Cricket
Aitutaki womens cricket off to a flier
Wednesday 14 December 2011 | Published in Cricket
While wet weather put a stop to the start of the Mangaia womens cricket season the Aitutaki womens league got off to a flier in front of a large crowd. After winning the toss Amuri elected to bat first against Tautu however could only manage 39 runs which the Tautu girls chased down with relative […]
Mangaia gets into cricket
Tuesday 6 December 2011 | Published in Cricket
On the island of Mangaia, kids got into the swing of things with a full day of cricketing fun down at the Oneroa field. As the schooling year draws to an end, Mangaia School put together some activities for the kids to enjoy with a cricket tournament being played amongst the juniors and secondary students. […]
Pastor blasts into NZ Cricket
Monday 5 December 2011 | Published in Cricket
Cook Islands Cricket has further extended its close partnership with Northern Districts Cricket by signing off on an agreement that will see the countrys top ANZ junior cricketers playing in major secondary school tournaments in New Zealand. The first of the local players to benefit from this newly formed agreement is rising talent Pastor Tekaria. […]
Cricket goes red
Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in Cricket
Cook Islands cricket is going red for World AIDS Day. Teams and umpires taking to cricket fields this weekend will all pin on a red ribbon in support of the internationally recognised day, which this year is focusing on ending the transmission of HIV from mothers to their babies within the next four years. Though […]
Muri cricket champions
Wednesday 30 November 2011 | Published in Cricket
The Muri Creeps Womens team are the 2011 Edgewater Saturday Premier Champions following an epic final in the weekend. The Creep girls came up against top of the table Arorangi Red Hot Chicks at Raemaru Park in perfect conditions for cricket. Winning the toss, the Red Hot Chicks decided to exert pressure through their bowling […]
Extra special cricket matches on today
Saturday 5 November 2011 | Published in Cricket
While most Computer Man mens cricket teams have the day off, todays catch up matches are extra special, as the results will produce the winner of the Computer Man Mens Competition. The Arorangi Red Backs, Titikaveka Titans and the Muri Creeps will be throwing everything they have into their match to ensure victory. The Creeps […]
Cricket umpire here to share
Tuesday 1 November 2011 | Published in Cricket
Northern Districts Cricket umpire educator Colin Elstob is back on the island as part of a Cook Islands Cricket initiative to educate and up-skill local umpires. Elstob joins a strong line up of recent visits by cricket educators, administrators and professional players who have been invited to the Cooks to support the development of cricket. […]
Hot contest develops at top of cricket
Tuesday 1 November 2011 | Published in Cricket
Big wins on Saturday saw the most closely contested Computer Man Mens cricket season in recent memory get hotter keeping 3 teams hopes of Round Robin glory alive. Red Backs team manager Andrew Forbes described their affair against Avatiu Nikao as an intense one, batting first our openers Pare Rongokea and Apii Mamanu set a […]
Cricket carnival for primaries
Tuesday 1 November 2011 | Published in Cricket
With primary school athletics completed, the schools attention now shifts to the last big tournament of the year the 2011 ANZ Cricket Carnival. The carnival will be held on November 23 with venues to be confirmed. The carnival will be run under modified super sixes rules meaning there are 6 players per team with each […]
Turangi Whimps lead Super 8s cricket
Friday 28 October 2011 | Published in Cricket
Round 2 of the Edgewater Mid Week Super 8s womens cricket got underway on Wednesday, with some great results and plenty of action. At Nukupure Park, the Turangi Cheeky Babes batted first and posted 104 runs. In reply, Muri were in all sorts of trouble with some tight bowling from Turangi and were dismissed for […]
High calibre cricket draws crowd
Tuesday 18 October 2011 | Published in Cricket
A two hundred strong crowd witnessed history on Friday as a first class cricket team took on a Pacific country in the Pacific for the first time. The Yahoo! NZ Northern Knights and Telecom Cooks side squared off in a Twenty-20 match at Turangi. The match was a culmination of a weeklong spring training camp […]
Knights excite local junior cricketers
Thursday 13 October 2011 | Published in Cricket
The visiting Northern Knights cricket team joined junior cricketers at Takitumu School on Tuesday for a fun filled afternoon of cricket island style. The Northern Knights will face the Telecom Cook Islands national squad tomorrow at Turangi in what will be an historical match. But first the Knights faced the islands talented junior cricketers. Knights […]
Exciting results in cricket series
Wednesday 12 October 2011 | Published in Cricket
The first round of the Edgewater Womens Cricket Series has come to a close with some exciting results in both the mid week and Saturday morning premier competition. Wins to Turangi 1 and Titikaveka in the Open 1 and Open 2 mid week competitions respectively have secured the titles for their teams, with Titikaveka coming […]
Split looms in mens cricket competition
Saturday 8 October 2011 | Published in Cricket
The Computer Man Mens Cricket competition moves into the business end of the round robin this week with only 4 weeks left until the competition splits into top 4 and bottom 6 playoff. Top of the table Avatiu-Nikao will be out to prove they arent pretenders when they take on third place Muri at the […]
After school cricket fun is coming to your school
Monday 3 October 2011 | Published in Cricket
The after school cricket programme began last Wednesday with Arorangi School being the first to start ANZ Junior Cricket Days. Twenty-two children stayed after school for an hour and had great fun working on their cricket skills. The kids played a variety of skill challenges like trying to knock over coconuts with a ball, catching […]
Things heating up on the cricket pitch this week
Friday 30 September 2011 | Published in Cricket
Last weekends Edgewater Womens Saturday morning championship saw Arorangi do battle with the girls from Turangi. Batting first, Turangi managed to keep the runs flowing, accumulating 129 runs with Grace Daniel top scoring with 19 runs. Some tight bowling from Margaret Dean and Mama Tuaputa taking 3 wickets each helped keep the runs down. In […]
Cricketer motivates athletes
Friday 23 September 2011 | Published in Cricket
Cricket has helped Nicola Browne achieve her childhood dreams of representing New Zealand in sport and becoming the best in the world. With those two goals ticked off, the worlds top female cricketer is on a new mission to make her hometown Waikato globally recognised but up until next Thursday Browne is on Rarotonga to […]
Cricket at Manea Games
Friday 23 September 2011 | Published in Cricket
For the first time in 16 years of Manea Games history, cricket will be included as a competitive and medal sport at the coming competition. Aitutaki cricketers are not going to let the recent praise of Mauke and Mangaias foray into senior mens and womens cricket distract them from their goal of securing gold at […]
Worlds best female cricketer here
Wednesday 21 September 2011 | Published in Cricket
The worlds top international female cricketer has landed on the rock! Nicola Browne, recipient of the 2011 World Cup player of the tournament, is on Rarotonga working with Cook Islands Cricket as part of an agreement between Cook Islands Cricket and the New Zealand Cricket Players Association the same partnership that gave rise to the […]
Cricketers face top New Zealand team
Wednesday 21 September 2011 | Published in Cricket
The Telecom national cricketers are set to face the biggest opponents of their careers when New Zealands top all-rounder, world-class spin bowler and former Black Cap captain Daniel Vettori arrives with his troops soon after the departure of the Kiwis league side in October. The Northern District Knights, which in rugby terms would be the […]