Regional
Brown bolts
Thursday 16 August 2012 | Published in Regional
Golden Oldies rugby players will lace up for their next bruising encounter this Friday at the Nikao field. Last week, Mickey and Wills captained the two golden oldies rugby teams that played at Tupapa. Minister Brown, fresh from the Olympics with a standing start quicker than Usain Bolt, opened the scoring after a triple cut […]
Levi forges new boundaries
Thursday 16 August 2012 | Published in Regional
In just his first season with the One Tree Hill College first 15, Cook Islands teenager Levi McKinley-Sadaraka has gone from newbie to the team’s co-captain. The 17-year-old son of local businessman and Cook Islands Rugby Union president Chris McKinley and Lisa Sadaraka is a product of the Arorangi sports club enrolled into the school […]
Talent scouts look for more
Thursday 16 August 2012 | Published in Regional
Talented young Cook Islands rugby players in the South Island of New Zealand are becoming a force to be reckoned with on the rugby field and are being selected into various clubs across the Canterbury plains. Jag Love and Daniel Mato, who both received the first rugby scholarship to attend Rangiora High School just outside […]
NCI coach, CEO resign
Wednesday 15 August 2012 | Published in Regional
Following its first national prizegiving and in anticipation of trips to Wales and Scotland, Netball Cook Islands considers now an appropriate time to make some big changes. ”Firstly, Margaret Foster has felt a very distant coach and the lack of funds for joint team training has proved too difficult with the task she had,“ NCI […]
Parry gains Oceania cross-country experience
Wednesday 15 August 2012 | Published in Regional
Bryn Parry, the sole Cook Islands representative at the recent Oceania cross-country Champs in Hamilton, said the experience was ”challenging but enjoyable“. Resplendent in the Cook Islands colours of green, yellow and white, Parry gave it his all in the boggy underfoot conditions despite problems with blisters from wearing borrowed spikes. The race doubled as […]
Improving Bulls provide intrigue
Wednesday 15 August 2012 | Published in Regional
They last challenged for the right to play in the opening game of the season, but the Under 16 Titikaveka Bulls will be hoping the similarities end there when they play the Arorangi Cowboys in the final Powerade Challenge of the season. The Bulls had a rude awakening in the opening challenge with a 5-77 […]
Olympians welcomed home
Wednesday 15 August 2012 | Published in Regional
After 35 hours of flying and a stopover in New Zealand, four of the Cook Islands’ London Olympians were formally welcomed home yesterday. There was hardly any standing room at the arrivals section of Rarotonga Airport as people presented the four Olympians with eis, embraces and messages of encouragement. Having arrived on flight NZ46, the […]
Look to Rio
Wednesday 15 August 2012 | Published in Regional
Sports minister Mark Brown told athletes to set their eyes on the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in four years time after welcoming Team Cook Islands at Rarotonga Airport yesterday. Brown, who journeyed with the team to witness the London Olympics’ opening ceremony, said it was a ”special day“ to welcome the team home at the […]
CI rugby talent gears up
Tuesday 14 August 2012 | Published in Regional
Expect to see the Cook Islands flair in the upcoming New Zealand ITM Cup and Heartland rugby competition, which kicks off on August 23. New Zealand-based Cook Islands players are gearing up to represent their provincial clubs. Ex-All Black Rene Ranger will run out for the Northland ITM team while prop Alex Woonton is set […]
Welcome our heroes home
Tuesday 14 August 2012 | Published in Regional
Fans still wanting to catch a dose of the Olympic spirit are encouraged to welcome home members of Team Cook Islands from the London showcase when they arrive this afternoon. Flagbearers from the opening and closing ceremonies, sailor Helema Williams and weightlifter Luisa Peters respectively, will arrive home on flight NZ46 along with sprinters Patricia […]
Dragons continue to burn rivals
Tuesday 14 August 2012 | Published in Regional
The Ngatangiia-Matavera Dragons continue to dominate the CITC club rugby competition after giving the Avatiu Eels a lesson in consistency at the weekend to win the match up 11-8. The Dragons headed in to the match as the competition leaders ahead of the second placed Eels and proved why they head the table. With their […]
Encouraging efforts at T & F Champs augur well for future development
Tuesday 14 August 2012 | Published in Regional
Steve Plowman, a protg of world-renowned New Zealand coach Arthur Lydiard, and a veteran coach of elite runners in New Zealand, Europe and the USA, is currently residing in the Cook Islands and took the opportunity to run his eye over the local talent at the recent Cook Islands National Track and Field Championships. He […]
Dragons burn sluggish Eels
Monday 13 August 2012 | Published in Regional
The Ngatangiia-Matavera Dragons didn’t muck around at the Swamp on Saturday when they turned up pumped and ready to take on their hosts in the CITC main match of the week. The Dragons looked the better of the two sides from the very start in the low scoring affair and were deserved winners of the […]
Reuben's remarkable race
Monday 13 August 2012 | Published in Regional
PAPEETE – A remarkable race by oe vaka national champion Reuben Dearlove won him a coveted podium place among Tahiti’s elite paddlers at the 34km Super Aito open ocean race on Saturday. The 37-year-old Rarotonga athlete smashed his personal goal of making the top 50 in the race for Tahiti’s top 100 outrigger professionals. He […]
London Olympics winds down
Monday 13 August 2012 | Published in Regional
The glory and fanfare of the closing ceremony shone from London to the world as the countdown to the next Olympics in Brazil for four years’ time began. Spectators were treated to a feast of fun-themed pop music, including hits from Jessie J, George Michael, the Beatles and the Spice Girls, who especially reunited for […]
Olympians hailed as fine ambassadors
Monday 13 August 2012 | Published in Regional
Minister of Sport Mark Brown has hailed the successful participation of Cook Islands athletes at the London Olympics. The minister went to the London showcase as part of the requirements for each country and was proud of the way the athletes showcased the Cook Islands to the world. Brown said it was ”pleasing to see […]
Dance group wows French audiences
Monday 13 August 2012 | Published in Regional
The 37 members of the Cook Islands Te Korero Maori Cultural Performing Arts Group, under the leadership of Mr Vaitoti Tupa, have finally returned to the Cook Islands after a successful tour of Los Angeles, France and Las Vegas. The group accepted an invitation from the Association Nationale Cultures et Traditions of France to perform […]
Cooks' campaign over
Saturday 11 August 2012 | Published in Regional
Canoeist Josh Utanga has ended the Cook Islands’ Olympic team’s campaign with a last-place finish in his heat of the men’s K1 200 metres. Having got the experience of the Olympic Games out of the way with a poor showing in the K1 1000 metres earlier in the week, much was expected from Utanga in […]
Eels and Dragons promise a thriller
Saturday 11 August 2012 | Published in Regional
This week’s main CITC club rugby match of the week in the senior A division promises to be an intense affair between the Ngatangiia-Matavera Dragons and the Avatiu Eels. After round six, the Dragons lead the CITC senior A grade competition with 24 points, closely followed by the Eels in second place with 21 points. […]
Improvement for tennis players
Saturday 11 August 2012 | Published in Regional
The Pacific Oceania Junior Championship (POJC) tennis qualifier ended yesterday in Fiji with two of the five Cook Islands junior tennis representatives receiving an invitation to compete in the Oceania Closed Junior Championship (OCJC) tournament which commences on Monday in Fiji. Lillian Maui, the golden girl of Cook Islands tennis, competed in the under-18 division […]
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