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Kitesurfers celebrated in Aituaki
Monday 2 July 2012 | Published in Regional
It was a festive Friday on the Arutanga wharf, as Aitutaki celebrated kitesurfers both visiting and local. A night market and prize-giving ceremony marked the end of a week of kiting, kite-crafting and cultural immersion for a handful of visiting kitesurfers, who hailed from as far away as Thailand and the Philippines. This was the […]
High excitement for Michigan Shootout
Saturday 30 June 2012 | Published in Regional
Excitement has been building all week ahead of the 18th Michigan Motors Shootout at the Rarotonga Golf Club today. This was plainly evident at the Calcutta on Thursday night where record prices were bid for players. Easily eclipsing bids for individual players from previous years was the price members were willing to pay for national […]
Clash of the reds in Happy Valley
Saturday 30 June 2012 | Published in Regional
The Takuvaine field in Happy Valley will be painted red today when the Takuvaine Reds host the Arorangi Cowboys from the Wild West who also traditionally wear red uniforms for rugby battles. The senior A matchup between the two clubs is this week’s main match and it will be a game that the Reds use […]
Lots of laughs
Saturday 30 June 2012 | Published in Regional
Rarotonga primary school students have been having barrels of fun with the ANZ tennis in schools programme delivered by national coach Malcolm Kajer. As some schools on the island don’t have tennis courts – Kajer has had to get creative to give kids the opportunity to try out tennis. He’s used motorbikes, soccer goals and […]
Manureva judging more technical
Friday 29 June 2012 | Published in Regional
Local and international kitesurfers are anxiously awaiting tonight’s prizegiving ceremony at the Arutanga wharf in Aitutaki. They gave it their all in freestyle and course racing competitions off Aitutaki’s motu Maina Iti on Thursday, and adapted smoothly to a new contest format. Last year, Manureva was still new. Judges were looking for ”the wow factor“ […]
Under 16 sides open club rugby today
Friday 29 June 2012 | Published in Regional
The Panthers and Bulls lock horns today when the under 16 grade from the two clubs meet at Victoria Park at 4.15pm. After their big win last week against the Takuvaine Reds – the Panthers will head into today’s game brimming with confidence and making the most of their returning players. The players to watch […]
Slow but steady
Friday 29 June 2012 | Published in Regional
Golden oldies rugby got off to a slow start on Friday at the Nikao field but things are sure to pick up today when the golden oldies game kicks off at the papaa time of 5pm at the Avatiu field. Last week’s game started as a seven-a-side affair for a while as stragglers arrived to […]
Win over PNG
Friday 29 June 2012 | Published in Regional
The Cook Islands national netball team looked to redeem themselves last night in their final match at the Pacific Netball series against Fiji in front of their home crowd. The national team faced a spirited Papua New Guinea team on Wednesday night and won the match 62-56. However, Fiji commentators have called the win by […]
New headquarters for CISNOC
Friday 29 June 2012 | Published in Regional
The spirit of giving and cooperation came to the fore yesterday when the old teachers college in Nikao became the new home of Cook Islands sports. The lease on the land and building in Tepuka behind the new Ministry of Education building was signed yesterday between the Cook Islands Government Properties Corporation, Cook Islands Sports […]
Tour directors spellbound by Aitutaki
Thursday 28 June 2012 | Published in Regional
As co-founder of the Kite Tour Asia (KTA) – in terms of rider participation the biggest kite tour in the world – Willy Kerr spends his year travelling in search of wind and waves. Now based in Thailand, he covers most of the Asian continent judging kite competitions in places like China, the Philippines, Vietnam […]
Samoa take game away
Thursday 28 June 2012 | Published in Regional
The Samoa national netball squad proved too tough for the Cook Islands team who went down 49-40 in their first game of the Pacific Netball Series in Fiji on Tuesday night. Both sides took some time to settle down and had their fair share of errors. The game was tit-for-tat in the early parts of […]
New category
Thursday 28 June 2012 | Published in Regional
For the first time, Manureva was a double-pronged competition, encompassing both freestyle and course racing heats. Last year riders competed in freestyle heats only, but yesterday they chased each other around Maina Iti. A series of inflatable yellow buoys marked the race course, which wrapped around the motu and required extensive tacking and jybing to […]
Motu Maina Iti a kiter's dream
Thursday 28 June 2012 | Published in Regional
Kites flying, music pumping, sun shining, breeze blowing – Motu Maina Iti was the stuff of every kitesurfer’s dreams yesterday. Riders would have welcomed some heavier winds – yesterday was too light to even put the ramp in the water – but they were more than content to tear up Aitutaki lagoon for a crowd […]
Ina, Pauro going for local top spot
Thursday 28 June 2012 | Published in Regional
The locals’ division of the Manureva kitesurfing competition seems to have boiled down to two competitors – last year’s local division winner Pauro Arnold and local kitesurf instructor Troy ‘Ina’ Nooroa. Judges have yet to announce this year’s winners, but Arnold and Nooroa were the last two locals standing after the morning’s freestyle heats. Nooroa […]
Women's sevens squad trialling for Oceania
Wednesday 27 June 2012 | Published in Regional
Twelve dedicated local based players have been hard at training and this week the ladies have been working their way through a series of fitness tests under national women’s rugby coach Vaivase Samania. The team will prepare for the Oceania Women’s Sevens Championships to be hosted by Fiji on August 3 and 4. The event, […]
2 sprinters on track
Wednesday 27 June 2012 | Published in Regional
Cook Islands sprinters Patricia Taea and Patrick Tuara are in Australia for the Oceania Athletics Championships – their final preparation event before the London Olympics starting on July 27. The Rarotonga based sprinters are joined at the championships by young up and coming sprinter Alex Beddoes who is based in New Zealand for school. Tuara […]
Ngakau Toa lead mixed crews
Wednesday 27 June 2012 | Published in Regional
Ngakau Toa Vaka are currently leading the points in the local oe vaka mixed V6 competition but it’s still early days so Te Tupu O Te Manava and the Live Free club have plenty of time to show their true colours. Currently oe vaka races are being run on Wednesday afternoons over 6km and Saturdays […]
Ramping up for kite comp
Tuesday 26 June 2012 | Published in Regional
The international kitesurfing competition is on tomorrow. Organisers have been reluctant to pin down a date but the way the wind forecast is shaping up, Wednesday is looking like the launch. This week riders have been building a ramp out of wood and plastic piping, designed by race director and head judge Stephan Hertig of […]
Sevens hopefuls called to training
Tuesday 26 June 2012 | Published in Regional
Local club rugby players who feel they have what it takes to represent the country in rugby sevens are invited to training this Wednesday. Rarotonga based assistant coach Vaivase Samania is calling all players to training at the BCI Stadium in Nikao this Wednesday starting at 5.30pm. The training and trials is open to anyone […]
Kiters gear up for comp
Monday 25 June 2012 | Published in Regional
It’s time for the Cook Islands Kitesurfing Competition. Professional riders from the Kite Asia Tour, local competitors and big-time circuit judges leave this weekend for Aitutaki, where they will stay for the duration of next week. Last year’s local champion Pauro Arnold is joining them. Kiters are this weekend praying to the wind gods, and […]
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