Sports
Sailing glory on the lagoon
Monday 16 April 2012 | Published in Other Sports
Glorious sunshine and a moderate breeze made for fun times on the Muri lagoon with sailors of all ages and skills taking to the water to make the most of the good sailing conditions. Optimist sailors in the Silver Fleet, including sailors from the Rarotonga and Aitutaki Sailing Clubs, buzzed around their marked course as […]
2 slaughterings in league
Monday 16 April 2012 | Published in League
With three more weeks of league games to play before semi and grand finals time – weekend matches were all about racking up the points for better placings heading into the final stages of the competition. Top of the table Tupapa Panthers were all business on Friday when they hammered the Sharks 54-14 at Victoria […]
Netball visitors win first game
Thursday 12 April 2012 | Published in Netball
The visiting Paeroa College netball team coached by former Silver Fern head coach Ruth Aitken showed their stamina and patience when they fought back to take out their first game of netball in the Cooks against Tereora College yesterday. Both sides started the match in shaky form as players tried to shed the nerves in […]
House colours blazing at Tereora touch
Wednesday 11 April 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby
Tereora College house 3 students made it three out of three when they took out the college’s annual touch rugby tournament last Thursday for the third year. The extreme heat and humidity on the day did little to curb the students’ enthusiasm as they proudly wore their house colours and put their bodies on the […]
Cricket spreads to 10th island of Aitutaki
Wednesday 11 April 2012 | Published in Cricket
Cricket is seeping into the sporting landscape in Aitutaki, finding inroads through the island’s student population and under the keen eyes of senior local cricketers. Students in all of Aitutaki’s schools have been receiving coaching lessons this year from visiting Cook Islands Cricket (CIC) officials and the island’s own top cricketers currently vying for a […]
New netball season opens today
Wednesday 11 April 2012 | Published in Netball
The 2012 domestic netball season starts with a bang tonight with the open grades taking to the courts plus games through the week between local clubs and the visiting Paeroa College netball team. Led by former New Zealand international level player and Silver Fern head coach Ruth Aitken, the visiting school will play four games […]
Tough job for cricket selectors
Thursday 5 April 2012 | Published in Cricket
Cricket selectors have a problem with national women’s team, but it is a good problem to have. Nineteen women from Aitutaki and Rarotonga who have been put on a shortlist for the side have been hard at work in the last few months, trying to make their claim to one of 14 spots available in […]
Final touch thrills
Wednesday 4 April 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby
It’s crunch time today with the grand finals of the 2012 touch rugby season to be played out today at the Nikao field. Today’s grand finals will be for teams in both the mixed and open divisions with a short presentation to follow at the Rose Garden next to the playing fields. The Cook Islands […]
Final touch thrills
Wednesday 4 April 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby
It’s crunch time today with the grand finals of the 2012 touch rugby season to be played out today at the Nikao field. Today’s grand finals will be for teams in both the mixed and open divisions with a short presentation to follow at the Rose Garden next to the playing fields. The Cook Islands […]
Oe vaka gets them cheering, screaming
Wednesday 4 April 2012 | Published in Paddling
The Araura College Oe Vaka day last Friday was an absolute success! With great weather and the central location of the Arutanga wharf – parents and the community came down to cheer on their children and their favourite house. The goal for the day was participation with the races starting with the 2km race. House […]
Exciting battle in schools oe vaka sprints
Monday 2 April 2012 | Published in Paddling
Blue skies and calm waters greeted the 44 teams that registered for this year’s Annual Vaka-iti Interschool Competition on Friday, March 30. Six-man canoe teams made up of students from Imanuela Akatemia, Nukutere College, Tereora College and Titikaveka College packed on to Muri beach for a great day of racing. The day started off with […]
Junior sailing numbers up
Saturday 31 March 2012 | Published in Other Sports
Junior sailing is experiencing a fantastic growth at the moment with nearly 40 juniors attending a Saturday Optimist session, in which the Rarotonga Sailing Club’s gold and silver fleets were in action, and joining training sessions for the club’s green fleet. Training days for gold and silver are Tuesdays and Thursdays with green on Wednesdays. […]
Titikaveka take out Vaka Iti
Saturday 31 March 2012 | Published in Paddling
Titikaveka College has laid its claim to being the best paddling school at Rarotonga, beating its cross-island rivals in yesterday’s 2012 Vaka Iti competition. About 300 students from Titikaveka, Tereora College, Nukutere College and Imanuela Akatemia took part in the event at Muri lagoon yesterday. One by one, the students from years 9 to 12 […]
300 teens in today's Vaka Iti
Friday 30 March 2012 | Published in Paddling
The sixth annual Vaka Iti oe vaka school programme will culminate in the interschool competition today. Close to 300 students from Rarotonga-based schools Akatemia, Nukutere, Tereora, and Titikaveka will vie for champion status. Teams are made up from years 9 to 12, with boys, girls and mixed team categories. After five weeks of training, students […]
Big crowd expected at schools soccer comp
Wednesday 28 March 2012 | Published in Football
The CIFA complex will play host to the CITC Coca-Cola Primary School One Day Soccer Tournament tomorrow for grades 4, 5 and 6 students. The Rarotonga Primary School teams battling it out for the 2012 honour will be Papaaroa, Te Uki Ou, Avarua, Takitumu, Avatea, Imanuela Akatemia, St Joseph’s, Rutaki, Arorangi and Nikao. All schools […]
Canoe call for Friday's Vaka Iti
Tuesday 27 March 2012 | Published in Paddling
Rarotonga students will be testing their paddling skills against one another this week in the 2012 Vaka Iti competition. Beginning about 9am on Friday, March 30, the racers will paddle over a 500m course in Muri throughout the day. Organiser Lorena Maru said the course would be 500m straight V6 using the SPG course to […]
Rugby union reviews high and lows
Tuesday 27 March 2012 | Published in Rugby Union
The highs and lows for rugby union in the Cook Islands in 2011 will be examined at tonight’s Cook Islands Rugby Union annual general meeting, where office bearers from the president down will also be decided on for the coming two years. Eight positions will be decided on at tonight’s meeting, held from 5pm at […]
Rugby League World Cup fixtures
Tuesday 27 March 2012 | Published in League
(Full list of dates and kick-offs will be confirmed when the broadcast schedule is finalised) Group A (three to qualify): England v Australia – Millennium Stadium, Cardiff; Fiji v Ireland – Spotland Stadium, Rochdale; England v Ireland – the Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield; Australia v Fiji – Langtree Park, St Helens; England v Fiji – KC […]
Basketball venue change
Tuesday 27 March 2012 | Published in Other Sports
This week’s matches in the basketball pre-season competition will be held at the Papa’aroa SDA Hall instead of its usual location at the Princess Anne Hall. The matches have been moved to accommodate the Tereora College annual general meeting at the Princess Anne Hall. In last week’s games, Ruaau Philo beat their rivals Kavera Philo […]
Netball forms high performance team
Saturday 24 March 2012 | Published in Netball
As part of its restructuring, Netball Cook Islands has set up a high performance committee to manage the development of its high performance athletes, technical officials, coaches and managers. This is a new development for NCI and a “work in progress” as it activates the committee for the first time. The high performance committee comprises […]
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