Sports

Puaikura out to make a winning start

Saturday 23 July 2016 | Published in Other Sports

Puaikura FC and Nikao Sokattak will be battling it out at the CIFA Complex today in what will be the feature match in the premier men’s division. It kicks off at 3.45pm.

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Cowboys hope to end their winless run

Saturday 23 July 2016 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Rugby Union

ARORANGI Cowboys is not making any bold statement heading into the round-five clash against Tupapa Panthers in The Bond Store Rarotonga Club 15s competition today.

Rugby Union


Delighting in the joy of rugby Raro Style

Saturday 23 July 2016 | Written by Richard Moore | Published in Other Sports

LAST WEEKEND I went to the greatest game of rugby I have seen.

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Sopoaga's Highlanders into Super Rugby semis

Saturday 23 July 2016 | Published in Rugby Union

There's a reason the Highlanders are the defending champions and they showed it in Canberra.

Rugby Union


Graham busy meeting athletes before flying to Rio

Friday 22 July 2016 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Other Sports

TEAM COOK ISLANDS chef de mission to the 2016 Olympics Games in Rio de Janeiro, Robert Graham, has been holding meetings with the national athletes in New Zealand.

Other Sports


Kuki rugger star set for Olympics Sevens role

Friday 22 July 2016 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Other Sports

TEDDY Stanaway is a good enough reason for Cook Islanders to back the All Blacks Sevens side in the upcoming Olympic Games in Brazil.

Other Sports


Bulls hope to pile on more U19 misery for Eels

Friday 22 July 2016 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Rugby Union

The raging Titikaveka Bulls will be hoping to add more misery to the struggling Avatiu Nikao Eels’ campaign in the Rarotonga Club 15s Under-19 clash this afternoon at The Swamp.

Rugby Union

Badminton off to a good start

Friday 22 July 2016 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Other Sports

The opening round of the third annual Cook Islands Badminton Business House Competition went off to a boisterous start last week.

Other Sports


Tupapa premiers eye winning start

Friday 22 July 2016 | Published in Football

The 2016 Rarotonga Football season is underway and anticipation is brewing for the first match in the premier men’s division between last season’s champions Tupapa Maraerenga and Avatiu.

Football


Record dive: 102m into very, very, deep blue

Thursday 21 July 2016 | Published in Other Sports

WILLIAM TRUBRIDGE, 36, is the new free dive world champion after reaching a depth of 102 metres and back to complete the world record that he fell agonisingly short of breaking in 2014.

Other Sports


Fundraising fare for our Olympic sailors at the Punanga Nui Market

Thursday 21 July 2016 | Published in Other Sports

TO HELP our two sailors Peter Elisa Henry and Teau McKenzie compete at the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio, umu food will be on sale from 11am today at the Punanga Nui Market. The fundraising food is sold at $12 a plate.

Other Sports

Teamwork has Flames burning brightly down at the Swamp

Thursday 21 July 2016 | Published in Netball

TEAM cohesion was a winning formula for the Arorangi Flames Under 21 Rising Stars netball team who came out firing last Saturday to down hosts Avatiu Dragonflies 49-44.

Netball


NZ Herald withdraws news team from Rio

Thursday 21 July 2016 | Published in Other Sports

KIWI newspaper readers face having lesser coverage of the Olympics to read at the breakfast table after the New Zealand Herald withdrew its reporting team from Rio yesterday.

Other Sports

Tupapa Maraerenga to take on Avatiu

Thursday 21 July 2016 | Published in Netball

The CIFA Complex will be buzzing with action today as Tupapa Maraerenga gear up for their first clash against Avatiu in the Under 14 Boys and Senior Women’s divisions.

Netball

Netballers beating the bad weather

Thursday 21 July 2016 | Published in Netball

TAKITUMU School had the honour to host what turned out to be the most-hyped primary school netball competition ever at the Bluesky Sports Arena yesterday.

Netball


Sun, sand and action as beach volleyball eyes Bahamas Games

Wednesday 20 July 2016 | Published in Other Sports

BEACH VOLLEYBALL is set to feature at the 2017 Bahamas’ Commonwealth Youth Games, according to Hugh Graham, Cook Islands Volleyball Federation president and Oceania vice-president on the Commonwealth Games Federation.

Other Sports


SPORTS BRIEFS

Wednesday 20 July 2016 | Published in Other Sports

Ripper games are on today

Other Sports

Tini scores come-from-behind win

Wednesday 20 July 2016 | Published in Other Sports

AS PREDICTED after the first round, with so many players in contention to win the annual Computer Man two day golf tournament it only took someone to really lift their game to take out the win.

Other Sports


Starter's gun sounds for Rarotonga Road Race registrations

Wednesday 20 July 2016 | Published in Other Sports

THE 39TH annual Rarotonga Road Race is set to take place in September and registration for the classic sporting event is now underway. The first run of the week gets away at 5pm and will start and end at the yard across from Beachcomber Resort, known as the Sinai Hall in downtown Avarua.

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Success for Davis Cup lineup

Tuesday 19 July 2016 | Published in Other Sports

The Pacific Oceania tennis team have staved off relegation in the Davis Cup after an emphatic victory against Singapore in Tehran last week.

Other Sports


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