Sports
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
5-a-side soccer rolls on
Thursday 22 March 2012 | Published in Football
Today’s five-a-side round cup competition continues as teams vie for the top spot after six weeks of fast paced and fun football games being played at the CIFA complex. First lot of games kick off at 4.45pm in the women’s category followed by the men’s division at 5.20pm. Top of the table leaders White Puta […]
Battle of Philippines at basketball tonight
Wednesday 21 March 2012 | Published in Other Sports
Wednesday night basketballers will take to the courts tonight for their second week of play in the pre-season tournament. Ruaau Philippine proved itself the team to beat in the men’s competition in week one, beating opponents Vaimaanga 56-23 and eclipsing the scores of all the other teams. The next best scoring team for the round […]
Sailing race officials wanted
Wednesday 21 March 2012 | Published in Other Sports
Sailors keen on finding out what it takes to manage a race will be able to pick the brain of an international judge this week. The Rarotonga Sailing Club is beginning a three-week race management course this week to help improve the local skill set and build on the number of races held here throughout […]
Rebels and Rama dominating touch
Wednesday 21 March 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby
Finals play is approaching for the Wednesday touch rugby competition and teams will be using their last week of regular play to hone their skills and improve their fitness. The men’s and women’s competition will move into finals next week after the last round of competition tonight. The mixed competition has one more round of […]
Finals showdown at primary soccer
Wednesday 21 March 2012 | Published in Football
The stage is set for a thrilling conclusion to the Senior Primary School Football Tournament today as school teams will go through the play-off games at the CIFA complex. The play-off matches kicks off at 2.45pm followed by the final games at 3.20pm. The main matches today will take place between Arorangi and the undefeated […]
Under 17 soccer squad named for Oceania
Tuesday 20 March 2012 | Published in Football
Coaching staff of the Cook Islands under 17 women’s national football squad have named the players who will represent the Cook Islands at the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Under 17 Women’s Championship in New Zealand. The OFC U17 Women’s Championship will be held in Auckland from April 9 to 14 where Cook Islands will play […]
Big scores and laughs at touch
Monday 19 March 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby
Action packed games and big scoring matches were the features of the touch rugby mixed division ‘double header’ afternoon at the Nikao field on Wednesday. The classy Rebels team didn’t break a sweat when they faced the social Kings side who despite going down 9-0 to the fit Rebels, didn’t give up trying to score […]
19 cricketers chosen
Thursday 15 March 2012 | Published in Cricket
Rarotonga and Aitutaki women cricketers have impressed the national selection panel who have picked 19 players from the two islands to make up the first ever women’s cricket training squad and national squad. The players will now spend the next eight weeks training up to three times a week before a final squad of 14 […]
Give oe vaka a go
Thursday 15 March 2012 | Published in Paddling
If you’ve ever thought about taking up oe vaka as a new sport or returning to paddling – the Ngakau Toa Vaka Canoeing Club is inviting you to their open day this Saturday. The day will be filled with fun paddling games to introduce the sport to newcomers and returning paddlers alike. The club is […]
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