Regional
Its going to be tight
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Regional
Strong wind warnings, high-calibre paddlers and the promise of more fun than ever are on the cards for the eighth annual Vaka Eiva. Six hundred international and local paddlers are ready for a full-on week of action on and off the water. The Aussies arrive this weekend with the countrys top paddlers in tow and […]
Times to beat
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Regional
Women V6 Pacific Paddle Round Raro Relay Race 36km 2010 1st HI Big Island Girls 3:08:05, 2nd NZ Paddle NZ 3:08:12, 3rd NZ Makana Alii 3:11:33 2009 1st HI Big Islands Girls 3:07:32, 2nd NZ Waitakere Oiwi 3:11:03, 3rd NZ Manawa Kaha 3:13:35 2008 1st Th RuaHine Tahiti 2:51:54 (course record), 2nd NZ Aotearoa Oiwi […]
Carvers and engravers make trophies
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Regional
Island Craft is churning out more than 800 pearl-shell pendants and engraved trophies for this years Vaka Eiva festival. The pendant design is a bit different this year upward-facing triangles for women competitors and downward-facing for men. Director and womens national squad coach Fletcher Melvin, whose company is making the trophies, says that in past […]
Aussies going for gold
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Regional
Australia is bringing its best this year. Joining the Crown Beach Kings are the Crown Beach Belles and like their male counterparts, they plan to raise the bar. Comprising the Crown Beach Kings are some of Australias best paddlers Todd Cohen, Travis Grant and Greg Long. The father-son duo Gold Coast chief lifeguard Chris Maynard […]
TKV2 and Ruks top scorers
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Regional
Volleyball teams TKV2 and Ruks maintain their top of the table positions after strong wins at Wednesday nights fifth round of the BCI social mixed volleyball competition. TKV2 faced an amped up Aremango Sharks team who after registering their first win last week were on the hunt for their second. But try as they might […]
Horouta bears gifts from Gisborne
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Regional
Paddlers from Horouta Waka Ama in Gisborne, New Zealand will, arrive for the Vaka Eiva festival laden with equipment for a local school. Vaka Eiva has been referred to as the most fun event on the paddling planet, attracting 900 international paddlers for the week-long festival, said Horouta manager Raewyn Chaffey. This year festival organisers […]
Crafts and island kai at trade days
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Regional
Crafts and cooks from the southern islands will be out to tempt paddlers with their goods and foods this coming week in Rarotonga. Special trade days organised to coincide with Vaka Eiva will focus on the pa enua, with people from Mauke, Mitiaro, Aitutaki, Mangaia and Atiu set to send over their products for the […]
Secondary schools event squad named
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Regional
Four teenagers have been named to represent the country at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Athletics Championships in Wellington on December 10 and 11. The team was selected after months of trials and training at the BCI Stadium to represent the country at the athletics meet an event Athletics Cook Islands has attended since the […]
Paddle pendants change each year
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Regional
The iconic paddle pendant is becoming so popular that each year ahead of Vaka Eiva, local jewellers get requests from overseas paddlers for updated versions of it. Originally Moana Gems planned to run its paddle pendant promotion for five years only, but manager Jacqueline Tuara says the paddles are so popular shes reconsidering. The first […]
TUROU! ORO MAI! AERE MAI!
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Regional
A well-known painting from the 1830s of Pa Te Pou Ariki, chief of the Vaka Takitumu of Rarotonga, is a favourite of mine one of the reasons being, that he holds his weapon (a spear) in one hand and a fan in the other. The significance of which is, if he extended his weapon to […]
Orphans unite
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Regional
The United Nations crew has never trained together they havent even met. Theyve been matched up by event organiser Victoria Dearlove, who joked she felt like a dating agency coordinating the transcontinental crew. The crew comprises three Canadians, two paddlers from Samoa and two Kiwis. They were orphaned by their home crews, paddler Mike Sullivan […]
Welcome!
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Regional
Kia orana and welcome to all the paddlers and supporters who have arrived on Rarotonga. The Vaka Eiva festival is now into its 8th year and we have seen it evolve from its ambitious beginnings in 2004 with 200 paddlers to over 800 last year. One thing that hasnt changed has been the high level […]
New tri season
Thursday 17 November 2011 | Published in Regional
The Cook Islands triathlon season officially rolls into action today with a duathlon in Panama. Todays duathlon will start at 5.15pm from the new venue in Panama opposite Motor Centre. The course distance this week will be a short 2km run, 8km cycle and 1km run to start the season off. All cyclists must wear […]
Schools rewarded for trying their best
Wednesday 16 November 2011 | Published in Regional
When it comes to sport, children are often told that trying your best is the most important thing winning is just a bonus. So when the Cook Islands government was challenged to live up to those standards and provide prizes to all the schools that participated in the Prince of Wales inter-primary school athletics shield, […]
More volleyball on at Telecom arena
Wednesday 16 November 2011 | Published in Regional
The Aremango Sharks volleyball team found their groove last week to win their first game of the BCI mixed social volleyball league. The team defeated the BCI Real Steels in a tight contest with the Sharks edging out the Steels 83-79. The Sharks will face Pool A leaders team TKV2 tonight and will no doubt […]
Payne represents Cooks in Singapore
Wednesday 16 November 2011 | Published in Regional
Last weekend Tepaia Payne represented the Cook Islands at the 5th FINA short course World Series in Singapore on November 4 and 5. The two day event was attended by 128 swimmers from 53 nations and was the competition Ian Thorpe also attended for his comeback into the Olympics. Payne continues to improve under the […]
CISNOC executive still overseas
Wednesday 16 November 2011 | Published in Regional
Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee (CISNOC) secretary general Rosie Blake is still overseas, according to organisation staff. In the first days of November Blake travelled to Saint Kitts in the Caribbean to attend meetings for the hosting of 2018s Commonwealth Games. Subsequently, she missed a special general meeting of the organisation on November […]
Wet, wet, wet
Tuesday 15 November 2011 | Published in Regional
Torrential rain on Saturday kept most people indoors but a few hardy surfers and fishermen took to the reef and ocean. It was a case of if they were going to get wet they might as well have fun. At the Kiikii break a couple a visiting knee-boarders and a surfer joined local bodyboarders for […]
National football side named
Tuesday 15 November 2011 | Published in Regional
Former All Whites midfielder and Cook Islands National Football coach Shane Rufer has named the national football squad for the preliminary stage of the Oceania Football Confederation Nations Cup a tournament which takes place in Samoa from November 22 to 26 and doubles as the first stage of qualifying series for the FIFA World Cup. […]
Planets align for Airport Jets
Tuesday 15 November 2011 | Published in Regional
Week 8 of the Turtles Mixed Basketball Competition started with Moana Sands taking on www.cookislands.travel and what a super tight game. Both teams were evenly matched and hungry for points, going basket for basket from the first minute to the last. Star shooters Teumere Heather for CITravel and Ronaldo Parcon for Moana Sands were at […]
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