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Sailing earns NCEA credits
Friday 25 July 2014 | Published in Other Sports
After six weeks of learning to sail – 15 Araura College students on the island of Aitutaki are not only comfortable sailors but have earned nine NCEA credits.
Lunch with the Queen
Friday 25 July 2014 | Published in Other Sports
Cook Islands track athlete and flag bearer Patricia Taea (left) and Aitutaki rugby sevens player Teu Paerau were among the lucky athletes chosen to lunch with the Queen in Glasgow on Wednesday.
Wild weather adds to rippa thrills
Thursday 24 July 2014 | Published in Other Sports
Muddy conditions, horizontal rain and strong winds did little to dampen the spirits of Rarotonga school children who keenly showed off their rippa rugby skills at yesterday’s one-day tournament.
Cook Islands best dressed in Glasgow
Thursday 24 July 2014 | Published in Other Sports
Team Cook Islands stood out among 71 Commonwealth nations at the opening of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games yesterday at Celtic Park.
Queen's Rep boosts athletes' morale
Wednesday 23 July 2014 | Published in Other Sports
Cook Islands track athlete Patricia Taea will lead team Cook Islands out onto Celtic Park this evening for the opening of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.
Mangaia kids have a blast at rippa
Wednesday 23 July 2014 | Published in Other Sports
Mangaia youngsters are still buzzing from their action-packed rippa rugby competition that wrapped up on Saturday with a one-day tournament.
Youth golfers geared up for China
Tuesday 22 July 2014 | Published in Other Sports
Two school-age golfers are polishing up their drives and putts ahead of attending the Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China next month.
Shuttle time at badminton
Tuesday 22 July 2014 | Published in Other Sports
Princess Anne Hall at Tereora College and the Papaaroa Hall in Titikaveka are buzzing with badminton fun.
A spot of fishing on Saturday morning
Tuesday 22 July 2014 | Published in Other Sports
Local resident Ina Tamarua couldn’t help but capture the magic she saw in three little local boys fishing off the Avatiu wharf on a beautiful Saturday morning in Rarotonga.
Sports day at Tereora College
Friday 18 July 2014 | Published in Other Sports
Tereora College sports academy students have organised a fun day of sports for their school today, and for their efforts they will earn NCEA (national certificate of education achievement) credits.
New home for Cook Islands Weightlifting
Friday 18 July 2014 | Published in Other Sports
Cook Islands Weightlifting has a new home base and the hosts are excited about finding fresh young talent to represent the country.
Hunt on for raw weightlifting talent
Friday 18 July 2014 | Published in Other Sports
Cook Islands Weightlifting is about to begin a talent scouting operation to find one young person with the raw potential to become a world-class weightlifter.
Games village hit by virus
Thursday 17 July 2014 | Published in Other Sports
No Cook Islands athletes or officials have been affected by a diarrhoea and vomiting virus that has hit the Athletes' Village a week out from the start of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Cooks athletes settling in Glasgow
Thursday 17 July 2014 | Published in Other Sports
The 15 stars of the Cook Islands are flying high and proud in Glasgow with the first lot of Team Cook Islands athletes making sure to mark their home away from home with the national flag.
Beddoes clocks personal best
Thursday 17 July 2014 | Published in Other Sports
Cook Islands track athlete Alex Beddoes has clocked a new personal best time in his specialty 800m event on the eve of making his Commonwealth Games debut for Team Cook Islands.
Optimist sailing to teams racing
Wednesday 16 July 2014 | Published in Other Sports
Fifteen rising Cook Islands junior sailors will take to the water this Thursday and Friday for the 2014 teams racing championships along with 20 Kiwi youth sailors.
Rippa rugby, netball in Titikaveka
Tuesday 15 July 2014 | Published in Other Sports
Titikaveka field and netball courts will be buzzing on Wednesday as future rugby and netball stars gather for the Cook Islands News Rarotonga Primary School Rippa Rugby tournament that runs alongside the inter-primary school netball competition.
Cooks students shine on Taekwon-Do stage
Monday 14 July 2014 | Published in Other Sports
Cook Islands Taekwon-do athletes held their own during the sixth Oceania International Tournament held in the Cooks earlier this month and marking a special milestone in the local associations history.
New personal best time before Youth Olympics
Thursday 10 July 2014 | Published in Other Sports
Cook Islands youth swimmer Temaruata Strickland is on track for a strong showing at the Nanjing Youth Olympics after setting new personal best swim times.
Team Cook Islands heads to Glasgow
Wednesday 9 July 2014 | Published in Other Sports
Team Cook Islands athletes will this week begin their voyage across the globe to Glasgow in Scotland for the Commonwealth Games.
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