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Cooks qualify
Monday 4 October 2010 | Published in Regional
The Cook Islands national sevens rugby side have qualified for Wellington and Adelaide tournaments next year. This follows a credible showing at the 2010 Oceania Sevens Championships held in Darwin on October 1 and 2. On day one the Cooks beat Vanuatu 21-10 before losing to both Tonga (22-14) and Australia (19-7). On the second […]
Battle ready
Saturday 2 October 2010 | Published in Regional
Pool B in today’s CITC Rarotonga Club Sevens sees the Reds, Dragons and Bulls fight it out. The Reds sevens team will be coached by Travel Tou Jnr and they will look to the experienced Samoan duo of Silafi Tovio and Lua Tua for guidance – both players were involved in the recent CI sevens […]
NZ too strong
Saturday 2 October 2010 | Published in Regional
The Cook Islands women’s soccer side was defeated 10-0 by Oceania giants, and tournament favourites, New Zealand White Ferns in their second match at the OFC Women’s Nations Cup in Auckland. The match was played in windy and very wet conditions and New Zealand, who showed great tactical play, proved too strong for our girls. […]
7s side hopes to qualify
Saturday 2 October 2010 | Published in Regional
The Cook Islands national rugby sevens team, currently competing in the 2010 Oceania Sevens Tournament in Darwin, were hoping to beat Papua New Guinea last night to assure themselves of qualification for future international tournaments. On day one of the tournament on Friday (Thursday CI time) the Cooks defeated Vanuatu 21-10 but went down to […]
Big fields in 33rd week of running
Saturday 2 October 2010 | Published in Regional
After a week of running, local athletes can take a well earned rest and run their trainers through the washing machine. Eighty-eight runners took part in the Round Raro Road Race including about 28 local runners. Local girl Vanessa Palmer was the first woman home and American Greg Gustafson took out first place. The Round […]
Sokattak hosts Matavera
Friday 1 October 2010 | Published in Regional
It will be an intriguing match-up today between Sokattak and Matavera as Sokattak powers up their spirits after losing to Tupapa last weekend. Sokattak will not have forgotten that surprise result and will be out to take some revenge. The recent history of matches between these sides suggests Sokattak is likely to walk away with […]
Semis time at volleyball
Friday 1 October 2010 | Published in Regional
Things will become clearer in the Vonnia’s corporate mixed 6 on 6 volleyball league after tonight’s games. The semifinals of the knockout games will be played tonight and should sort out the top sides. In Pool C the Airport High Flyers are favourites while in Pool B it is hard to predict but Team Telecom […]
New 7s format
Friday 1 October 2010 | Published in Regional
This weekend’s CITC Rarotonga Club Sevens will see a new competition format introduced whereby for the next four weeks all teams will be ranked on a weekly basis. The following week’s draw will be determined by where teams finish each week. For Saturday’s games, teams have been ranked first to sixth based on results from […]
Record holder does the double
Friday 1 October 2010 | Published in Regional
Greg Gustafson won the Nutter’s Coast to Coast Run on Wednesday night in a time of 54 minutes. Gustafson is a double winner after taking out the Round Raro Road Race on Saturday. He still retains the 45.19 record for the Nutter’s Run which he set 12 years ago. Gustafson, 55, said that his current […]
Lifting pair relish challenge
Friday 1 October 2010 | Published in Regional
They may be the babies of Team Cook Islands but weightlifters Sirla Pera (18) and Luisa Peters (17) have no qualms about taking on the Commonwealth’s strongest athletes. The pair will make their Commonwealth Games debut in Delhi on October 8 and 9 and thanks to regular weightlifting meets they know what’s ahead come competition […]
Cooks score historic win
Thursday 30 September 2010 | Published in Regional
The Cook Islands national women’s soccer team have made history by defeating Tahiti for the first time in any soccer international match by one goal to nil in their first match at the Oceania Women’s Soccer Tournament being played at North Harbour, New Zealand. With the wind at their backs the Cooks dominated most of […]
Rough conditions tackled at paddling
Thursday 30 September 2010 | Published in Regional
Saturday’s condition for the 15km oe vaka race in the long distance race series was not for the faint hearted. The north easterly wind with sloppy choppy surf for most parts of the race put all 11 crews through their paces. Heading out of Avarua and heading east towards the turning point at Turangi saw […]
Katikati wins
Thursday 30 September 2010 | Published in Regional
Katikati College’s first XI soccer team registered a close win over the CIFA Academy team on Monday. Both teams held each other to a goal-less first half, however, both had scoring opportunities but could only find the fencing behind the goals. In the second Katikati scored, after miscommunication between the academy keeper and defenders, to […]
Shark on the green!
Thursday 30 September 2010 | Published in Regional
In person, Irene Tupuna is a quiet woman of few words – but on the bowling green she is a shark. Tupuna, who is of Mauke decent, is representing the Cook Islands in the women’s singles division in the second week of competition at the Delhi Commonwealth Games. The pressure of international competition is nothing […]
Experienced bowlers set to go
Thursday 30 September 2010 | Published in Regional
The Cook Islands lawn bowls squad is nothing less than world class. The team of 14 is easily the Cooks’ most internationally experienced code, of the six sports codes the country will compete in at the Delhi Commonwealth Games. Humility is one of the standout features of the squad that features local, regional and world […]
CI tackles Darwin 7s
Thursday 30 September 2010 | Published in Regional
The Cooks 7s team will participate in the 2010 Oceania 7s Tournament in Darwin, Australia on Friday and Saturday (today and tomorrow local time). The tournament will see eight participating teams but only six looking to qualify for the 2011 IRB 7s tournaments in Wellington, Hong Kong and Adelaide. Australia and Samoa have already qualified […]
No fears in Delhi
Wednesday 29 September 2010 | Published in Regional
What’s all the fuss about? This is a common phrase at the Team Cook Islands camp in Tower 10 of the Commonwealth Games Village – a village that will house over 7000 athletes and officials for the games. The comment is directed at the negative international media hype that has overshadowed the lead up to […]
The road to the Delhi Games
Wednesday 29 September 2010 | Published in Regional
Team Cook Islands was welcomed to Delhi in a shower of rose petals on their arrival early Tuesday morning. The team touched down in Delhi after a 15 hour flight from Auckland where stewards on the charted Air India aircraft tended to the athletes and officials every need. In fact, the team was served up […]
Many welcomed at Hash bash
Wednesday 29 September 2010 | Published in Regional
Hash House Harriers welcomed around 70 extra people to their Monday night run – their fancy dress 30th birthday run. The Harriers laid on a barbecue for athletes who are visiting to take part in the Round Rarotonga Road Race (RRRR). At the event Len ‘Polyononamous’ Edwards of the Hash handed over a cheque for […]
Cooks flag raised in India
Wednesday 29 September 2010 | Published in Regional
Tears of pride rolled down the faces of Cook Islands athletes as the national flag was raised in a special ceremony on Tuesday afternoon. It’s tradition for each arriving sporting team to have their nation’s flag raised, signalling to other teams they have taken up the challenge. It was the event that really drove home […]
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