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Young swimmers take the plunge
Friday 18 February 2011 | Published in Regional
Squeals of excitement were music to the ears of sports coach Ake Hosea-Winterflood who ran her first swimming lesson on Wednesday as part of the ANZ Tamariki Sports programme. More than 30 little ones took part in the first day of the four-week programme and with each new skill learned, proud parents cheered. A quick […]
Five-a-side footy back again
Friday 18 February 2011 | Published in Regional
The annual Rarotonga five-a-side soccer competition will kick off next month and will run for ten weeks. There are two divisions in this year’s competition – men’s and women’s. As usual, the two competitions are the round cup (league) and the knockout competition. In a few weeks, players on Rarotonga will come together for more […]
Big Stan Wright back from injury
Wednesday 16 February 2011 | Published in Regional
Irish rugby club Leinster could welcome back Stanley Wright for Saturday’s Magners League clash against the Cardiff Blues. Wright has not played for the province since August, but the Cook Islands prop is back in full training and is in line for selection for the trip to Cardiff City Stadium. Shane Horgan could also make […]
Swimming starts
Wednesday 16 February 2011 | Published in Regional
The ANZ Tamariki Sports programme will make a splash today with the first kids swimming lesson at the Nikao Social Centre beach starting at 4 o’clock. The swim lessons will be taken by sports coach Ake Hosea-Winterflood who is keen to help give Cook Islands children a good understanding of safety around water and see […]
Fundraising for Pacific Games team
Tuesday 15 February 2011 | Published in Regional
Fundraising to attend the Pacific Games in New Caledonia in September is the biggest concern for the 15 national federations preparing for the games. At last week’s first meeting for the Pacific Games sport codes, a budget committee was formed and tasked with coming up with fundraising events for Team Cook Islands. The newly-formed committee […]
Te Uki Ou kids learn to sail
Tuesday 15 February 2011 | Published in Regional
A group of lucky Apii Te Uki Ou school students got to spend lunch time on Monday learning to sail on Muri lagoon. The students will spend the next eight weeks learning to sail with their first lessons on Monday dedicated to understanding the parts of the Optimist yacht and most importantly safety at sea. […]
Tussle at top
Monday 14 February 2011 | Published in Regional
The touch rugby season will become more intense as teams jostle to secure a top spot before the season grand finals on March 7. Today will see the open men and women’s teams play out their games while the mixed touch rugby teams will do battle on Wednesday. In the men’s division – the Vikings […]
Super 15 rugby only on Sky
Saturday 12 February 2011 | Published in Regional
Fans and followers of Super 15 and Tri Nations rugby will not be able to view games on local free TV this year. Only Sky Pacific will be broadcasting international rugby in the Cook Islands. There’s also talk that the Rugby World Cup tournament in New Zealand later in the year may also only be […]
Sharks enter the scene this week
Thursday 10 February 2011 | Published in Regional
The Aitutaki Sharks premier rugby league team will have their first outing in the 2011 league season this Friday when they travel to Rarotonga to take on the Tupapa Panthers. Remaining Tupapa Panther grades will rumble with the Titikaveka Bulldogs whose premier grade has the bye this week. The match-up between the Sharks and Panthers […]
Young sailors return from NZ campaign
Wednesday 9 February 2011 | Published in Regional
National sailors had a full on race calendar over the Christmas and New Year period with the local team competing in the New Zealand Laser nationals and the Sail Auckland regatta. In between the demanding events, sailing coach Anne Tierney reports that the local crew of Teau McKenzie, Aquila Tatira, Taua Eliza, Junior Charlie and […]
Puncture spoils her race
Tuesday 8 February 2011 | Published in Regional
The body and mind were willing, but a punctured tyre forced local triathlete Kelly Pick (pictured) out of the New Zealand national triathlon series in Kinloch, Taupo, at the weekend. Pick raced in the elite women’s division over a super fast course comprising a 750m swim, 20km cycle and 5km sprint. Pick began the race […]
Bears maul Eels at Raemaru
Monday 7 February 2011 | Published in Regional
Soggy conditions on Saturday did little to keep rugby league fans away for the fields for the first round of the season. Out at Raemaru Park – the Arorangi Bears mauled the Eels with a comprehensive 26-8 win under the leadership of new coach Walter Tangata. The Bears were out for the kill and wasted […]
Disappointing end to sevens campaign
Monday 7 February 2011 | Published in Regional
The three Rarotonga based rugby sevens players Clive Nicholas, Turori Matutu and Sailosi Nagi will return home disappointed with the way their Wellington sevens campaign panned out at the weekend. But they will return to proud local supporters who feel the trio were the standout players for the Cook Islands squad. The Cooks lost all […]
Sports awards on April 8
Saturday 5 February 2011 | Published in Regional
The annual Cook Islands sports awards will be held on April 8 at the Aroa Nui Hall in Arorangi. 2010 was another high achieving year for Cook Islands athletes and all national federations are encouraged to nominate athletes for awards. The annual sports awards are an opportunity to celebrate and acknowledge the achievements of local […]
15 sports codes announced for Pacific Games
Saturday 5 February 2011 | Published in Regional
Team Cook Islands athletes will compete in 15 codes at the New Caledonia Pacific Mini Games in August. The 15 codes are athletics, beach volleyball, boxing, body building, cricket, football, golf, rugby sevens, sailing, squash, swimming, tennis, triathlon, oe vaka and weightlifting. Team Cook Islands chef de mission George George says that the 15 codes […]
Day two win against PNG
Saturday 5 February 2011 | Published in Regional
The Cook Islands rugby sevens squad made up for their disappointing performance on day one of the Wellington Sevens tournament on Thursday with a first up 22-10 win against Papua New Guinea in their bowl quarter final match up. The Cooks lost all three of their games on day one which relegated them to the […]
'My holiday' stories from St Joseph's
Saturday 5 February 2011 | Published in Regional
School children on Rarotonga are now settled back into their school routine and at St Joseph’s Primary School holiday stories have been the focus of the first two weeks back at school. Today we share ‘my holiday’ stories written by St Joseph’s grade 6 students. My holiday This is how I spent my Christmas holidays. […]
Sevens fever grips Wellington
Friday 4 February 2011 | Published in Regional
The Cook Islands rugby sevens squad – accompanied by drummers beating their pate –marched through the streets of Wellington on Thursday (NZ time) for the Wellington Sevens tournament street parade. The street parade in downtown Wellington was a sign of things to come as the city turned out in their thousands to celebrate the tournament. […]
Date confirmed
Thursday 3 February 2011 | Published in Regional
WELLINGTON, Feb 3 – The Auckland round of this year’s triathlon World Cup circuit has been confirmed for November 20. The International Triathlon Union (ITU) announced the date for the event which is to be used as a dress rehearsal for the world championship grand final on the same course in 2012. New Zealand has […]
Cook Islands back for good in Wellington?
Thursday 3 February 2011 | Published in Regional
The Wellington Sevens tournament represents a chance for several of Oceania’s smaller rugby nations to show the world that they can compete at the highest level, including the Cook Islands. The last time the Cooks played in the World Series was at the 2009 Wellington tournament. Having failed to qualify in 2010, Cook Islands coach […]
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