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Age grade rugby clash today
Friday 10 August 2012 | Published in Regional
Club rugby returns today with the Titikaveka Bulls and Tupapa Panthers under-16 grade clash at the Titikaveka field. Today’s game kicks off at 4.20pm and will be followed by the first game of the inter-vaka women’s rugby 10’s series. This match kicks off at 5.30pm between Vaka Takitumu and Vaka Te Au O Tonga. After […]
Brave effort by CI women's sevens team
Friday 10 August 2012 | Published in Regional
The Cook Islands women’s rugby sevens team put on a brave performance at the Oceania Women’s Sevens Championship in Fiji last week. The Cooks faced Fiji, New Zealand, Samoa and the Solomon Islands and despite their best efforts – the local girls were only able to topple the Solomon Islands. Against the Pacific queens of […]
Olympians return home Tuesday
Friday 10 August 2012 | Published in Regional
Cook Islanders wishing to celebrate the achievements of some of their London Olympians will have the chance to do so when the team arrives on Rarotonga on Tuesday afternoon. The group returns on flight NZ46 at 4.15pm and will be welcomed back to the island with a formal turou ceremony as well as a prayer […]
Cook Islands sailors look to future Olympics
Friday 10 August 2012 | Published in Regional
Following in the footsteps of 20-year-old Helema Williams from Manihiki, who recently competed at Weymouth in the women’s single-handed Laser Radial event, the youngsters at the Aitutaki Sailing Club practice every Saturday on an all year round weekly programme. Despite the hub-bub surrounding the Olympics, the youngsters are generally oblivious to their significant surroundings and […]
Utanga ends Cooks' Games tonight
Thursday 9 August 2012 | Published in Regional
Cook Islands canoeist Josh Utanga will have more than a quick time on his mind when he races in the first-ever men’s K1 200 metres tonight (CIT). The pride of a nation will be firmly in his sights as he looks to give the Cook Islands one final chance of making it past the heats […]
Support from rugby sevens specialist
Thursday 9 August 2012 | Published in Regional
New Zealand sevens coach Gordon Tietjens did not dismiss the idea of helping the Cook Islands Sevens side after his time with the Kiwi team ends. Tietjens, who arrived on Friday, gave a group of Caltex retail owners a ‘pep talk’ of sorts at a national conference held at the Rarotongan Hotel and Resort to […]
Boisterous weekend fishing competition
Thursday 9 August 2012 | Published in Regional
The Cook Islands Game Fishing Club held the first Cook Islands Open fishing competition over Saturday and Monday, in conjunction with a mamas and tamariki reef fishing competition on Saturday. Fishing conditions on Saturday were boisterous and far from ideal, with a high tide around midday. However, of the 18 boats that registered for the […]
Dragons win cup
Tuesday 7 August 2012 | Published in Regional
A last minute long distance try scored by the Ngatangiia/Matavera Dragons danger man Sailosi Nagi was enough for his team to lift up the CITC Constitution Sevens Cup. The team beat Aitutaki in the finals 15-14 on Friday evening at the BCI Stadium. Early in the game – Aitutaki shot out to a 14-0 point […]
Comp brings out talent
Tuesday 7 August 2012 | Published in Regional
Saturday’s town versus country rugby competition was a wonderful opportunity for clubs to showcase their age grade talents. The competition, part of Cook Islands Rugby Union’s work in developing pathways at home, was also a great opportunity to identify the next level of rugby talent. ”Some players may be ordinary in their clubs but when […]
PB for Peters, Utanga peters out
Tuesday 7 August 2012 | Published in Regional
The weekend’s action saw four Cook Islands athletes in action, and while none were able to progress there were some positives for most of the Olympians. Weightlfiter Luisa Peters held her own – and more – in an incredibly tough women’s 75-kilogram-and-over field on Sunday. The teenager successfully lifted 82 kilograms in the snatch before […]
Williams eyes up Rio
Tuesday 7 August 2012 | Published in Regional
Cook Islands Olympian Helema Williams could feel proud as she joined the spectators crowding on the grassy grandstand which is known as the Nothe in Weymouth for the medal decider in her event, the singlehanded Laser Radial. She also plans to be at the sprint canoeing event next Friday to support another Cook Islander, Joshua […]
Club rugby firing back up
Tuesday 7 August 2012 | Published in Regional
Club rugby returns to the field this weekend starting at 4.20pm this Friday. The Titikaveka Bulls and Tupapa Panthers under 16 grade will take to the Titikaveka field first at 4.20pm followed by the first of the women’s inter-–vaka 10-a-side games. This week’s women’s game will be between Takitumu and Vaka Te Au O Tonga. […]
Narrow miss
Saturday 4 August 2012 | Published in Regional
Cook Islands sprinter Patricia Taea has narrowly missed out on both a personal best and a spot in the heats of the 100 metres sprint after a brave effort at London’s iconic Mall venue. Despite a quick start the teenager couldn’t keep up the pace as she finished third with a time of 12.47 seconds, […]
Town vs country today
Saturday 4 August 2012 | Published in Regional
Town and country pride will be on the line today as the week of rugby celebration continues at the Avatiu field. This has been a busy and exciting week at all levels for rugby with the three-day kids holiday programme, CIPS under 15 college sevens tournament, and CITC constitution sevens tournament ending today with a […]
Chris McGeown farewelled in style
Saturday 4 August 2012 | Published in Regional
Cook Islands Cricket paid tribute to staunch cricket supporter and departing Edgewater Resort and Spa CEO Chris McGeown on Wednesday afternoon with a surprise benefit match. Sixteen of McGeown’s friends secretly assembled to surprise him with a fun eight-a-side match with a twist – as the Wale boys from Pukapuka substituted the English bats with […]
PB not enough
Friday 3 August 2012 | Published in Regional
Cook Islands swimmer Tepaia Payne’s Olympic campaign lasted a little over 25 seconds as the swimmer was knocked out in the heats of the 50 metres freestyle yesterday. Posting a time of 25.26 seconds, Payne finished in a tie for 41st in the field of 60 at London’s Aquatics Centre. The Cook Islands swimmer could […]
Helema drops, Brown swims
Thursday 2 August 2012 | Published in Regional
Cook Islands sailor Helema Williams has returned to the bottom of the women’s Laser Radial regatta despite a good finish in one of the six races completed so far. Williams was 16th after the first three marks in the second race of day three, the sixth race overall. But a change in wind direction, however, […]
Intensive rugby
Thursday 2 August 2012 | Published in Regional
Proper tackling techniques and loads of fun were all part of the two-day kids rugby programme which comes to an end with a Rippa rugby tournament this coming Saturday. IRB trainer Chad Tuoro is back on the island and helping out with rugby grassroots development. More than 100 boys and girls gathered at Tupapa field […]
Eight teams in Constitution 7s
Wednesday 1 August 2012 | Published in Regional
Club rugby will take a break this weekend as players strap on their boots for the annual Constitution Sevens tournament kicking off on Thursday and culminating in the finals on Friday. Eight teams have registered for this year’s tournament and they will be play in two pools of four teams. Each team will play three […]
Finding her feet
Wednesday 1 August 2012 | Published in Regional
In the tough conditions of the London 2012 sailing venue of Weymouth Bay, Helema Williams is beginning to find her Olympian sailing feet, even if her results so far in the singlehanded Laser Radial have yet to meet her ambitions. The 20-year-old from Manihiki is not quite in a team of one at the Portland-based […]
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