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Indoor touch on the cards
Saturday 21 January 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby
Playing indoors is one option the Touch Rugby Association executives are thinking about for the upcoming season. Re-elected association president Clem Fortes says that at the codes recent annual general meeting, talks focused on possible venues for the 2012 season. With the touch rugby season scheduled to start in early February around the same time […]
League season start set
Thursday 19 January 2012 | Published in League
February 4 has been confirmed as the first round of play for the rugby league regular season in 2012 at the Cook Islands Rugby League annual general meeting this week. The 16-week tournament will continue without a break until May, with the grand final set to be played on May 26. Seven clubs will again […]
Holiday netball programme a hit
Tuesday 17 January 2012 | Published in Netball
Dedicated netball lovers hit the Tupapa court yesterday for the first day of the Netball Cook Islands holiday programme. The netball season doesnt officially start until April. The group of 15 boys and girls that took part in yesterdays programme are keen to get back into the netball groove ahead of the season. Coached by […]
Netball coaching on today
Monday 16 January 2012 | Published in Netball
Budding local netball players keen to polish up their game ahead of the 2012 season starting in April have the opportunity to improve their game with Netball Cook Islands netball development officer and national netball player Luciana Matenga. Matenga is running a netball holiday programme this week for players aged between 8 and 12 starting […]
Creeps v. Titans in epic cricket final
Saturday 14 January 2012 | Published in Cricket
Nukupure Park in Muri will be the scene of a cricket battle of epic proportions today in the Computer Man top four grand finals between the Muri Creeps and Titikaveka Titans. With home ground advantage the Creeps are looking to do the treble with the Cookie Sadaraka Twenty20 trophy and round robin competition title already […]
International netball will draw players
Saturday 7 January 2012 | Published in Netball
Netball loving Cook Islanders from all over the globe will have the opportunity to come home and play the game they love when Netball Cook Islands stages its International Netball Tournament in November. The tournament is scheduled to be run from November 28 to December 1 this year and is open to any team locally […]
Busy netball year planned
Friday 6 January 2012 | Published in Netball
A full calendar of netball competitions and programmes is in store for local netball players from the grassroots level right up to the international squad. While the new netball executives fine tune dates of events they have put out a tentative overall plan for 2012. Starting this month a new school holiday netball programme will […]
11-hour marathon at basketball
Thursday 5 January 2012 | Published in Other Sports
Basketball enthusiasts spent the better part of Monday at the Telecom Sports Arena where the annual New Year basketball tournament was staged with plenty of action on display for spectators. Four womens teams and four mens teams entered the tournament which started around 10am on Monday and wrapped up around 9 oclock that night. The […]
Touch players fired up for new season
Thursday 5 January 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby
After a successful one-day touch rugby tournament on Monday, January 2, local touch players are itching to get back on the field for the 2012 season. Touch rugby is normally the first code to kick off the new season of sports, however exactly when the 2012 season will start is yet to be confirmed. The […]
Hot and fast touch rugby action
Wednesday 4 January 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby
A fantastic and full-on day of touch rugby was enjoyed on Monday by a large crowd at the Nikao field where 16 teams battled it out in hot and extremely humid conditions. The one-day competition was the annual Boxing Day tournament which was postponed due to appalling weather on Monday, December 26. Mondays combination of […]
Fancy some touch and basketball action?
Saturday 31 December 2011 | Published in Other Sports
Touch rugby and basketball are the two organised New Years sports events that will be held on Monday, January 2. No doubt family groups will be out having their own sporting fun too. Touch rugby players will be itching to get out of the house and onto the field after heavy rains caused the postponement […]
Touch tourney rescheduled for Monday
Friday 30 December 2011 | Published in Touch Rugby
The annual Boxing Day touch rugby tournament that was supposed to be run on Monday December 26 will now be run on Monday January 2. The tournament was postponed due to the wet and wild weather on Monday and organisers felt that touch players and supporters would get more out of the one-day tournament if […]
All welcome at Boxing Day touch tourney
Saturday 24 December 2011 | Published in Touch Rugby
Excitement is brewing among touch rugby playing families and groups keen to hit the field for the Boxing Day touch tournament on Monday. The annual tournament has always had a strong and loyal following and this year will be no different with up to 16 teams expected to register for the tournament. The one-day competition […]
Soccer rankings rationalised
Friday 23 December 2011 | Published in Football
FIJI Football Association vice president and national team director Tarunesh Reddy believes the latest FIFA World Rankings do not truly reflect the standard of the sport in some of the countries in the Oceania region. In the latest ranking released earlier this week, lowly rated Samoa has leapfrogged into second position in the region ahead […]
Crowds flock for thriller KO soccer
Monday 19 December 2011 | Published in Football
The enthusiastic crowds that flocked to the CIFA complex in Matavera were not disappointed with the high level of action packed soccer games on display in the knock-out cup finals. The junior age grade teams set the tone for womens and mens knock-out cup grand finals which were nonstop action affairs. In the womens finals […]
Aitutaki womens cricket off to a flier
Wednesday 14 December 2011 | Published in Cricket
While wet weather put a stop to the start of the Mangaia womens cricket season the Aitutaki womens league got off to a flier in front of a large crowd. After winning the toss Amuri elected to bat first against Tautu however could only manage 39 runs which the Tautu girls chased down with relative […]
Netball executive committee elected
Tuesday 13 December 2011 | Published in Netball
Exciting times are ahead for local netball clubs with the election of the Rarotonga Netball Centre executive committee who are responsible for leading and running the 2012 domestic netball season. Nominations for the various positions were of a great calibre, with a balanced mix of experienced administrators, netballers and newcomers standing for positions. The new […]
Do or die soccer action at Matavera
Monday 12 December 2011 | Published in Football
Intense and physical soccer matches were played on Saturday as teams put their bodies on the line in the do or die soccer knockout semi finals round. Games were played at Victoria Park in Tupapa and at the Takitumu School grounds in Matavera. While the weather held out in Tupapa sporadic and heavy rains made […]
Netball makes a comeback on Atiu
Friday 9 December 2011 | Published in Netball
Netball is set to make a comeback on the outer island of Atiu after the recent visit to the island by Netball Cook Islands development officer Luciana Matenga and coach trainer Maryanne Miller. The pair visited the island armed with netball equipment and enthusiasm to revive the sport there as part of Netball Cook Islands […]
Basketballers court their destiny
Thursday 8 December 2011 | Published in Other Sports
Finals play has decided the end of the Turtles mixed basketball competition, with bragging rights up for grabs after 10 weeks of competition. Fifth and sixth places were decided between Moana Sands and Airport Jets. Moana Sands had danger man Rolando Parcon with 76 points for the season, and on the inside, the ever tenacious […]
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