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Tennis boost
Monday 25 October 2010 | Published in Regional
Junior tennis in the Cook Islands, sponsored by the ANZ bank, has been given an extra boost thanks to the generosity of two tennis mothers from America. Two American women, who are regular visitors to Rarotonga and wish to remain anonymous, noticed the increase in young children playing at the Nikao tennis centre and decided […]
Takuvaine ready for Tupapa
Saturday 23 October 2010 | Published in Regional
A thrilling soccer game is expected at Victoria Park today between Tupapa and Takuvaine in the premier men’s division. Only the most biased of Takuvaine and Tupapa fans would predict a winner, leaving most neutrals ‘sitting on the fence’ in terms of forecasting the outcome. Tupapa can point to the fact that they have already […]
Racing round island
Saturday 23 October 2010 | Published in Regional
Today’s Round Raro Relay (RRR) will determine whether oe vaka crews are ready for Vaka Eiva, which is less than a month away. Ngakau Toa Vaka is hosting the RRR, which starts and ends at the Avarua harbour. Teams of women, men and mixed crews will be paddling the 36km around the island. Crews of […]
7s showdown
Saturday 23 October 2010 | Published in Regional
With a cash prize of $3000 on the line – expect to see some of the best rugby sevens played today in the CITC Club Sevens finals at Titikaveka. This year’s club sevens competition ‘circuit’ format has been about weekly consistency so with all teams and players in preparation mode for the International Sevens early […]
Muri defends Cookie cup
Saturday 23 October 2010 | Published in Regional
Muri cricket club was successful this week in defending the Cookie Saradaka trophy against its first challenger Matavera cricket club. Matavera won the toss and chose to field. Muri amassed a solid total of 115 runs that was greatly assisted by some dropped catches and wayward bowling from Matavera producing 34 wides. Muri’s top scorer […]
Sponsors help make it happen
Saturday 23 October 2010 | Published in Regional
With sponsors on board – the 2010 Vaka Eiva Festival is set to be another quality action packed event. Around 800 paddlers, some returning and others coming for the first time, will flock to the island for the start of the seventh annual festival in four weeks time. Event sponsors such as Steinlager and The […]
Borneo bound Women's 7s set to go
Friday 22 October 2010 | Published in Regional
Excitement is brewing in the women’s rugby camp as the first ever Cook Islands women’s rugby sevens squad prepares to jet off this weekend to the Asia Pacific tournament in Borneo. The tournament will be played between October 29 and 31 and will include the best women’s teams from across the Pacific and Asia. The […]
Masters athletes ready for action
Friday 22 October 2010 | Published in Regional
Masters athletes across the island have been hitting the tracks for last minute training ahead of the Cook Islands Masters Championships starting on Saturday. The national event, which will also include some athletes from New Zealand, will be run over three days. Saturday’s opening day programme will start at 4.30pm with the triple jump event […]
Titikaveka gears up for challenge
Friday 22 October 2010 | Published in Regional
Today’s matches will see the Under 15 girls taking to the playing field at 4.15pm and followed by the Premier Men’s game. Titikaveka’s Under 15 girls are strong contenders in their division, currently sitting second on 11 points on the points table. A win will be welcomed as it will see them equal with leaders […]
Finals time at rugby 7s
Thursday 21 October 2010 | Published in Regional
This Saturday is grand finals time in the CITC Club Sevens competition with all games to be played at the Titikaveka rugby field. The Tupapa Panthers head into finals time ranked as the number one team after defeating previous week winner the Eels last Saturday. The Cowboys are stalking the Panthers and Eels in third […]
Titikaveka steps up
Thursday 21 October 2010 | Published in Regional
Titikaveka will amp up their preparations this week by squaring off against the Arorangi side at the Titikaveka field today. The Under 14 boys will face off each other first at 4.15pm – both teams have an equal opportunity of winning this match, however, Titikaveka could be seen to dominate on their home turf. In […]
Medics to discuss training
Tuesday 19 October 2010 | Published in Regional
Renowned New Zealand fitness trainer Keith Roberts will be the guest speaker at a meeting at the Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee office tonight. Roberts was invited to the 6pm meeting which will focus on the establishment of training for sports medics in Rarotonga. He recently helped prepare the netball team which represented […]
Swimming schedule finalised
Tuesday 19 October 2010 | Published in Regional
The swimming federation has released its calendar for the 2010 swimming season. Tomorrow marks the first race – a 375m and 750m swim at Tikioki. The rest of the schedule is as follows: Wednesday October 27, Tikioki – 375m, 750m, 1500m Wednesday November 3, Tikioki – 750m, 1500m Wednesday November 10, Tikioki – 750m, 1500m, […]
Big seas a challenge
Tuesday 19 October 2010 | Published in Regional
Big wind and surf on Saturday provided paddlers with some of the most challenging race conditions for the year’s national series. The 18km race got underway with nine crews taking to the start line. The revised two loop race course from Avarua to O’oa and back to Avatiu saw an impressive start with Te Tupu […]
Top times
Tuesday 19 October 2010 | Published in Regional
Some outstanding times were achieved on the last day of the Air Rarotonga National Athletics Championships by some of the 100 metre sprinters. Mangaia’s Patrick Tuara won the under 20 category in just 11.33 sec. Edmond Tupuna, in the under 14 category, was amazingly only a second behind him, in a time of 12.31 sec. […]
Atiu Warriors stand up to CISA and Rakei Toa
Tuesday 19 October 2010 | Published in Regional
The Cook Islands Sports Academy students from Aitutaki and the Rakei Toa under 14 boys from Rarotonga arrived on Atiu on Tuesday October 12 to play rugby and league games against the Atiuan boys. The last group to arrive was the academy boys from Rarotonga led by Kevin Iro and Lloyd Matapo who arrived on […]
Hash in Arorangi
Monday 18 October 2010 | Published in Regional
Hash House Harriers will meet in Arorangi this evening. Hares will be Tyson and K Kan Do from the Vinsen residence opposite the Mormon church. The run starts at 5.30 pm and all runners and walkers are welcome.
Avatiu upset Tupapa
Monday 18 October 2010 | Published in Regional
Avatiu caused a big upset on Saturday by beating the Tupapa premier men’s soccer team for the first time in almost a decade by one goal to nil. As the final whistle blew, Avatiu premier men’s players and supporters cheered with excitement as their team had caused a big upset for leaders Tupapa by winning […]
Panthers strike back
Monday 18 October 2010 | Published in Regional
As predicted the hard and fast Ngatangiia grounds produced plenty of tries, lots of close matches and a few surprises including a new weekend winner in week 3 of the CITC Rarotonga club sevens competition. In the pool competition – Avatiu Eels took the first win in Pool A beating the Dragons 22-10. The Eels […]
New record
Saturday 16 October 2010 | Published in Regional
Diana Tamaiva (above) set a new record as she recorded the highest mid-week score by a smashing 77. This is Tamaiva’s second season of women’s cricket, and says she became addicted to the sport after first trying it at the beginning of the year. Since then Tamaiva has gone on to be selected into the […]
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