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U13 Eels remain unbeaten

Monday 24 September 2012 | Published in Regional

In torrential rain the Avatiu Eels under 13 dominated the Arorangi Cowboys to comprehensively win the Avarua Bakery under 13 rugby grade grand final 50-19. But the Cowboys were no easy beats for the Eels as the boys from the wild west played the right tactics with a good kick and chase game and keeping […]

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Second half resurgence by U19 Cowboys

Monday 24 September 2012 | Published in Regional

On a soggy BCI Stadium field the Arorangi Cowboys under 19 squad showed their strength and skills to defeat a ‘never say die’ Titikaveka Bulls 19-3 and take out the championship title in the grade for 2012. The Bulls managed to contain the Cowboys in the first half with their tough brand of rugby and […]

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Battle of the brothers hard to call

Saturday 22 September 2012 | Published in Regional

It’s grand final time today at the BCI Stadium where 2011 senior A grade defending champion the Tupapa Panthers will square off against old rivals the Avatiu Eels. The top two teams have met twice this season and have won a game each so today’s final will decide the champions for this year. In their […]

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Fun start to RRRR

Saturday 22 September 2012 | Published in Regional

Bright pinks, highlighter greens and a toilet seat-shaped hat were all part of the opening race of the Round Raro Road Race (RRRR) festival on Thursday. The small reserve across the road from the Banana Court was transformed into a sea of speckled greens, pinks, blues, yellows and other loud colours as the light-hearted nature […]

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Women's rugby final today

Friday 21 September 2012 | Published in Regional

Before the big boys take to the field this weekend for the 2012 CITC club rugby grand finals – the spotlight will be squarely on the vaine toa rugby players. Today the Vaka Te Au O Tonga women’s rugby 10s team will face Takitumu in what should be a hotly contested match at the BCI […]

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Mum disputes placing

Friday 21 September 2012 | Published in Regional

In front of a huge crowd at the BCI Stadium for the Prince of Wales primary school athletics day on Wednesday, eight-year-old Avatea speedster Romatt Wichman-Rairoa blitzed his 75m heats and grand finals race but was declared second by the official on the finish line. This sent his mother Mere Wichman-Rairoa into a frenzy of […]

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U16 football squad in Gold Coast tournament

Friday 21 September 2012 | Published in Regional

An under 16 Cook Islands development football squad travelled to Australia this week for the 2012 Gold Coast Champions Cup. The Cook Islands Football Association will spend a week at the event and is expected to gain greatly from the experience. Head coach Tuka Tisam and assistant coach Paul Luiz Van Eijk have been preparing […]

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Still raving over Prince of Wales 2012

Friday 21 September 2012 | Published in Regional

Parents are still raving about the wonderfully organised and run Prince of Wales inter primary school athletics competition hosted by Arorangi School on Wednesday. The BCI Stadium in Nikao was packed with proud parents and caregivers to cheer and watch their mini track and field athletes perform. While all ran their hearts and feet off […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Bulls take on Cowboys

Thursday 20 September 2012 | Published in Regional

Arorangi Cowboys and Titikaveka Bulls will go head to head in the Polynesian Rental Cars under 19 rugby grade grand final on Saturday. The top two teams have met each other twice this season in the round competition with the Cowboys winning both matches 15-5 and 19-5. Last weekend the Bulls were the surprise winners […]

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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. […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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