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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 […]
'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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Business house golf getting hot
Thursday 3 February 2011 | Published in Regional
The eighth week of Business House Golf created some extraordinary results. Budget Bullets lead by Arthur Pickering and his up and coming juniors Rotana Howard and Teariki Smith came back with a 9 under par with a gross of 22 and a nett of 14.25. The other team that equalled the same result with an […]
Get into 7s fever
Wednesday 2 February 2011 | Published in Regional
The Cook Islands Rugby Union in conjunction with the Whatever Bar and Grill will be holding a rugby sevens fundraiser this Friday at the Avarua waterfront bar. The rugby sevens themed fundraiser is to help the Cook Islands national men’s and women’s rugby sevens squad prepare and travel to New Caledonia in August for the […]
'Giant' Ford set to play halfback
Wednesday 2 February 2011 | Published in Regional
With Mitchell Pearce and Todd Carney likely to play representative football, and Carney injured for the opening to the season for the Sydney Roosters, coach Brian Smith needs to groom a back-up. His plan is to squeeze 193-centimetre, 104-kilogram monster Jonathan Ford into a number seven jersey. The 21-year-old Cook Islands’ representative has been one […]
'David taking on Goliath'
Wednesday 2 February 2011 | Published in Regional
The Cook Islands rugby sevens squad held their final pre Wellington Sevens tournament training run and game against the New Zealand squad yesterday. NZ media have described the Cooks as ‘David taking on Goliath’ at this year’s IRB sevens tournament in Wellington. Despite a tricky draw the Cook Islands are backing themselves to cause a […]
Pick in sprints
Tuesday 1 February 2011 | Published in Regional
Top local triathlete Kelly Pick is heading off to New Zealand again to compete at the New Zealand national sprints triathlon in Taupo on Waitangi Day (February 6). This is the first time Pick will compete at the national sprints which she says will be a short and fast course. The 750m swim leg in […]
Kamikaze Bulletz on top
Monday 31 January 2011 | Published in Regional
The touch rugby round robin competition is expected to run right up until February 23 before the business end kicks in. Teams have until mid February to get themselves to the top of the points table and into grand finals contention. The Kamikaze Bulletz are the current leaders in the men’s tournament with 23 points […]
Rugby training open to women
Monday 31 January 2011 | Published in Regional
To generate ‘rugby confidence’ among women players – a rugby smart workshop will be run in May before the start of the Rarotonga club rugby season in June. With the growing international opportunities for women rugby players, the Cook Islands Rugby Union is keen to grow the sport among women in the Cook Islands. 2010 […]
Good start for 7s
Monday 31 January 2011 | Published in Regional
The Cook Islands rugby sevens team made their mark at the Fiji rugby sevens Tailevu tournament in New Zealand at the weekend by reaching the cup grand finals. Cook Islands played five games in total and emerged injury free and second overall after a heavy 32-17 defeat by eventual tournament winners the Saints. The Saints […]
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