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Taekwon do team to leave today
Wednesday 30 June 2010 | Published in Regional
A team of local taekwon do students leave today for New Zealand to compete in the fifth annual Oceania Taekwon Do Tournament this weekend. Coach Upoko Poko and manager Poko Rongo will accompany them to the Wellington tournament. Two of the students – Ben Maaka and Tangi Akama – will also be celebrating birthdays during […]
Top time at Golden Oldies
Wednesday 30 June 2010 | Published in Regional
Apii Rutaki has never seen the likes of a good Golden Oldies rugby game like the one played there this past Friday. It started on time and had 4×20 minute quarters and was attended by at least 70 players and even more spectators, cars and utes lining the main road – even a bus so […]
Cross-country wraps up
Wednesday 30 June 2010 | Published in Regional
Nearly everyone turned up for the final race of the cross-country series last Thursday maybe because of the barbecue afterwards. Or perhaps it was because they had to, in order to get their final standings for the series, not to mention, you can’t win if you don’t do the last one. Everyone did very well, […]
'Kids in boats' learn the ropes
Tuesday 29 June 2010 | Published in Regional
After weeks of learning the ropes, 12 new sailors received participation certificates for successfully completing the ‘Kids and Boats’ sailing course. On Saturday the young team gathered at the sailing club to show off their new sailing skills in the Optimist class. And judging by the wide grins on the faces of the new sailors […]
Top tries mark season openers
Monday 28 June 2010 | Published in Regional
Titikaveka, Avatiu and the Ngatangiia premier grades all registered wins in the first week of the CITC 2010 rugby 15s season. The Titikaveka Bulldogs team kicked-off their season in style with a well deserved 32-14 win against the Takuvaine Warriors at the Titikaveka field. With the halftime score at 10-7 in favour of the Titikaveka, […]
Dragonflies face Pearls in final
Monday 28 June 2010 | Published in Regional
The Avatiu Dragonflies premier grade netball team will meet the Titikaveka Pearls this weekend for the 2010 club netball season grand final. The Dragonflies disposed of the Takuvaine Red Divas 58-32 in their sudden death match on Saturday but Avatiu’s execution was less than convincing. And they will need to vastly improve and tighten up […]
Rugby season kicks off today
Saturday 26 June 2010 | Published in Regional
Rugby fans will get to see their heroes today as the first round of the CITC rugby season kicks off. The Senior A grade ‘CITC Game of the Week’ will be played between the Titikaveka Bulldogs and Takuvaine Warriors at the Titikaveka field. At this early-stage of the competition both teams are an unknown quantity. […]
Masters fit and fired up
Friday 25 June 2010 | Published in Regional
Cook Islands masters athletes have always been successful at international meets and this year’s team preparing for the Oceania Championships in Tahiti look to continue that trend. A team of 19 athletes will represent the Cooks at the championships scheduled to be held between July 3 and 10. And it’s been full on training for […]
Ryan Nicholas stars for Japan
Friday 25 June 2010 | Published in Regional
Cook Islander Ryan Nicholas, the son of local dentist Philip Nicholas, has helped his Asian Five Nations Champions team Japan record their first ever win over Samoa at the Pacific Nations Cup being played in Samoa. The fifth edition of the IRB-funded tournament is underway in Apia and is dubbed the penultimate tournament before the […]
Tourney heats up
Friday 25 June 2010 | Published in Regional
Tomorrow (Saturday) is the final round of the 2010 Palm Grove Golf Tournament and, in just about all divisions, the winners are impossible to predict. With a packed course over the last two weeks for this ever-popular event, there have been some great scores in evidence. In the senior men’s division, James Herman extended his […]
Last in series
Thursday 24 June 2010 | Published in Regional
The fifth race of the cross country series took place again from outside the BCI Stadium last Thursday. The car park was packed with cars, but not from the runners as there was a Zumba festival going on in the stadium. A few runners were using this as a warm up for their race. With […]
2 new squads named
Thursday 24 June 2010 | Published in Regional
After the highly successful CITC pre-season sevens competition – players have been selected to train and form the Rarotonga senior sevens squad and a development squad. These players will compete in the CITC Constitution Cup sevens tournament in August and they will have the opportunity to be selected for the National sevens team that will […]
Sevens aims for the sun!
Thursday 24 June 2010 | Published in Regional
The Cook Islands Rugby Union has established a committee specifically tasked with exploring and ultimately setting out ways to develop rugby sevens in the Cook Islands with the aim of producing home grown talent to compete on the international stage. The committee consists of Puai Wichman, Lara Sadaraka, Karla Eggelton and Mike Henry. A report […]
Last prep games before 15s
Tuesday 22 June 2010 | Published in Regional
The recent CITC pre-season sevens tournament has not only provided some fantastic action packed games but it has also been an opportunity for local players to ease back into the rugby union season. Avatiu were the eventual winners of the tournament in the senior A grade division – Avatiu defeating Ngatangiia 20-19 to win the […]
Eels slip in to take 7s crown
Monday 21 June 2010 | Published in Regional
The CITC pre-season sevens tournament came to a nail-biting end with the Avatiu Eels just managing to edge out a tough Ngatangiia side to win the senior A division by one point – 20-19. A cheeky quick tap and try scored by experienced Eel’s player and former national sevens legend Teokotai ‘Billy Bush’ Tuaivi early […]
Titikaveka secure finals berth
Monday 21 June 2010 | Published in Regional
The Titikaveka premier grade netball squad have booked themselves a spot in the grand finals after having to up their game to beat Avatiu 51-40 during their knockout match on Saturday. And the match itself was an excellent performance of local netball between the two local giants of netball. Avatiu went into the game with […]
Stewart swim school starts Friday
Monday 21 June 2010 | Published in Regional
Craig Stewart is back on the rock after winning this year’s Boiler Swim and coming fourth in the Air New Zealand International Triathlon. This time Stewart wants to share some of his trade secrets with local swimmers who want a competitive edge or just want to improve their skills in the sea and pool. The […]
Finals time at 7s
Saturday 19 June 2010 | Published in Regional
It’s D-Day for rugby sevens teams who will take to the Raemaru Park field today for the semis and grand finals of the CITC pre-season sevens tournament. Today will see the show down of the best local club sevens teams in all grades from the under 13 grade right up to the senior A men’s […]
Arorangi unveil, bless new uniforms
Saturday 19 June 2010 | Published in Regional
The Arorangi Rugby Union Club officially unveiled and blessed their new ‘armour’ for the 2010 to 2013 rugby seasons. A special ceremony was held for the occasion at the Arorangi club rooms at the Raemaru Park where club and uniform sponsors were humbly honoured by the club and players. Island Car and Bike Hire have […]
Women warriors to do battle at 7s finals
Friday 18 June 2010 | Published in Regional
This weekend’s CITC pre-season sevens tournament semi and grand finals games will feature our women sevens warriors in the City and Country teams. The previous clashes between these two women’s teams have seen an improved level of skills, rugby nous and effort of the ladies and all involved in women’s rugby must be commended (including […]
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