Sports
Vaka Eiva earns about $2 million
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Paddling
Vaka Eiva continues to generate about $2 million almost all of which remains in the Cook Islands economy. Air New Zealand and Pacific Blue take about $500,000 of that for airfares, but the rest of the money is spent on local accommodation, transport, food, incidentals and tourist activity. Organisers calculate the festivals economic impact each […]
36 Kiwi teams tackle Vaka Eiva
Wednesday 16 November 2011 | Published in Paddling
Thirty-six New Zealand paddling teams are heading to the Cook Islands this week to take part in the annual Vaka Eiva paddling festival. To be held from November 18 to 25, it has attracted 500 overseas paddlers to Rarotonga along with an expected 100 paddler supporters. New Zealanders are a driving force behind the Vaka […]
Vaka Eiva ends on Aitutaki motu race
Saturday 5 November 2011 | Published in Paddling
Approaching its eighth year, the popular Vaka Eiva oe vaka festival, which will run from November 18 to 25, has a new and exciting extension to its 2011 programme in the form of a Motu to Motu race on the stunning waters of Aitutaki. The 36km V6 mixed changeover race will be held on Monday, […]
Air Raro supports netball
Saturday 5 November 2011 | Published in Netball
Air Rarotonga and Netball Cook Islands have formed an alliance through the signing of a sponsorship agreement to facilitate netball development in the outer islands. The sponsorship deal between the domestic airline and Netball Cook Islands will allow coaches, umpires and technical officials to travel to the outer islands for ongoing training and development programmes […]
Extra special cricket matches on today
Saturday 5 November 2011 | Published in Cricket
While most Computer Man mens cricket teams have the day off, todays catch up matches are extra special, as the results will produce the winner of the Computer Man Mens Competition. The Arorangi Red Backs, Titikaveka Titans and the Muri Creeps will be throwing everything they have into their match to ensure victory. The Creeps […]
Cricket umpire here to share
Tuesday 1 November 2011 | Published in Cricket
Northern Districts Cricket umpire educator Colin Elstob is back on the island as part of a Cook Islands Cricket initiative to educate and up-skill local umpires. Elstob joins a strong line up of recent visits by cricket educators, administrators and professional players who have been invited to the Cooks to support the development of cricket. […]
Hot contest develops at top of cricket
Tuesday 1 November 2011 | Published in Cricket
Big wins on Saturday saw the most closely contested Computer Man Mens cricket season in recent memory get hotter keeping 3 teams hopes of Round Robin glory alive. Red Backs team manager Andrew Forbes described their affair against Avatiu Nikao as an intense one, batting first our openers Pare Rongokea and Apii Mamanu set a […]
Cricket carnival for primaries
Tuesday 1 November 2011 | Published in Cricket
With primary school athletics completed, the schools attention now shifts to the last big tournament of the year the 2011 ANZ Cricket Carnival. The carnival will be held on November 23 with venues to be confirmed. The carnival will be run under modified super sixes rules meaning there are 6 players per team with each […]
German dentist donates soccer gear
Friday 28 October 2011 | Published in Football
No longer will the Matavera under 14 boys soccer side have to borrow sweaty socks and tape up oversized uniforms. The side stepped out onto the field yesterday in their brand-new kit sponsored and donated by German dentist Dr Andreas Bien. The new kit includes socks, shorts and a jersey for every kid on the […]
Turangi Whimps lead Super 8s cricket
Friday 28 October 2011 | Published in Cricket
Round 2 of the Edgewater Mid Week Super 8s womens cricket got underway on Wednesday, with some great results and plenty of action. At Nukupure Park, the Turangi Cheeky Babes batted first and posted 104 runs. In reply, Muri were in all sorts of trouble with some tight bowling from Turangi and were dismissed for […]
High calibre cricket draws crowd
Tuesday 18 October 2011 | Published in Cricket
A two hundred strong crowd witnessed history on Friday as a first class cricket team took on a Pacific country in the Pacific for the first time. The Yahoo! NZ Northern Knights and Telecom Cooks side squared off in a Twenty-20 match at Turangi. The match was a culmination of a weeklong spring training camp […]
Good turnout at junior netball tournament
Monday 17 October 2011 | Published in Netball
Junior netballers bullet-passed, intercepted and shot their way through a fantastic and fun Potiki Navenave netball tournament at the Telecom Sports Arena on Friday afternoon. The first of its kind, the junior under 8 and under 10 tournament was developed by Netball Cook Islands and driven by development officer Luciana Matenga. Matenga was overwhelmed with […]
Vaka Eiva is just four weeks away
Saturday 15 October 2011 | Published in Paddling
Vaka Eiva 2011 is just around the corner and sponsors from across Rarotongas business sector are back on board the vaka to support the biggest annual sporting event in the Cook Islands. In four weeks 500 overseas paddlers from across the globe and their supporters descend on the Cook Islands to join around 230 paddlers […]
Future netball stars compete
Friday 14 October 2011 | Published in Netball
Future netball stars will take over the Telecom Sports Arena this afternoon for the first ever Potiki Navenave junior netball tournament for 8 and 10-year-old players. Around 10 teams are expected to take to the netball courts today to showcase their skills and love for netball. The Potiki Navenave tournament is a new junior development […]
Knights excite local junior cricketers
Thursday 13 October 2011 | Published in Cricket
The visiting Northern Knights cricket team joined junior cricketers at Takitumu School on Tuesday for a fun filled afternoon of cricket island style. The Northern Knights will face the Telecom Cook Islands national squad tomorrow at Turangi in what will be an historical match. But first the Knights faced the islands talented junior cricketers. Knights […]
Clean win at vaka champs
Thursday 13 October 2011 | Published in Paddling
Weather at Muri was a combination of nothing, something maybe, sun, rain, unusual lagoon waves and wild winds for the 2011 National 18 foot Sailing Vaka Champions. Such uncertain conditions delayed the start to the 2011 sailing vaka champs by two hours, resulting in a series of just five exciting races. Those races were eventually […]
Exciting results in cricket series
Wednesday 12 October 2011 | Published in Cricket
The first round of the Edgewater Womens Cricket Series has come to a close with some exciting results in both the mid week and Saturday morning premier competition. Wins to Turangi 1 and Titikaveka in the Open 1 and Open 2 mid week competitions respectively have secured the titles for their teams, with Titikaveka coming […]
Kids chase heroes at league carnival
Tuesday 11 October 2011 | Published in League
Two hundred rugby league mad kids from Rarotonga primary schools showed off their skills to visiting Kiwi rugby league stars who took the kids through some mini games at the BCI Stadium on Friday afternoon. Even when the kids called out, hey we know you youre that All Blacks fella, to Kiwis and Warriors legend […]
Basketballers find their feet and their shots
Tuesday 11 October 2011 | Published in Other Sports
Week three of the Mixed Turtle Business House Basketball comp started out with Moana Sands up against CI-Travel. Both teams were eager for their first win in the competition, and the match would decide who that would be. But it wouldnt be until the second half until anyone would find out as by half time, […]
Split looms in mens cricket competition
Saturday 8 October 2011 | Published in Cricket
The Computer Man Mens Cricket competition moves into the business end of the round robin this week with only 4 weeks left until the competition splits into top 4 and bottom 6 playoff. Top of the table Avatiu-Nikao will be out to prove they arent pretenders when they take on third place Muri at the […]
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