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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Women bowl up surprise
Wednesday 29 September 2010 | Published in Regional
Cricket is a sport full of surprises and the Edgewater women’s mid week third round match between Matavera Hot IIIs and Muri 1 was no exception. Batting first Muri scored an impressive 86 runs (Ngarangi Napa 37 no) from their 14 overs. Matavera were in hot pursuit with Amelia Moetaua causing all sorts of problems […]
Titikaveka gunning for victory
Wednesday 29 September 2010 | Published in Regional
Today’s first match will take place between Matavera and Takuvaine in the Under 17 Round Cup competition at the CIFA complex in Matavera. Matavera showed dominance in their last match against Tupapa and with no doubt look to extend the same courtesy to Takuvaine. Tupapa will face Titikaveka in the second match and both teams […]
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 […]
High scores, close games
Tuesday 28 September 2010 | Published in Regional
One of the highlights of the Vonnia’s corporate mixed 6 on 6 volleyball league on Friday was two teams scoring over 100 points – CITC Smackdown (112) and Airport (107). Then there was the close game between Killer B’s and Maungaroa Heights which was another standout performance. Pool C games saw Airport High Flyers dominate […]
Ready to run
Tuesday 28 September 2010 | Published in Regional
Rarotonga primary students have been preparing for the last month as they get ready to compete for the Prince of Wales trophy. The annual inter primary school athletics day will be hosted by Avatea Primary School on Wednesday, October 6, at BCI Stadium. This year’s competition will be run more ‘professionally’ as only athletes with […]
White Ferns train women
Tuesday 28 September 2010 | Published in Regional
Former NZ cricket players are to assist with the development of female cricketers in the Cook Islands. Earlier this week the general manager for CI Cricket, Alister Stevic, announced that they had two respected ex NZ cricketers in Catherine Campbell and Delwyn Costello set to run an exciting women’s Telecom high performance training session next […]
Goldies make mark
Tuesday 28 September 2010 | Published in Regional
The main contingent of the CI Diplomats arrived safe and sound into Sydney on Saturday September25 and met up with those who were already in Australia. Early on Sunday a group of four braved the Harbour Bridge climb, the hours slogging up hospital hill paying off, while the others made Paddy’s market and the fish […]
Coach arrives
Tuesday 28 September 2010 | Published in Regional
Fabio Menta, a professional volleyball coach from Italy, arrived in the country yesterday to help with the development of the sport. Menta said he is well aware of the challenges he faces in coming to the Cook Islands and acknowledges that coaching volleyball in the Cooks will be very different from what he is used […]
RRRR clarification
Tuesday 28 September 2010 | Published in Regional
Organisers of the Round Raro Road Race made a couple of errors when compiling the final results of Saturday’s race. Overall winner Greg Gustafson is actually from the USA, not the Cook Islands as listed. Also Harriet Carr was listed as the second local woman to win, when in fact she is from Wellington, New […]
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