Regional
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 […]
Just Play underway
Tuesday 15 November 2011 | Published in Regional
The second phase of the Just Play soccer development programme is underway in schools, with the newly trained facilitators eager to deliver it. Children not only have the opportunity to play in their schools but also within their communities, as church groups and village clubs joined the Just Play course recently to help provide a […]
Bowls for primary kids
Tuesday 15 November 2011 | Published in Regional
Four primary school lawn bowling teams took to the green on November 5 for the inter-school lawn bowls tournament. Avarua School, two St Josephs teams and Apii Te Uki Ou lined up on the green for the exciting tournament which included games in singles, pairs, triples and fours format. Avarua school cleaned up in the […]
New coach leads Cooks footballers
Monday 14 November 2011 | Published in Regional
Former All Whites midfielder Shane Rufer, brother of OFC Player of the Century Wynton, has taken charge of the Cook Islands national football team and will lead the country through its qualifying campaign for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The 51-year-old arrived in Rarotonga last month to assume the role and replaces previous head coach, […]
Titikaveka fight back to a 2-all draw
Monday 14 November 2011 | Published in Regional
In the Lotto Premier mens football match played at the Titikaveka field, hosts Titikaveka drew against Avatiu with two goals apiece. In the first half of the match Avatiu capitalised on a penalty kick to put their first goal on the score sheet and with 10 minutes of play remaining before the half time whistle, […]
Athletes improve in performances
Monday 14 November 2011 | Published in Regional
A small but enthusiastic group of masters athletes ran, jumped and threw their way to improved performances at the BCI Stadium last Wednesday. The group joined secondary schools athletes for the fortnightly athletics meet to polish up their skills ahead of the Oceania Masters Championships to be held in early February in Tauranga, New Zealand. […]
Titikaveka host Avatiu
Saturday 12 November 2011 | Published in Regional
The latest chapter in the 2011 Rarotonga Football round cup competition will see the Titikaveka Football Club host counterparts Avatiu today out at the Titikaveka field. The last time these two teams met Titikaveka defeated Avatiu in a close encounter by two goals to one in the Lotto Premier Mens championship. With the Titikaveka Premier […]
Juniors train for NZ
Saturday 12 November 2011 | Published in Regional
Nine and ten-year-old tennis players will return to the National Tennis Centre in Nikao today for week two of the new ANZ Stars competition. The majority of the kids in todays tournament are preparing for the New Zealand Christmas tour to Hamilton and Gisborne. Tennis coach Malcolm Kajer says that the 17 junior tennis players […]
Titikaveka takes lead
Saturday 12 November 2011 | Published in Regional
The Edgewater mid week super 8s womens cricket tournament served up some exciting matches on Wednesday in humid conditions. Titikaveka travelled to the Valley looking to take top spot in the championship. Batting first, Titikaveka started slowly with some very tight bowling from the Takuvaine pace attack with Luciana Matenga holding the innings together with […]
All or nothing
Saturday 12 November 2011 | Published in Regional
Two crucial matches this weekend set the stage for a bumper round four of cricketing action in the Edgewater Saturday premier womens competition. Neighbours Avana and Turangi will set the Oval alight today with both teams determined to leave everything on the pitch. Avanas upset win over Matavera last week will see them beaming and […]
Kids jump into swim lessons
Saturday 12 November 2011 | Published in Regional
Cold sea water did little to curb the enthusiasm of some 20 kids who took part in Wednesdays first ANZ Tamariki Sports Programme swim lessons with coach Ake Hosea-Winterflood. While most of the kids were part of last seasons swimming lessons and were more than confident to leap into the cold water and splash around […]
Overseas paddlers starting to arrive
Saturday 12 November 2011 | Published in Regional
In less than a week, 600 international paddlers and supporters will converge on Rarotonga for the biggest event on the annual sporting calendar the 2011 Vaka Eiva Festival. The paddling party starts on Friday November 18 with the vaka blessing ceremony. In fact, the first international paddlers have already touched down on the rock and […]
We got it better than right
Saturday 12 November 2011 | Published in Regional
The whirlwind of the Rugby World Cup has passed, and chief executive Martin Snedden is enjoying the calm after the storm on rainy Rarotonga. He sat down with CINews yesterday at Edgewater Resort to talk about the World Cup, the Cook Islands drums at its opening ceremony, and the All Blacks one-point win. Snedden says […]
Creeps sweep round robin
Friday 11 November 2011 | Published in Regional
The Muri Creeps cricketers are the Raro Computer Man mens round robin competition champions this week after victory in their match against the Arorangi Red Backs. After winning a tight match against the Titans in the morning the Red Backs travelled to Muri in the afternoon to play what had effectively become the round robin […]
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