Regional
Tatira sails hard to 15th
Tuesday 17 January 2012 | Published in Regional
Aitutaki sailor Aquila Tatira has finished fifteenth at the recent Australian National Youth Radial class in his first season in the class. After progressing to the Youth Radial Class this year, and newly out of the 4.7 Laser class Tatira handled his first two regattas in the class really well against top competitors from New […]
Tennis star looking to play overseas
Tuesday 17 January 2012 | Published in Regional
To improve in sports, especially if you live in the islands, travelling overseas for regular competition is just one way of lifting your game. Thats exactly what top local tennis player Lilian Maui knows she needs to do if she is to lift the standard of her game and live her dream of turning her […]
Sailors teaching the world a thing or two
Tuesday 17 January 2012 | Published in Regional
The Cook Islands Optimists sailing team are on their way home from the Opti Worlds in Napier where they proved themselves to be outstanding ambassadors for the Cook Islands. The team competed against some of the worlds top under 15 optimist sailors. The Cook Islands Optimist crew was made up of Eseta Ailaouamaua (Rarotonga Sailing […]
Titans triumph over Muri
Monday 16 January 2012 | Published in Regional
The Titikaveka Titans cricket team took out the weekends Computer Man top four grand final in what was a fairy tale season for the newly revived club. In just their second season back in the cricket competition after 10 years of absence the club has gone from winner of the bottom six to the champion […]
Trials underway for U17 Womens football
Monday 16 January 2012 | Published in Regional
About thirty six talented young footballers here on Rarotonga, New Zealand and the outer islands will face some nervous moments over the coming months as they attempt to force their way into the Cook Islands Under 17 Womens national squad for the FIFA World Cup qualifying tournament set to take place in Auckland, New Zealand. […]
Head over heels!
Saturday 14 January 2012 | Published in Regional
Zumba lover and instructor Nana Hirata is head over heels about the fitness craze that has taken the island by storm over the past year or so. Hirata and fellow instructors want more people to feel as energetic as they are and as the sign board reads all are welcome to the Zumba classes at […]
Ban the biff!
Saturday 14 January 2012 | Published in Regional
Stamping out violence in the game has been identified as a top priority for Cook Islands Rugby League this season and the organisation is making its campaign all encompassing, with bad-behaving juniors, premiers, masters and spectators in their sights. CIRL president Charles Carlson said the organisation had met early this week to discuss and amend […]
Sharks back and biting!
Saturday 14 January 2012 | Published in Regional
Aitutakis rugby league community is putting out an early warning to its Rarotongan counterparts the Sharks are back with more bite this year. Early fundraising, a summers worth of game time and fledging development programme at the island will all combine to make the Sharks meaner, more focused and better prepared for season 2012, according […]
Fishing story grows
Friday 13 January 2012 | Published in Regional
Its common knowledge that fish tales get better over time and this weeks Cook Islands News story on the first marlin of the season is no different. Marlin Queen Charters operated by Junior Ioaba reported that they had caught what they believed to be the first two marlins of the year. As soon at the […]
Teenage scholars thrilled
Friday 13 January 2012 | Published in Regional
An exciting year of rugby and schooling is in store for 16-year-old Jag Love of Arorangi and 17-year-old Daniel Mato of Ngatangiia who were named as the successful scholarship students to Rangiora High School just out of Christchurch. The pair had grins from ear to ear when they found out that they were the two […]
Zac Guildford says he's learned his lesson
Friday 13 January 2012 | Published in Regional
All Blacks wing Zac Guildford says he has learnt his lesson after hitting rock bottom in the Cook Islands and does not want to repeat the same mistakes again. In a press conference in New Zealand, Guildford said he understood he would most likely loose his New Zealand Rugby Union contract if he ever behaved […]
Battle of the Tornados and Titans
Friday 13 January 2012 | Published in Regional
The Arorangi Bears rugby league club is all fired up for the 2012 season after a bone crunching State of Origin battle at Raemaru Park. In its third year the State of Origin rugby league clash was originally organised to give Arorangi youth something to focus on during the Christmas and New Year break. At […]
New year of tennis starts for juniors
Thursday 12 January 2012 | Published in Regional
The 2012 tennis season will roll out on Monday, January 16, with the start of the ANZ school holiday programme. Tennis coach Malcolm Kajer is ready to recruit new players and continue developing the skills of children who have regularly taken part in tennis programmes through what was a big year of tennis in 2011. […]
Lulia playing for Bradford Bulls
Thursday 12 January 2012 | Published in Regional
Cook Islands national rugby league star Keith Lulia has begun his new two-year contract with the Bradford Bulls club in West Yorkshire, England. The 24-year-old Australian born and raised Cook Islander was in the Cook Islands national league squad at the 2008 Rugby League World Cup and was last included in the squad in 2010. […]
Marlin Queen pulls them in!
Thursday 12 January 2012 | Published in Regional
Local fishing charter Marlin Queen and her crew have started the 2012 fishing season in style reeling in what they believe is the first two marlins of the season. On Wednesday, January 4, the charter hooked a whopping 91kg blue marlin not far from the Avatiu harbour. It took Marlin Queen customer Simon just over […]
Guildford on sober road to recovery?
Thursday 12 January 2012 | Published in Regional
All Black Zac Guildford has had a booze-free Christmas break as part of his recovery from drinking problems that landed him in trouble in Rarotonga in November. The Crusaders winger is now back training with his teammates at the club after the festive period, TVNZ reports. Guildford said he had spent Christmas with family and […]
Eight iron athletes line up
Wednesday 11 January 2012 | Published in Regional
Last Saturday eight local triathletes lined up in the Port of Tauranga Half Ironman race. The race consists of a 2km swim, a 90km cycle and a 21km run. The event doubles as the New Zealand Long Distance National Championships and attracts most of New Zealands top triathletes including multiple New Zealand Ironman winners Cameron […]
10 sporting highlights of 2011
Wednesday 11 January 2012 | Published in Regional
2011 was another boom year of great events and successes for the sports-loving Cook Islands. Annual events such as the Vaka Eiva Festival, International Sevens in Heaven and the International Triathlon all ran without a hitch, alongside a number of new events that now join our busy national sporting calendar. Today chief reporter Matariki Wilson […]
Good effort by local athletes at NZ triathlon
Tuesday 10 January 2012 | Published in Regional
Cook Islands triathletes registered impressive results at the Port of Tauranga Half Ironman at the weekend. All six local athletes that tackled the gruelling 2km swim, 90km bike and 21.1km course finished the race and so did the athletes that competed in the teams event. Veteran racer and Cook Islands Triathlon Association president Geoff Stoddart […]
Rugby scholarships for 2 lucky boys
Tuesday 10 January 2012 | Published in Regional
The two scholarship students to attend Rangiora High School near Christchurch this year will be named tomorrow. Rangiora High School first 15 rugby squad manager and Cook Islander of Aitutaki descent Trevor Jones is on the island scouting for two local talents to attend the Canterbury high school and play rugby. He is joined by […]
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