Sports

Best dance crew also best touch rugby team

Saturday 28 December 2013 | Published in Touch Rugby

Rarotonga’s Best Dance Crew retained their Boxing Day touch rugby champions title at the Swamp on Thursday, when they put away competitive opponents the 007 crew 5-2.

Touch Rugby

Age grade netball teams give back to sponsors

Saturday 28 December 2013 | Published in Netball

‘Tis the season for giving and showing appreciation and the team at Netball Cook Islands are doing just that to the sponsors that made the recent Netball in Paradise a huge success.

Netball

Summer fun at annual touch tourney

Friday 27 December 2013 | Published in Touch Rugby

Big sunglasses, straw hats and fancy footwork were all the rage at the annual Boxing Day touch rugby tournament at the infamous Avatiu Swamp were families gathered for a fun in the sun.

Touch Rugby

Mangaia cricket summer league draws the crowds

Tuesday 24 December 2013 | Published in Cricket

Mangaia can’t get enough of cricket this summer.

Cricket


Boxing Day touch set to be a real scorcher

Monday 23 December 2013 | Published in Touch Rugby

If the current heat and humidity keeps up, the annual Boxing Day touch rugby tournament is set to be a real scorcher. Local teams are also mustering up their players to make for a hotly contested event. This year’s tournament on Thursday December 26 will be held at the Avatiu Swamp. The annual event has […]

Touch Rugby

Boxing Day touch set to be a real scorcher

Monday 23 December 2013 | Published in Touch Rugby

If the current heat and humidity keeps up, the annual Boxing Day touch rugby tournament is set to be a real scorcher. Local teams are also mustering up their players to make for a hotly contested event. This year’s tournament on Thursday December 26 will be held at the Avatiu Swamp. The annual event has […]

Touch Rugby

Netball development camp an eye opener

Saturday 21 December 2013 | Published in Netball

A recent netball development camp in New Zealand attended by Cook Islands under 19 players and officials has been described by the team as an eye-opener.

Netball


Family ties and touch

Friday 20 December 2013 | Published in Touch Rugby

Members of the Kautai and Ngapoko Kinau family spent a day bonding over sports at the Tupapa field yesterday. The family reunion wrapped up on Thursday with a sports day that included volleyball, touch rugby and novelty games including three legged races.

Touch Rugby

Family ties and touch

Friday 20 December 2013 | Published in Touch Rugby

Members of the Kautai and Ngapoko Kinau family spent a day bonding over sports at the Tupapa field yesterday. The family reunion wrapped up on Thursday with a sports day that included volleyball, touch rugby and novelty games including three legged races.

Touch Rugby

Sailing stars ready for the ocean

Wednesday 18 December 2013 | Published in Other Sports

Elite junior sailors (from left) Tekuao Framhein, Helene Johnson, Toutika Ioane, Ngarangi Mapu, Otis Burrell, Makua Nikoa and Tyler Davis were snapped at Avatiu harbour getting ready for a morning of ocean sailing. The talented young sailors have been selected to represent the country at the Auckland Regatta in early January where they will be […]

Other Sports

Boxing Day touch rugby at the swamp

Tuesday 17 December 2013 | Published in Touch Rugby

The annual and ever popular Boxing Day touch rugby tournament will be running again this year, with all teams encouraged to register now and avoid disappointment. The fun family day out with touch rugby is a great way to work off the Christmas Day treats and to get the family out of the house and […]

Touch Rugby

Tupapa Maraerenga crowned soccer champs

Monday 16 December 2013 | Published in Football

The Tupapa Maraerenga Premier Men’s team have won the CIFA Knock-out Cup final by defeating Puaikura by two goals to one on Saturday at the CIFA complex in Matavera.

Football


Experience fuels soccer cup final

Saturday 14 December 2013 | Published in Football

Puaikura and Tupapa Maraerenga premier men’s team is putting the finishing touches on preparations for its last and biggest match of the season – the final of the CIFA Knock-out Cup at the CIFA complex in Matavera today. With the final training sessions etched away earlier in the week, both sides will battle to carve […]

Football

Cricket booms on Mauke

Saturday 14 December 2013 | Published in Cricket

Residents on the small island of Mauke are right into their cricket! Two years ago the island held a loosely collaborated senior competition, however after two recent development visits the hardworking volunteers and passionate cricketers of Mauke are getting right into the action. The island residents are so keen on their cricket that they now […]

Cricket

Turangi for cricket champion action

Saturday 14 December 2013 | Published in Cricket

It has been a long road for all four cricket teams involved – 16 games in total. It all ends today with a showdown to find Rarotonga’s Twenty20 Champion of Champions. In the Edgewater competition we have Arorangi playing Muri and, in the men’s competition, the Titans take on Tupapa. Today’s matches are being played […]

Cricket

Old stars shine for the masters league

Friday 13 December 2013 | Published in League

After taking part in the Queen’s Baton relay earlier in the day, the Avatiu and Takuvaine masters of rugby league clashed at the Swamp in the first match last Friday. It began as an even game, until national league president Charles Carlson did his magic together with on-form Pomati Jnr, and exploited gaps in the […]

League

Local netters shine at Netball in Paradise

Tuesday 10 December 2013 | Published in Netball

Cook Islands national netball teams were among the standout teams at the recently held Netball in Paradise tournament.

Netball


Netball selection 'unprofessional'

Saturday 7 December 2013 | Published in Netball

Dear Editor, I would like to ask the Cook Islands Netball Association to clarify a few things that have been bugging my niece and I. We live on Aitutaki, and my niece was earmarked by the Cook Islands Netball Association in your newspaper in September 2013, saying that she was selected by the association for […]

Netball

Netball in Paradise heats up the TSA

Friday 6 December 2013 | Published in Netball

Netball lovers were treated to thrilling and physical netball games at the TSA yesterday as teams returned to the court for day three of the Netball in Paradise tournament. Teams will play their final games today as the tournament draws to a close, wrapping up with the closing ceremony tomorrow. The Aitutaki under 15 team […]

Netball

Traditional vaka inspires US paddler

Thursday 5 December 2013 | Published in Paddling

American paddler Leeann Bare first laid eyes on the magnificent Marumaru Atua two years ago when the traditional vaka was dry-docked in California.

Paddling


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