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Badminton going strong
Thursday 16 February 2012 | Published in Regional
The newly revived sport of badminton is enjoying a strong following with around 60 people gathering at Princess Anne Hall for the weekly hit out. Monday evenings have been established as badminton night however due to the Princess Anne Hall at Avatea being double booked on Monday – this week the games were held on […]
Heath in line for Olympic team
Thursday 16 February 2012 | Published in Regional
Cook Islands national beach volleyball player Brendon Heath is currently in New Zealand where by chance he has been drawn in as New Zealand’s first reserve player for the team’s Olympic qualifying campaign this week. The two New Zealand teams going through the qualification process for the Olympics are Jason Lochhead and Sam O’dea, and […]
Rally call to 'masters' athletes
Thursday 16 February 2012 | Published in Regional
The Cook Islands will host the Oceania Masters Athletics Championships in 2015 and master athlete Paul Allsworth is encouraging ‘ageing’ athletes to never stop and to keep going. Allsworth was one of nine local athletes who attended the Oceania Masters Athletics Champs in New Zealand last week where he won two bronze medals in the […]
Masters win 10 Oceania medals
Wednesday 15 February 2012 | Published in Regional
Cook Islands masters athletes will make their way home this week with 10 medals won at the Oceania Masters Athletics in New Zealand last week. The nine-member Cooks team was one of the smallest at the week-long champs with the main teams coming from New Zealand, Australia and New Caledonia. Nevertheless the Cook Islands athletes […]
Mouthguard campaigner battles on
Wednesday 15 February 2012 | Published in Regional
It’s taken years of work and plenty of personal sacrifices, but sports therapist Janice Clook says her campaign to raise awareness on concussion and the need for mouth guards in rugby is catching on. Clook has been campaigning for years to improve knowledge of concussions and their long- and short-term effects on rugby players. Although […]
Big hits and fury in 20/20
Wednesday 15 February 2012 | Published in Regional
More big hits and action packed Twenty-20 cricket drew another vocal crowd to the BCI Stadium on Friday to see the Turtles Domestic League antics unfold under lights. The Ngatangiia-Matavera eastern studs were up for a big night drawing the double header where they needed to secure at least one win from their two games […]
Special CISNOC meeting postponed
Wednesday 15 February 2012 | Published in Regional
The contentious CISNOC special general meeting has been postponed to February 29. Originally planned for this afternoon, CISNOC management says that ‘unforeseen circumstances’ have forced it to re-schedule the meeting. Due to the postponement, Parliament could table CISNOC’s budget submission before the sports body has a chance to meet again. Parliament opens on Monday, February […]
Skids and slides make for tricky play
Tuesday 14 February 2012 | Published in Regional
Newly polished floors at the Telecom Sports Arena made for a tricky time for volleyball players who skidded their way through round three of the Turtles Business House volleyball tournament. Team BCI recorded the highest score of the night smashing their way to 107 against the Aremango Sharks who registered 62 points. The tightest match […]
Nemo back
Tuesday 14 February 2012 | Published in Regional
The very popular ‘Nemo squad’ programme for pre-sailors will start back up on February 18. The programme is run every fortnight at the Rarotonga Sailing Club in Muri where kids too young to sail enjoy adventures and fun games in the sun. Kids under six get to experience sailing with experienced skippers, take part in […]
Bears survive fiery feud
Monday 13 February 2012 | Published in Regional
The Arorangi Bears, Tupapa Panthers and Avatiu Eels were the winning premier grade rugby league teams at the weekend in what were three evenly matched encounters. At Raemaru Park tempers flew as hosts Arorangi Bears were made to work hard clipping the wings of the feisty Sea Eagles to win the physical match 18-8. Both […]
CI Games date set
Monday 13 February 2012 | Published in Regional
The Cook Islands Games will be staged this year at the same time as the annual Te Maeva Nui Constitution celebrations, in order to net in all the outer islanders on Rarotonga for the festivities. CISNOC sports manager Robert Graham says that plans for the games are still being firmed up, however what is confirmed […]
Open water swimming series resumes today
Monday 13 February 2012 | Published in Regional
The first swimming event to re-start the open water series will be held at Tikioki today starting at 5.15pm. The swim series for serious swimmers will be part of the build up to the New Zealand Ocean Swim Series next month. However, today’s re-commencement of the swim series is not for serious swimmers only but […]
Badminton starts weekly competition on Mondays
Monday 13 February 2012 | Published in Regional
Monday nights have been confirmed as the regular evening for badminton meets and games. At the first meeting to discuss forming a badminton association on Friday, it was decided that due to the popularity of the sport among locals, especially male youths, a regular weekly meet would be the best way forward for the sport. […]
Wounded Bears hunting Sea Eagles
Saturday 11 February 2012 | Published in Regional
A wounded Bear is a dangerous one – and no doubt something the Ngatangiia-Matavera Sea Eagles are aware of as they head to Raemaru Park to take on the Arorangi Bears in round two of the league competition. In the first week of the 2012 season the Sea Eagles tied 24-all against the Panthers in […]
Swim series continues
Saturday 11 February 2012 | Published in Regional
The open water series for local swimmers strokes back into action on Monday as part of the build up to the New Zealand Ocean Swim Series. Cook Islands Aquatics Federation president Romani Katoa says the event was meant to start last weekend however due to the heavy rain and rough seas experienced, the start of […]
Aitutaki volleys for Easter 4X4
Saturday 11 February 2012 | Published in Regional
Preparations have begun for the biggest sporting event on Aitutaki’s calendar and people from Rarotonga are being egged on to join the fun this year. Volleyball nets have sprung up across the island this week, ready for the start of competition games between the villages. It’s all being done – apart from having a bit […]
Bulldogs and Panthers open up round 2
Friday 10 February 2012 | Published in Regional
The Titikaveka Bulldogs and Tupapa Panthers will open up round two of the 2012 rugby league season today with two games scheduled for this afternoon at the Titikaveka field. At 4pm the Bulldogs under 16 team will rumble with their Panthers counterpart before the reserve grade take to the field. Remaining grade games between these […]
Aitutaki Sharks 'shattered'
Friday 10 February 2012 | Published in Regional
Aitutaki Sharks coach Junior Tamati says his team was “shattered” to learn this week that they were being pushed out of the 2012 rugby league season and he expected the island as a whole would feel much the same way. Tamati said the island’s sole rugby league team had brought a whole new attitude to […]
Good results at Sail Auckland Regatta
Friday 10 February 2012 | Published in Regional
Cook Islands sailors Helema Williams, Taua Elisa, Aquila Tatira and Teau McKenzie have posted impressive results after the Sail Auckland Regatta in New Zealand. The sailors now look forward to the next leg of the Olympic qualifier series to be held in Germany at the end of April. Racing in shifty conditions over the regatta […]
Masters play up
Friday 10 February 2012 | Published in Regional
The rugby league masters season got off to a good start with about 40 players turning up for their first game at the Swamp last Friday. The middleman Simi ‘Harrigan’ Teiotu took control of the game right from the start with a couple of players requiring time out to cool off while one player in […]
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