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Good golfing prospects in Noumea
Wednesday 31 August 2011 | Published in Regional
Team Cook Islands golfers played their first round of 18 holes yesterday with a mixed bag of results carded. The team of 4 men and 4 women have 3 more days of golf to play under a blazing New Caledonia sun. In total the team will play 72 holes in the gross competition played off […]
Tennis players post mixed results
Wednesday 31 August 2011 | Published in Regional
The two Team Cook Islands tennis players have posted mixed results in their first two days of competition at the Pacific Games. Brittany Teei beat her Vanuatu opponent in straight sets 6-3 6-4 in Kone, a northern province in New Caledonia, during her first match on Sunday (Cook Islands time). Tennis manager June Baudinet said […]
Three injuries plague footballers
Wednesday 31 August 2011 | Published in Regional
The loss of three key players to injuries resulted in the Cook Islands mens soccer team being slaughtered 7-0 by the classy Tahitian outfit at the Pacific Games in Noumea. While the result may suggest a woeful performance by the Cooks and some critics would say it was team manager Paul Turepu saw it differently. […]
Heartbreak and hope
Wednesday 31 August 2011 | Published in Regional
Team Cook Islands chef de mission George George is proud of all 115 Team Cook Islands athletes here at the Pacific Games in Noumea. Overall Ive been pleased with the performances of our athletes that have competed so far but really we are just getting into the business of the games, says George. We have […]
Paddlers confident before marathon
Wednesday 31 August 2011 | Published in Regional
Oe vaka paddler and coach Fletcher Melvin has nothing but praise for the national squad whove competed outstandingly at the Pacific Games in New Caledonia. I think crew have done extremely well considering that for 90 percent of them its their first games. For the boys over 95 percent of them are paddling at this […]
Dream start for sailors
Tuesday 30 August 2011 | Published in Regional
The Cook Islands womens sailing duo of Helema Williams and Teau McKenzie are on fire at the Pacific Games in New Caledonia. On day one of racing shifty winds proved a challenge for McKenzie who had a shocker first race. We had really shifty winds that were coming over the top and sides, says McKenzie. […]
Bodybuilders not daunted
Tuesday 30 August 2011 | Published in Regional
Bodybuilding is a lifestyle choice and the fact that Cook Islands bodybuilders Dean Teiho and brothers Aaron and Okirua Enoka didnt win medals on Monday night doesnt mean the end of their careers. The muscle men trio had a long day of pre-judging and nervous waits to see if they progressed to the final competition […]
Sevens side ready today
Tuesday 30 August 2011 | Published in Regional
The Cook Islands womens rugby sevens team cant wait to get on the field and put into action the months of training theyve done. They are like wild horses at the gate ready to bolt, said team manager Lara Sadaraka. Sadaraka said the team morale and spirit is exceptional and this is evident in the […]
Women paddlers win second medal
Tuesday 30 August 2011 | Published in Regional
The oe vaka Vaine Toa have bagged the Cook Islands second bronze medal after coming third in the vaka V12 500m sprint finals. It wasnt the colour they wanted but they graciously accepted the reward for their fantastic effort with Tahiti once again blitzing the field for the gold medal. The mens V12 came close […]
Youngsters shine in invitational
Tuesday 30 August 2011 | Published in Regional
The National Mens cricket team has held off a spirited fight from the invitational Presidents XI on Saturday, a six off Joe Josephs bat bringing up the win. The Telecom Cook Islands National Mens squad took out the 20-over exhibition match with four overs to spare, winning out over the 187 runs posted by the […]
Kukis phone in some help
Tuesday 30 August 2011 | Published in Regional
The Cook Islands national rugby league team has dialled in some help from the countrys national communications provider. Telecom Cook Islands yesterday signed up as sponsors of the one-off New Zealand-Cook Islands rugby league test match and promise there will be some good surprises to come. Cook Islands Rugby League Association (CIRLA) president Charles Carlson […]
Women footballers take it one game at a time
Tuesday 30 August 2011 | Published in Regional
The Cook Islands womens soccer team will be taking it one game at a time and first up they meet Guam. The team, including players as young as 15 years old, has settled into village life and looking forward to the Pacific Games competition. Theyre pictured here relaxing in the games village before a training […]
Women paddlers win first medal
Monday 29 August 2011 | Published in Regional
Team Cook Islands athletes and officials sprung into life yesterday (Monday NC time) for the first official day of sports at the Pacific Games in Noumea. Oe vaka paddlers were up with the birds for their first sprint races in the V6 1500m and 500m races. The womens V6 500m squad were the first to […]
Late tries save Dragons
Monday 29 August 2011 | Published in Regional
A late flurry of tries saved the Ngatangiia-Matavera Dragons on Saturday from going down to the Tupapa Panthers in a mostly unconvincing win for the ladder leaders. Neither team was able to string together a good section of play for the first three-quarters of the match, the game pockmarked with unforced errors and penalties being […]
Miller sweeps awards
Monday 29 August 2011 | Published in Regional
The best of Cook Islands cricket was celebrated on Friday night as the cricketing fraternity took a look at its achievements on and off the field for season 2010-11. Glenn (Hori) Miller was named as the Cook Islands international player of the year and went home with a swag of medals and trophies for his […]
Runathon brings in $1200 for triathlete A final runathon has brought in an extra $1200 in funding to see off Cook Islands triathlete Rangi Apera on her way to the Pacific Games.
Monday 29 August 2011 | Published in Regional
The fundraiser event was held in conjunction with a recreational half marathon at Tikioki during the weekend to help pay the way of Apera and her manager Apii Napa. A huge number of family and supporters turned out, with teams from Aperas family running the race for her, and Napa herself running the entire race, […]
Coach eager for first Tri Series win
Monday 29 August 2011 | Published in Regional
Cook Islands Resident XIII coach Albert Nicholas says he has high hopes the team can springboard off a strong domestic rugby league season to break its Cook Islands Tri Series drought. The resident team has never won a Tri Series yet, the honours always going to the New Zealand or Australian Cook Islanders teams. But […]
CI haka a big hit in Noumea
Monday 29 August 2011 | Published in Regional
Songs, traditional dance and fireworks rang in the 14th Pacific Games in Noumea on Saturday night at a packed out Stade Numa Dely. Team Cook Islands athletes and officials followed Samoa, the last host of the Pacific Games in 2007, out on to the Numa Dely stadium and were greeted with roaring cheers from the […]
Sailors ready for action all next week
Saturday 27 August 2011 | Published in Regional
Team Cook Islands sailors are settled in and researching the competition area in New Caledonia for the Pacific Games to gain as much knowledge as possible before start of competition on Monday. With a long competition ahead of them, a quick look at weather forecasts for the games period appears to indicate a range of […]
Athletes settle into Noumea village
Saturday 27 August 2011 | Published in Regional
The majority of Team Cook Islands athletes and officials are now in the athletes village in Noumea settling in for what is going to be two hectic weeks of Pacific Games competition. Theres been little time for athletes to sight-see as they get familiar with the newly built village complex at the University of New […]
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