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Expert shares skills
Tuesday 16 August 2011 | Published in Regional
This week, pro Australian water sportsman Travis Grant will be on the island to share the stoke of stand up paddleboarding through the walk on water week programme. In May this year Grant won the world famous Battle of the Paddle Hawaii race cementing his name in the history of stand up paddling. But the […]
A week of paddling
Tuesday 16 August 2011 | Published in Regional
Walk on Water Week a celebration of stand up paddleboarding gets underway today with the highly anticipated celebrity dash. At midday today, over 20 local celebrities will take to the water for what should be fantastic and fun short paddleboard sprints on Muri lagoon. Organised by stand up paddling and fitness enthusiast Charlotte Piho, the […]
Dragons turn tables at 7s
Monday 15 August 2011 | Published in Regional
Competitive rugby sevens games were played at the Avatiu swamp on Saturday from the under 13 grade right up to the senior A division in what was second round of the club sevens tournament. One of the features of the weekends games was the influence of the Pacific communities on the island with most teams […]
Drawing of raffle deferred
Saturday 13 August 2011 | Published in Regional
The Team Cook Islands monster raffle scheduled to be drawn today at the Punanga Nui Markets has been deferred until next Saturday. CISNOC secretary general Rosie Blake says that the extra week will give Team Cook Islands athletes more time to sell the raffle tickets, which are to raise funds for the teams trip to […]
Patia and Piri woo selectors
Saturday 13 August 2011 | Published in Regional
Standout football referees Tupou Patia and Terry Piri have earned their spot to officiate at the Pacific Games in New Caledonia from August 27 to September 11. Successfully aceing their technical, theoretical and fitness tests Patia and Piri have qualified to represent Cook Islands Football as officials. As part of the match officials in the […]
Only wins count at sevens today
Saturday 13 August 2011 | Published in Regional
Results from todays club sevens competition will determine just who the top teams are that will playoff for top honours next weekend. The current competition is a round robin format with the final seeding to be decided when the 1st placed team takes on the 2nd, 3rd versus 4th and 5th versus 6th in each […]
Last call for monster fundraiser
Friday 12 August 2011 | Published in Regional
Today and tomorrow are your last opportunities to buy a Team Cook Islands monster raffle to be in to win the major prize of $30,000. Team Cook Islands athletes and officials will today be stationed outside the BCI Bank in Avarua selling the last remaining tickets to help the team travel to New Caledonia for […]
Sizzling sevens
Friday 12 August 2011 | Published in Regional
The Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions (FORU) this week announced that 10 member unions have confirmed their participation in the 2011 Oceania Sevens Championship to be held in Apia on October 28 and 29. Regional sevens powerhouses Samoa, Australia and Fiji will head the line-up of participating teams, however Tonga, Papua New Guinea and the […]
Finer points passed on
Friday 12 August 2011 | Published in Regional
Cook Islands cricketers and coaches have spent the past three days being put through their paces by elite Northern Districts cricket coach educator Pat Malcon. Malcon, who has played an influential developing role in BlackCap players Daniel Vettori, Tim Southie, Nicola Browne and many others, has been delivering his skills development courses to players from […]
Tough training for Tahiti sevens
Friday 12 August 2011 | Published in Regional
A fast and action packed rugby sevens match was played at the Avatiu swamp yesterday morning between the visiting Tahiti national team and the Cook Islands Sports Academy students and tutors. The Tahiti national team are undergoing final trials for their side before they compete at the Pacific Games in Noumea later this year a […]
Club sevens second week
Thursday 11 August 2011 | Published in Regional
The second round of the three-week CITC rugby sevens programme kicks off again this Friday at the Avatiu field. The tournament ran as the pre-season sevens tournament in early June as a way to get players back into the groove for the main club rugby 15s season and in preparation for the Oceania Sevens Championships […]
Mixed success
Thursday 11 August 2011 | Published in Regional
Cook Islands elite junior tennis players are still battling their way through the tough Pacific Oceania Junior Championships in Fiji this week. Sole under 12 girls player Kiana Sword-Tua is still looking for her first win on the courts and that could come during her semi finals match. Meanwhile fellow under 12 player Andrew Terupe […]
Top coach visits
Thursday 11 August 2011 | Published in Regional
As one legendary New Zealand cricket player in Geoff Allott departs Rarotonga, another legend of cricket arrives in coach educator Pat Malcon. Malcon is the operations manager of leading state cricket association Northern Districts Cricket of which Cook Islands Cricket enjoys a productive partnership. As part of their ongoing relationship with CI Cricket, the local […]
Sevens women training hard
Thursday 11 August 2011 | Published in Regional
With each hurdle faced the Cook Islands womens rugby sevens movement has grown stronger and more determined to prove their critics wrong. The womens rugby squad to represent the country at the Pacific Games in Noumea later this month has been named a balanced team of locals and overseas based players. Many of the players […]
CITV still waiting for RWC contract
Tuesday 9 August 2011 | Published in Regional
With 31 days until the Rugby World Cup kicks off in New Zealand Cook Islands Television is yet to receive concrete confirmation that it can broadcast the games. Jeane Matenga of CITV says that although they were granted the rights by Sky Pacific to air all 48 matches of the world cup the local station […]
Strong start in Fiji
Tuesday 9 August 2011 | Published in Regional
The Cook Islands junior tennis team in Fiji have got their campaign off to a strong start with wins and strong performances during the first day of the Pacific Oceania Junior Championships tournament. The Cook Islands squad of Andrew Terupe (under 12 boys), Kiana Sword-Tua (under 12 girls), Tamarua Payne (under 15 boys), Jake Bergman […]
Panthers win Constitution Sevens
Monday 8 August 2011 | Published in Regional
The Tupapa Panthers had the legs and energy to defeat a fatigued Avatiu Eels sevens side and take out the 2011 CITC Constitution Sevens trophy in Ngatangiia on Saturday. The Panthers defeated the Ngatangiia-Matavera Dragons 15-10 in extra time of their semi finals, after a draw at full time, to progress to the grand finals. […]
Araura clinch sevens title
Monday 8 August 2011 | Published in Regional
Aitutakis Araura College rugby sevens squad were crowned the inaugural Pacific Computers Under 15 Inter College Tournament champions in the boys division on Saturday. In the under 15 girls category Tereora College were the undefeated champions. Araura College comprehensively defeated the Titikaveka College side 36-5 but Titikaveka upstaged their fancier counterparts from Tereora College in […]
CISNOC moving
Saturday 6 August 2011 | Published in Regional
The former teachers training college at Nikao will be refurbished to house the Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee (CISNOC). That is instead of a proposed $1.5 million complex development, for which plans have been drawn. The Olympic House plans, by architect Romani Katoa, were first unveiled to sports federations and others with potential […]
A week of paddleboarding
Saturday 6 August 2011 | Published in Regional
Jesus might have been the only guy that walked on water but a group of Rarotonga celebrities will attempt to do the same during the walk on water week a celebration of stand up paddleboarding. Stand up paddleboarding (SUP) is one of the worlds fastest growing sports and on Rarotonga there are about a dozen […]
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