pride was on the line as students ran, jumped and threw their way to earning points for their respective houses. Without a doubt […]
First place up for grabs
Wednesday 12 September 2012 | Published in Regional
A top-of-the-table clash as well as other battles full of intrigue and skill highlight round four of the SAVA Under 17 men’s football competition. Arguably the match of the round will be the battle between Tupapa Maraerenga and Matavera to be held at the school grounds. With both teams level on points at the top […]
Records expected to fall at athletics
Wednesday 12 September 2012 | Published in Regional
All eyes will be on current and future track and field Olympians today as Tereora College students hit the BCI Stadium for the annual inter house competition. With Olympians and college students Patricia Taea and Patrick Tuara still glowing from their London Olympic experience, along with some hard training done by fellow talented students, records […]
Meet and greet for 3 age groups
Wednesday 12 September 2012 | Published in Regional
Organising training days is the next step for newly selected netball players in the under 13, under 15 and under 17 national netball squads. A meeting of all selected players has been called for this evening at the Telecom Sports Arena to arrange training times. Parents are encouraged to be part of the meeting as […]
Sensational win by Hot Chicks
Tuesday 11 September 2012 | Published in Regional
It’s no surprise that the two most well prepared women’s cricket teams dominated proceedings in Saturday’s Edgewater women’s competition. While Avana had the bye the Arorangi Red Hot Chicks were sensational as the well drilled women’s team racked up 195 runs against Turangi. Opening pair Diana Tamaiva and Marguerite Dean proved they will be a […]
Panthers beat Dragons to finals
Monday 10 September 2012 | Published in Regional
The Tupapa Panthers have secured the first grand finals position after fighting off the Ngatangiia Dragons 27-21 at the weekend at Nukupure Park. At the BCI Stadium the Avatiu Eels scraped in with a one point 12-11 win to secure one last chance to make it to the grand finals and effectively end the Cowboys […]
Half marathon starts early today
Saturday 8 September 2012 | Published in Regional
Local athletes preparing for the annual Round Rarotonga Road Race scheduled for September 22 will be able to gauge how their training is going through today’s half marathon run. The 21km half marathon race will be held from the Tikioki triathlon site and all racers are encouraged to be at the site by 6.30am for […]
V1 for women
Saturday 8 September 2012 | Published in Regional
A training programme has started for women oe vaka paddlers wanting to master rudderless V1 single canoes. Led by passionate paddler and Ngakau Toa Vaka Club president Vaea Melvin – the workshop is into week three of a six-week programme and the number of women taking part is steadily growing with more room for beginner […]
Terina Keenan appeals for support
Saturday 8 September 2012 | Published in Regional
Talented Cook Islands athlete Terina Keenan needs your support to make her dreams a reality. In particular, the New Zealand based rising discus athlete needs your vote to win a scholarship that will her make her dreams of competing at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the 2016 Olympics a reality. The 21-year-old from the Titikaveka […]
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