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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Budding basketballers invited to train

Wednesday 2 July 2014 | Published in Other Sports

Improve your jump shots and polish up your three pointers at the junior basketball coaching sessions every Thursday afternoon at the Telecom Sports Arena in Nikao.

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Athletes honoured at awards

Monday 30 June 2014 | Published in Other Sports

Track athletes, sailors and rugby stars were the big winners of last night’s Cook Islands 2013 national sports awards.

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Jacko Gill throws his best ever

Friday 27 June 2014 | Published in Other Sports

Kiwi athlete Jacko Gill has produced a career-best throw on the eve of the Commonwealth Games to push his shot put rivalry with Tom Walsh to a new level.

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Torrential rain challenges athletes

Thursday 26 June 2014 | Published in Other Sports

Tuesday’s torrential rain made for challenging conditions at the BCI Stadium for day one of the Oceania Area Athletics Championships, however, all races scheduled ran on time and without a hitch.

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