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California club donates tennis prizes
Friday 27 May 2011 | Published in Regional
Budding tennis players have a whole heap of awesome prizes to win when the junior tennis tournaments and programmes start thanks to Judy Briggs (centre) from the North Country Tennis Patrons Club in California. Briggs is pictured here at the National Tennis Centres with Tennis Cook Islands president Madeilene Sword (far left), Jan Mellor, junior […]
Games kick off from 2pm
Thursday 26 May 2011 | Published in Regional
Dont miss the action at the BCI Stadium this Saturday where the 2011 rugby league grand finals kicks off at 2pm. The Avatiu-Nikao Mongoose sponsored under 13 grade will kick off the afternoons games at 2pm with the Arorangi Bears and Avatiu Eels going head to head followed by the Taua Contractors under 16 grade […]
Unpredictable Panthers focused
Thursday 26 May 2011 | Published in Regional
Unpredictable is what the Tupapa Panthers premier rugby league grade will be this Saturday when they face long time rivals the Avatiu Eels in the 2011 premier league grand finals. The only game that matters is the grand finals is the key theme that has been drilled into the Panthers by captain Allan Tuara who […]
Just another game for the Eels
Thursday 26 May 2011 | Published in Regional
This Saturdays grand finals will be treated as just another game by the Avatiu Eels premier rugby league grade. The defending champions have had a dream run to the grand finals this season spurred on by their first up loss to archrivals the Arorangi Bears. That first season loss, according to team captain Bilsy Gukisuva, […]
Five finals on the day
Thursday 26 May 2011 | Published in Regional
Theres nowhere else to be this Saturday but the BCI Stadium where five body-on-the-line rugby league grand finals games will be played. While the main match will be the premier grade grand finals between defending champions the Avatiu Eels and 2008/2009 champions the Tupapa Panthers, rising league stars in the junior grade will hit the […]
Village pride on the line
Thursday 26 May 2011 | Published in Regional
The traditional Kumete Sports Round Rarotonga cycle race will be held on Saturday, June 4 before the main day of athletics events is held on Queens Birthday, Monday 6. The annual inter-village athletics competition has generated small numbers in past years and this year Athletics Cook Islands is urging people to come out and run, […]
Wrapping up the Golden Oldies
Thursday 26 May 2011 | Published in Regional
Golden Oldies players that took part in the two-day tournament are invited to a light run and kaikai this afternoon at the Nikao field. Four teams rumbled at the Avatiu field last Saturday and Monday where there were plenty of back in my day tales and action on the field. Fun, friendship and fraternity is […]
Masters athletes to hone skills
Wednesday 25 May 2011 | Published in Regional
After a break of a couple of weeks there will be another opportunity for masters athletes to try out their skills at the BCI Stadium this afternoon. The invite is also extended to any golden oldies rugby player that might want to try to throw a shot put or javelin or try any other event. […]
Tahitians enter Te Aito Cook Islands
Wednesday 25 May 2011 | Published in Regional
Te Aito Cook Islands the premier single oe vaka race will have a star-studded line up this year with paddlers from Raiatea joining top local paddlers for the main races on Saturday, June 11. This is the second year the race will be run and the popularity of this young event has grown, from 45 […]
Seasons best to clash
Tuesday 24 May 2011 | Published in Regional
Basketball at its best will be on show this evening when the Cook Islands basketball main season wraps up with the grand finals. First up on the courts this evening will be the womens 3rd and 4th place play off between the Devlins and Yachtie Hotties at 6.20pm. The mens 3rd and 4th place playoff […]
Cant touch the shorts
Tuesday 24 May 2011 | Published in Regional
Bruce Clarke, 68, of the Central Coast golden oldies team from New South Wales in Australia was one of the most popular players of the recent golden oldies tournament. Not only was he popular with the women spectators but he was also a character on and off the field. Clarke has been playing golden oldies […]
$6500 raised for tennis events
Tuesday 24 May 2011 | Published in Regional
Funds from Saturdays Island Night in Paradise Tennis Cook Islands fundraiser will go towards growing tennis in the Cook Islands. The hugely successful island night raised $6500 for the code, which will go towards major upcoming events. A squad of six elite junior players will represent the Cooks and compete at the Pacific Oceania Junior […]
School for disabled has day of sport
Tuesday 24 May 2011 | Published in Regional
Creative Centre students proved yesterday that although they have some disabilities, they are differently able. The adult students from the registered school gathered at the Sinai Hall for a morning of sports with Athletics Cook Islands president Ina Marsters. The fun sports morning was part of the athletics day community activities which have been running […]
Golden oldies relive glory days
Tuesday 24 May 2011 | Published in Regional
New friendships formed on the rugby field as golden oldies players enjoyed two days of games on Rarotonga. Four teams, two visiting and two local, took part in the Golden Oldies tournament held on Saturday and yesterday where there were plenty of hooting, good natured sledging and big hits at the Avatiu field. DB Millhillians […]
Panthers thrash Sea Eagles
Monday 23 May 2011 | Published in Regional
The Tupapa Panthers premier rugby league team caused the biggest upset of the season when they thrashed the Ngatangiia Sea Eagles 36-0, ending what was a superb year for the Sea Eagles. It wasnt the result the Sea Eagles supporters were expecting from their team who all season has impressed with exhibitions of player depth, […]
Oldies action begins
Saturday 21 May 2011 | Published in Regional
Avatiu field is where all the golden oldies rugby action will be today when teams gather for the first day of the Cook Islands Rugby Mini Festival. Two international teams from Australia and New Zealand have travelled to Rarotonga for the festival and will rub shoulders with some of our former rugby stars in the […]
Teams suss out final strategies
Saturday 21 May 2011 | Published in Regional
Rugby league teams already through to next weeks grand finals will be the most interested spectators at todays rugby league semi final games at the BCI Stadium along, of course, with each competing clubs die hard supporters. Waiting in the wings after progressing to the grand finals are the Arorangi Bears under 13, under 16 […]
Knockout match play tees off
Friday 20 May 2011 | Published in Regional
The Lionel/Virginia competition at the Rarotonga Golf Club started last Saturday. This competition, which used to be called the Baker/Lucy but was renamed in honour of past-president Lionel Browne, has for years been one of the favourite competitions among golf players on Raro. It is a match play knockout competition in which handicaps come into […]
Nicholas siblings eye Olympics
Thursday 19 May 2011 | Published in Regional
The Cook Islands chances of having a canoe slalom athlete at the London Olympics have now doubled with the transfer of New Zealand-born Cook Islander Bryden Nicholas to represent the Cooks. A previous New Zealand junior and senior team member and brother of Ella Nicholas who already paddles under the Cooks banner, Bryden made the […]
Bulldogs through to semis, Panthers disqualified.
Wednesday 18 May 2011 | Published in Regional
After two days of intense meetings the Cook Islands Rugby League Association has made a ruling on two controversial issues from last weekends knockout round competition. CIRL secretary and chair of the league meetings held on Monday and Tuesday, Eddie Drollet, has confirmed that the Titikaveka Bulldogs reserve grade is still in the competition. This […]
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