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Fast action basketball
Friday 31 December 2010 | Published in Other Sports
Fast and furious basketball action is on the cards for the annual basketball New Year one-day invitational tournament that will be held on Tuesday January 4 at the Telecom Sports Arena. The first game will tip off at 9am with four men’s and women’s teams vying for the champion title taking away trophies with spot […]
Record numbers at Aitutaki sailing
Thursday 2 December 2010 | Published in Other Sports
The fifth annual Boat Shed Regatta was held in Aitutaki last Friday and Saturday with a record 25 junior sailors from Aitutaki and Rarotonga competing. Sailing races were held in two classes – the Laser 4.7 class with 10 sailors and the Optimist class with 15 sailors. Aquila Tatira of Aitutaki and Toka Narayan of […]
Delicious start to junior sailing day
Monday 15 November 2010 | Published in Other Sports
Saturday, November 6 was the junior registration day for the new Nemo squad and a chance to refresh our Green and Gold fleets for Optimists sailors at the Rarotonga Sailing Club. An enthusiastic crowd of kids gathered around 8.30am to have a rather messy, but delicious, pancake breakfast complete with big pancakes, animal shape cutters, […]
Kids invited to take up sailing
Saturday 6 November 2010 | Published in Other Sports
A Thriller Halloween Pancake breakfast and regatta at Rarotonga Sailing Club today will mark the registration and beginning of the coaching season for 2010-2011. The club is offering a new ‘Nemo’ squad for kids aged from 3 to 7 years giving them the opportunity to become water-wise plus get out sailing in skippered boats, swimming […]
Basketball bounces back
Tuesday 21 September 2010 | Published in Other Sports
The Cook Islands Basketball Federation business house competition bounces into action this evening at the Telecom Sports Arena. Last week’s petrol shortage forced the competition to be postponed a week but all is now back on track. Eight teams have registered for the tournament that starts at 5.30pm. The mixed competition requires teams to have […]
Basketball training on
Tuesday 24 August 2010 | Published in Other Sports
The Cook Islands Basketball Federation training session for player’s 14-years and over continues today at the Telecom Sports Arena. Basketball president George ‘G-Dub’ Williams reports that the first two training sessions have been very intense and those wanting to be part of this training session, running from 6pm to 8 o’clock, need to come prepared […]
Basketball training programme
Tuesday 17 August 2010 | Published in Other Sports
The main basketball season might be all wrapped up but the Cook Islands Basketball Federation is keeping the ball bouncing with a four week development and training programme. The programme began last Tuesday and will continue this evening at the Telecom Sports Arena. The programme is geared to improving the fitness of players, strengthening skills […]
70 years of sailing in Raro celebrated
Monday 9 August 2010 | Published in Other Sports
Rarotonga Sailing Club past and present members have been celebrating 70 years of sailing in the Cook Islands. Last week the sailing club was buzzing with various activities in honour of the club’s 70th birthday including plenty of action on and off the water. On Friday, the club celebrated the milestone with a cake during […]
Celebrating 70 years of sailing
Tuesday 20 July 2010 | Published in Other Sports
The Rarotonga Sailing club is believed to be the oldest sporting club in the Cook Islands and will be celebrating its 70th birthday in August. The Rarotonga Sailing Club was begun in 1940 at Muri beach. The first building was a former airport tower from the old airfield where the golf course is now. The […]
Basketball celebrates end of season
Saturday 17 July 2010 | Published in Other Sports
Local basketball teams swapped their boots for pizzas when they rocked up to the High Tide Bar and Grill for the season wrap up party and prize giving this week. The wrap up party on Tuesday was also a great opportunity for teams and players to showcase their other skills – namely dancing and musical […]
Sunburst sailing
Thursday 15 July 2010 | Published in Other Sports
Thirteen-year-old sailors Taylor Mehaffy and Sam Reid cleaned up the old salts at Saturday’s national sunburst regatta. The junior sailing duo took out first place in the wooden sunburst class ahead of second place getters Jeff Hill and crew. Third place went to Tony Heays and top junior optimist sailor Eseta Ailaouamaua. The fibreglass sunburst […]
Basketball prize giving on
Tuesday 13 July 2010 | Published in Other Sports
The Cook Islands Basketball Federation will honour their teams and players tonight after a highly successful 2010 main season. All basketball teams in both the men’s and women’s division are asked to be at the High Tide Bar and Grill for this evening’s prize giving and show. The evening’s programme will begin at 6pm with […]
Exciting finish to basketball season
Friday 9 July 2010 | Published in Other Sports
The Telecom Cook Islands Basketball season came to a thrilling end this week with the season grand finals at the Telecom Sports Arena on Tuesday night. While lightning lit the night sky outside, women’s team Licorice Allsorts and men’s team Kia Orana Hair Salon were lighting up the basketball courts. These two teams were crowned […]
Basketball finals action
Tuesday 6 July 2010 | Published in Other Sports
It’s all on tonight at the Telecom Sports Arena where the champions of Cook Islands basketball will crowned. Its grand finals time for basketballers with intensely fought games expected tonight. The grand basketball grand finals programme will bounce off at 5.30pm with the women’s third and fourth place playoff between the Prima Donnas and Blitz. […]
Basketball semi-finals tonight
Tuesday 29 June 2010 | Published in Other Sports
It’s crunch time for teams in the Telecom Cook Islands Basketball main season with the semi finals of the competition to be staged this evening at the Telecom Sports Arena. The extended season has seen its fair share of ups and downs but it’s the business end and there’s nothing but excitement in the air […]
Basketball teams jostle for top spots
Tuesday 18 May 2010 | Published in Other Sports
With just three weeks until the Telecom Cook Islands basket- ball season heads into grand fin-als time, games are becoming more intense as teams jostle to get into a good position for contention. Up first tonight will be the ladies in team Blitz taking on the Prima Donnas. The Kia Orana Salon slam dunkers will […]
Raro retain sailing trophy
Saturday 15 May 2010 | Published in Other Sports
The Muri Beach Resort sponsored Optimist regatta saw 18 sailors from Rarotonga and Aitutaki put their sailing skills to the test last week with some fantastic results. Seven sailors from the Aitutaki Sailing Club gave Raro sailors a run for their money in two separate fleets, split according to ability, over two days. Friday saw […]
Basketball action on
Tuesday 11 May 2010 | Published in Other Sports
The Telecom Cook Islands main basketball season continues to provide action-packed games at the Telecom Sports Arena every Tuesday evening. The Prima Donnas women’s team will head into tonight’s game against Liquorice Allsorts somewhat on a high after thrashing the 88FM Lady Minx last week 42-21. Rentraro.com will take on Kia Orana Salon this evening […]
Keen teens get basketball training
Friday 7 May 2010 | Published in Other Sports
Keen teen basketball players will have the opportunity to learn new skills and drills at a workshop today at the Princess Anne Hall starting at 3pm. The workshop will be conducted by Oceania zone development officer Ryan Burns who is on the island to support the Cook Islands Basketball Federation. Burns had the opportunity to […]
Basketball season extended
Tuesday 27 April 2010 | Published in Other Sports
The Telecom Cook Islands main basketball season is set to stick around another round as teams have agreed to an extension to the season. This means that tonight’s games are the final matches of the first round of the tournament. The extended season also means that teams that may not have done so well in […]