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Rugby starts tomorrow with sevens
Friday 4 June 2010 | Published in Regional
The Avatiu swamp will play host for the first week of the CITC pre-season sevens tournament which will run for the next three weeks. Next week’s games will be played at Tupapa field with the semis and finals to be played in Arorangi the following week. But all eyes will be on the teams playing […]
Samoa raring to go in opener
Thursday 3 June 2010 | Published in Regional
The Samoa national netball team is eager to hit the courts and they will get their chance this afternoon when they take on Fiji in the first game of the Pacific Series netball tournament. Coach and former Silver Fern, Linda Vagana, predicts an intense three days of netball ahead not just for her team but […]
PNG after more success at arena
Thursday 3 June 2010 | Published in Regional
The Papua New Guinea netball side (pictured right) are no strangers to success at the Telecom Sports Arena. Most of the players in the squad in this week’s Pacific Series played in last year’s Pacific Mini Games netball tournament where they surprised everyone by beating the Cooks and winning the silver medal. And this time […]
Revamped rugby ready to roll out
Thursday 3 June 2010 | Published in Regional
A newly revamped Rarotonga club rugby union season will be unveiled this weekend. This year the season will run for 22 weeks and will begin this weekend with the CITC pre-season sevens tournament. It will wrap up in early November with the hugely popular CIRU International Rugby Sevens Tournament. The season will include nine weeks […]
Focussed Fiji netters mean business
Wednesday 2 June 2010 | Published in Regional
A resilient national Fiji team are not here for a holiday, they are here to take out the Pacific Series netball tournament. “We mean business,” coach Una Rokoura says. “We have a mixed team of young and experienced players. I think this tournament is a do-or-die for everybody here.” The Fiji team have faced a […]
Pacific netters arrive
Saturday 29 May 2010 | Published in Regional
The Cook Islands national netball squad players from New Zealand arrived in the country yesterday afternoon for the Pacific Series netball tournament starting on June 3. The Pacific Series between the Cooks, Fiji, Samoa and Papua New Guinea is the qualifier for the netball world cup in Singapore next year. Three days of netball games […]
Daniela grabs triple
Saturday 29 May 2010 | Published in Regional
New Zealand born Cook Islander Geoff Daniela received the Man of the Match Award for his performance in Friday night’s (Thursday night CI time) NRL game between Wests Tigers and the Warriors in Sydney. Auckland-born Daniela cut loose in the second spell, crossing for a hat-trick of tries in the first 15 minutes after the […]
Dragonflies play Red Divas in pressure match
Saturday 29 May 2010 | Published in Regional
Due to the regional netball teams arriving this weekend for the Pacific Series netball tournament, the first club premier grade netball match was played last night between the Titikaveka Pearls and Ngatangiia Kokiri. This is so that national players in the Titikaveka team will be able to head into camp before the Pacific Series starts […]
Sports was the winner on the night
Thursday 27 May 2010 | Published in Regional
Sporting pride was at an all time high on Tuesday night as national sports federations gathered at the Aroa Nui Hall for the national sports awards. Close to 300 guests attended the awards to honour our national athletes. But as Father Loni said in his opening prayer many will run the race, but only one […]
Pick grabs 8th in Noumea
Thursday 27 May 2010 | Published in Regional
Sportswoman of the year nominee Kelly Pick recently returned from New Caledonia where she was invited to race in the 25th anniversary Noumea international triathlon on May 9. Pick was chosen by the Cook Islands Triathlon Association to represent the Cook Islands at the event. She was thrilled with the opportunity even though the race […]
Kronfeld takes audience on 'rugby journey'
Thursday 27 May 2010 | Published in Regional
“Never stop listening to learn and be proud of who you are and where you come from” were some of the inspirational words by national sports awards guest speaker Josh Kronfeld. The former All Black’s speech on his ‘rugby journey’ was filled with hilarious reminiscences from his long love affair with rugby had the packed […]
2010 sports awards nominees
Wednesday 26 May 2010 | Published in Regional
Due to a full-on year of sports in 2009 including the Pacific Mini Games national sports federations have gone all out to make sure their athletes’ achievements are recognised. Following is the list of athletes and associations that were in the running for awards at last night’s national sports awards: Sportsman of the year nominations: […]
Tuaiti, Vaile take top sports honours
Wednesday 26 May 2010 | Published in Regional
The country’s top sporting honours of sportsman and sportswoman of the year went to golfer Kirk Tuaiti and golden girl lawn bowler Kanny Vaile at last night’s national sports awards. Tuaiti won two gold medals at the Pacific Mini Games in the men’s individual and team golfing event. Vaile also won two gold medals at […]
Titikaveka continues dominance
Tuesday 25 May 2010 | Published in Regional
The Titikaveka premier grade netball team continues to prove that they are a class above the rest when for the second time this season they outclassed, outmuscled and outplayed the Avatiu dragonflies. Titikaveka hit the ground running on Saturday after a huge 55-34 win against Takuvaine on Friday night. If Avatiu thought that Takuvaine might […]
Kronfeld set to share with the country
Tuesday 25 May 2010 | Published in Regional
National sports award guest speaker and former All Blacks flanker Josh Kronfeld will run drills with Cook Islands Sports Academy students today before sharing some words of wisdom at tonight’s sports awards. Kronfeld along with his wife Bronwyn and 18-month-old son Cassius were hosted to lunch by members of the Cook Islands Rugby Union association […]
Queen's Baton on its Rarotonga journey
Saturday 22 May 2010 | Published in Regional
It will be all hands on deck today as Rarotonga hosts the Cook Islands’ leg of the Queen’s Baton world relay. The baton arrived on our shores last night to a turou at the Rarotonga airport. The baton is on its way around the island this morning after the relay began at the BCI Stadium […]
Big contest for top 2 awards
Friday 21 May 2010 | Published in Regional
Judges charged which determining just which athletes and sports associations receive the top honours at this year’s national sports awards have had a tough time making their decisions. There is a high calibre list of nominees for this year’s main awards with all sports codes recognising the achievements of their athletes over the 2009 sporting […]
CIFA gets new admin building
Thursday 20 May 2010 | Published in Regional
Funds were approved last month by international soccer body FIFA for the Cook Islands Football Association to construct a new administration building and gym facilities. A signing ceremony was held with FIFA’s Glen Turner, CIFA’s president Lee Harmon and local suppliers to seal the deal. This is CIFA’s fourth ‘goal project’, initiated by FIFA about […]
Cross country series starts
Thursday 20 May 2010 | Published in Regional
Don’t let the dust settle on your shoes the cross country running series is starting today. There will be six races in the cross country series which is a build up to the Round Rarotonga Road Race week starting on July 15. The cross country series will wrap up on June 24 with the national […]
Sports awards tickets go fast
Thursday 20 May 2010 | Published in Regional
With this year’s sports awards one of the largest in its history, tickets for the event are selling fast. There were suggestions that there may not be enough tickets for sports codes to be able to take their teams to the awards because of an excess number of VIP guests. However, Cook Islands Sports and […]
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