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Second swim
Tuesday 25 October 2011 | Published in Regional
The second swim of the Cook Islands Aquatic Federations open water series will be held this Thursday from Tikioki starting at 5.15pm. The two distances on offer will be over a 750m and 1500m course. Last weeks first meet and the next four weeks swim events is all part of the build up to the […]
Eels slide into top 4
Tuesday 25 October 2011 | Published in Regional
Last Saturdays Turangi and Avatiu Electric Eels cricket match was as competitive an affair as had been promised. Batting first Turangi managed 205 runs through opener Sepa Tangimetua (50) while 3 Eels bowlers collected 3 wickets a piece to restrict the Turangi batters. The Eels batting started strongly, however co-captain Hamish Weir pointed to John […]
Exciting action in Edgewater comp
Tuesday 25 October 2011 | Published in Regional
Picture perfect conditions on Saturday morning set the scene for round one of the Edgewater Saturday womens premier cricket championships. At the Turangi Oval, Matavera were looking to open their account against arch rivals Turangi. Batting first, Matavera looked to pile on the runs and were helped by some wayward bowling from the hosts. When […]
Fish hard to catch
Tuesday 25 October 2011 | Published in Regional
The CITC Liquor fishing competition was held last Saturday in excellent conditions. The strong winds experienced earlier in the week had died away and sea conditions for game fishing were excellent. Thirteen boats entered, but once again fish were elusive to catch with only 4 boats returning to the clubrooms with fish to weigh-in. Earlier […]
Bodies on line
Tuesday 25 October 2011 | Published in Regional
The BCI social mixed volleyball tournament got off to a great start last Wednesday night with more fun to be had by all in round 2 of games this Wednesday night. Team OKA registered the highest score of the evening with 95 points. OKA faced a determined Turtles Totoys team who managed to score 65 […]
7s sides bolstered by import players
Monday 24 October 2011 | Published in Regional
Momentum is building towards the annual Cook Islands International Sevens in Heaven in early November. Clubs are shuffling their players and bringing in import players early for better preparations leading up to the annual sevens tournament. At this stage the Dragons are looking to be building their team nicely as they are strengthened by the […]
Tupapa defeats Arorangi despite solid defence
Monday 24 October 2011 | Published in Regional
In the weekends major premier mens Lotto football match, Tupapa defeated a defensive Arorangi side by 3 goals to nil. Although Tupapa dominated possession for most of the first half they could not convert this into goals as the Arorangi defence was solid with Jack Sheik calling the shots at the back. However, early in […]
House 3 wins Tereora athletics day
Monday 24 October 2011 | Published in Regional
The BCI Stadium in Nikao was abuzz with activity on Friday as Tereora College students took the day off from classroom work to showcase their track and field talents on what was a humid and sweaty day. Once assembled in their team houses and three categories of junior, intermediate and senior athletes the students threw, […]
Rugby lovers mob the fan zone
Monday 24 October 2011 | Published in Regional
Rarotongas fan zone the popularly-titled Te Airangi Black Out was abuzz with rugby excitement on Saturday night. Organisers are hailing the night a resounding success with punters showing up in numbers so large security eventually had to close the site. Late-comers were left looking for an alternative venue for the game, but people who had […]
Fan zone set for final
Saturday 22 October 2011 | Published in Regional
Its been a scramble to get there, but the final preparations have been put in place to transform the National Auditorium into Rarotongan rugby heaven. The auditorium precinct will become the Cook Islands official fan zone for tonights Rugby World Cup grand final between France and New Zealand, and organisers have spent the week clambering […]
Come one, come all
Saturday 22 October 2011 | Published in Regional
In a robust democracy like the Cook Islands, it would be hard to ignore the popular opinion when it comes to naming tonights fan zone. Of the dozens of suggestions received at Cook Islands News, two took in received the large majority of the votes for our readers. One of the names made comment on […]
2 best photos!
Saturday 22 October 2011 | Published in Regional
More than 90 photos were entered in our Rugby World Cup photo competition sponsored by CITC. The competition closed yesterday and as well as running some more entries (opposite page), Cook Islands News staff have chosen the two winning photos. A shortlist of the top photos was drawn up and merits of each photos discussed […]
Remember The Titans
Saturday 22 October 2011 | Published in Regional
Everyone remembers the movie but what will everyone remember after todays cricket clash between the Titans and the Creeps in Titikaveka. Sparks are sure to fly as both teams are desperate to secure a win to push them closer to the Computer Man mens round robin championship honours and towards a top four spot. The […]
Masters athletes meet
Saturday 22 October 2011 | Published in Regional
Interest is growing for the Cook Islands masters athletics meeting next week, culminating in the events on Gospel Day afternoon of Wednesday, October 26. As well as a number of local older athletes indicating that they will participate in the range of events being offered, the invite has also gone out to open age athletes […]
Arorangi laces up for Tupapa
Saturday 22 October 2011 | Published in Regional
Today at Raemaru Park the Arorangi football club will host Tupapa-Maraerenga with the first game kicking off at 1pm in the under 14 girls division. Arorangi will have to reinforce their defence area when they meet with Tupapa today in the Lotto Premier mens round cup competition. With obvious expectations, Tupapas outfit look to dominate […]
Thrills and spills at the Boat Shed
Saturday 22 October 2011 | Published in Regional
Forty keen sailors from Aitutaki and Rarotonga Sailing Clubs attended the annual Boat Shed Regatta in Aitutaki last weekend, competing in Optimist Gold and Green fleets and Laser classes. Racing took place in highly testing conditions on the lagoon, with winds gusting up to 25 knots. Everyone competed superbly and it was great to see […]
National squad
Friday 21 October 2011 | Published in Regional
The Cook Islands Rugby Union has selected a 12-man rugby sevens squad, which includes four local based players, to represent the Cooks at the Oceania Sevens Qualifier. The qualifying tournament will be hosted by Samoa and held on October 28 and 29. The top three teams at the Samoan tournament will qualify for the 2012 […]
7s comp heats up
Friday 21 October 2011 | Published in Regional
Another two more weeks of rugby sevens competition starts again this weekend with all matches to be played at the Ngatangiia rugby field. This is the third week of a four-week local club rugby sevens competition designed to keep local players fit and in rugby sevens mode ahead of the main event of the year […]
Closest season yet
Friday 21 October 2011 | Published in Regional
With just two rounds of Computer Man round robin cricket remaining no team is guaranteed of a final top four spot. Turangi currently sit at the top of the table, and even being four points clear of the Muri Creeps doesnt guarantee them a spot, a win from either of their two remaining games should […]
Just Play back on
Thursday 20 October 2011 | Published in Regional
The second intake of the Just Play Football Programme will take place today at the CIFA academy in Matavera. The Just Play social development grassroots football programme focuses on participation and fun for boys and girls aged 6 to 13 for schools and community groups on Rarotonga will run today and Friday, October 20-21. The […]
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