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To mum with love
Saturday 8 May 2010 | Published in Regional
Avatea Primary School year six students have spent the week writing stories and poems about their mums. Here are some of the stories from the year six students. My mum Mothers offer the world for her sons and daughters and they are even like the rarest diamond to her. By Dean Archer Year six Toku […]
Pera lifts his way to double silver
Saturday 8 May 2010 | Published in Regional
Cook Islands weightlifter Sirla Pera lifted his way to two silver medals at the Oceania Junior and Senior Weightlifting Championships in Fiji. Pera and solo female lifter Luisa Peters both won two silver medals each at the championships. Pera lifted a total weight of 236kg (106kg snatch and 130kg clean and jerk) in the men’s […]
Lifters snatch silver in Fiji
Friday 7 May 2010 | Published in Regional
Cook Islands weightlifters Luisa Peters and Sirla Pera have both won two silver medals each at the Oceania Junior and Senior Weightlifting Championships in Fiji this week. Peters has won two silver medals in the women’s 69kg division while Pera won his in the men’s 94kg division. Peters lifted in the Oceania women’s 69kg division […]
Town teams face off
Friday 7 May 2010 | Published in Regional
This week’s netball competitions sees town teams Takuvaine and Avatiu go head to head and country clubs Titikaveka and Ngatangiia face off. And the advantage of playing in the Telecom Sports Arena, among other things, is that clubs have had the opportunity to suss out their rival teams. Round two of netball gets underway this […]
Teachers on the ball
Thursday 6 May 2010 | Published in Regional
Rarotonga teachers will gather again at the Takitumu School grounds today for the second session of cricket coaching. Cook Islands Cricket Association held its first cricket coaching session with teachers on Tuesday afternoon with a great turnout of teachers eager to learn more about cricket in order to give their kids the best possible start […]
Putas to clash
Thursday 6 May 2010 | Published in Regional
Five-a-side soccer teams Black Puta and White Puta both enjoyed wins during the recent set of games running at the CIFA Complex. But it’s the White Puta side that have the clear advantage going into today’s match which kicks off at 5.20pm. With a 4-1 victory in the first round, Black Puta is looking at […]
Cycle race attracts biggest field ever
Thursday 6 May 2010 | Published in Regional
Tuesday night’s annual TurtlesTees Sportswear round the island cycle race saw the largest field ever enter the event 87 riders lined up with 80 recorded as finishing. Unlike some earlier years, a small breakaway at the beginning did not occur and 20 or so cyclists were still in the lead bunch just a few hundred […]
Lifters face weighty Fiji challenge
Wednesday 5 May 2010 | Published in Regional
Rarotonga junior weightlifters Sirla Pera and solo female lifter Luisa Peters are currently competing at the Oceania Junior and Senior Weightlifting Championships in Suva, Fiji along with 165 lifters from across the region. Peters will lift in the women’s 75kg plus category while Pera will lift in the 94kg category. The lifting duo are in […]
Women gain rugby knowledge
Wednesday 5 May 2010 | Published in Regional
With the first women’s rugby season due to start in June, ‘rugby smart’ training sessions have begun to give players a better understanding of the game. The first rugby smart session was held on Monday afternoon which saw a good turnout of women rugby players and supporters. Women’s rugby organiser Lara Sadaraka says that the […]
Triathletes dissect performance
Tuesday 4 May 2010 | Published in Regional
Local and international triathletes are still dissecting their race performance during Saturday’s Air New Zealand Raro- tonga International Triathlon race. Australian triathlete Josh White had a massive race to win a hat-trick and take out the annual international race for the third year in a row. This year’s race saw the largest field of athletes […]
Tour de Raro ready to roll
Tuesday 4 May 2010 | Published in Regional
The TurtlesTees Tour de Raro cycle race will be held today starting at 4.45pm opposite Goldmine Shop in the town centre. The event is sponsored by TurtlesTees Sportswear and over 50 cyclists have entered this event in the past. Last year 44 cyclists lined up, but more are expected this year with higher numbers of […]
Local girls
Monday 3 May 2010 | Published in Regional
Go girls! Local women triathletes (from left) Rangi Apera, Apii Napa, Mona Henderson, Pare Tangata, Tai Ngari and Melanie Wilson gather for a pre-race photo which has become a tradition for the local girls. The local ladies were among the 137 individuals and teams that took part in Saturday’s Air New Zealand Rarotonga International Triathlon […]
White takes triple at tri
Monday 3 May 2010 | Published in Regional
It was a hat-trick for previous winner Josh White of New Zealand at Saturday’s 16th Air New Zealand Rarotonga Triathlon. White came home in 2 hours 8 minutes and 22 seconds (2:08:22), becoming the first person to win the event three times. White also clocked up the fastest cycle time of the day. Rarotonga once […]
Siblings ready for the big one
Saturday 1 May 2010 | Published in Regional
Swimming siblings Aaron, 17, and Celeste, 15, Brown (pictured) will be on the start line of the Air New Zealand Rarotonga International Triathlon race today as the swimmers on the two under 18 teams entered in the race. The siblings have returned to Rarotonga especially for the race after they entered for the first time […]
CI gains World Cup entry
Saturday 1 May 2010 | Published in Regional
Cook Islands Rugby League has been given an automatic entry to the 2013 World Cup along with the 10 countries from the 2008 World Cup by the Rugby League International Federation. There are 14 teams in the next World Cup comprising of the 10 teams from the last World Cup with the Cook Islands and […]
Back in the boiler
Saturday 1 May 2010 | Published in Regional
81 battle for title Eighty-one hearty athletes took to Avarua harbour for Thursday’s Trader Jacks boiler swim event as part of the Air New Zealand Rarotonga International Triathlon race scheduled for today. The fun swim was a great opportunity for athletes in the international triathlon to meet and greet and of course to suss out […]
Women rugby players hone their skills
Friday 30 April 2010 | Published in Regional
Women rugby players have the opportunity to better understand the game they love through the rugby smart training sessions starting on Monday. Each Monday in May, the rugby smart training sessions for women and girls will be held at the BCI Stadium from 5pm. These sessions are an introduction to women’s rugby and aim to […]
It's the real thing!
Thursday 29 April 2010 | Published in Regional
Hundreds of football fans, including Cook Islander Vania Kenning (pictured), were lucky enough to see the FIFA World Cup trophy up close and personal this week at Auckland’s Sky City Convention Centre. Kenning is based in Auckland where she is the Oceania Football Confederation ‘Just Play’ consultant. Kenning and a team of officials have been […]
Teams share the daunting task
Thursday 29 April 2010 | Published in Regional
For those daunted by the prospect of doing the full standard distance of 1.5km swim 40km cycle and 10km run on their own, the team’s competition is the answer in this weekend’s Air New Zealand International Triathlon. Getting together with family or friends and sharing the pain (and the rewards) is a great way to […]
Aito race looms large on horizon
Wednesday 28 April 2010 | Published in Regional
Momentum is gathering for the first Aito Cook Islands oe vaka race with major and supporting sponsors signed up. Pacific Resort Rarotonga and Air Raro have signed up as the major sponsors of the inaugural Aito Cook Islands event. Air Raro is supplying the four plane tickets for the winners of the Aito Cook Islands […]
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