Sports
Basketballers play for pride
Wednesday 14 March 2012 | Published in Other Sports
Village pride will be on the line tonight for the start of the pre-season basketball tournament which will be played out at the Princess Anne Hall at Tereora College. Six men’s and five women’s teams have registered to battle it out in the five-week pre-season tournament with all teams required to don your village colours. […]
Finals spots on line at primary soccer
Wednesday 14 March 2012 | Published in Football
Senior primary school soccer teams will gather today at the CIFA complex in Matavera to battle it out for a spot in the finals which will take place next week. Today’s semi final match in the senior boy’s division will see Avarua, Avatea, Arorangi and the combined school of Te Uki Ou/Imanuela Akatemia teams contest […]
Double header at touch today
Wednesday 14 March 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby
It’s all about the mixed touch rugby division this evening as a ‘double header’ of mixed games has been planned at the Nikao field. The double header means that each team will play two games each and the reason for tonight’s unique arrangement is so that the grand finals for both the mixed and open […]
Inter college netball starting
Tuesday 13 March 2012 | Published in Netball
The first ever inter college netball tournament has been set down for May 11 with the aim of sharing the love of the game with young Cook Islanders. Netball Cook Islands development officer Luciana Matenga has begun working with students at Tereora College, Titikaveka College, Papaaroa College and Nukutere College who are encouraged to enter […]
Oe vaka time trials on today
Wednesday 7 March 2012 | Published in Paddling
The first of the oe vaka singles time trial races start today from Avarua harbour for paddlers in the OC1, V1 and surfski classes. The weekly Wednesday time trials will run for 10 weeks and races will be over a course of approximately 8km from the infamous boiler to Club Raro back to Avatiu harbour […]
National netball call
Saturday 3 March 2012 | Published in Netball
The 2015 Netball World Cup may be three years away but Netball Cook Islands wants to start preparing for the event straight away. With that in mind – all netball players including past national representatives and premier grade players as well as under 21 players are being called to attend a special meeting on Tuesday […]
Mitiaro men shine at netball
Saturday 3 March 2012 | Published in Netball
In the not too distant future Mitiaro will have a talented pool of netball players to tap into after a highly successful development programme run on the island by Netball Cook Islands development officer Luciana Matenga. With the assistance of the island’s sports association president Mata Noota, Mitiaro School principal Tirotoru Tararo and Eli Stricland, […]
Olympic qualifier duties for 2 soccer refs
Thursday 1 March 2012 | Published in Football
Football match officials Tupou Patia and Terry Piri have been selected to officiate at the men’s and the women’s Olympic football qualifying tournaments next month. The men’s Olympic football tournament qualifiers will take place in Taupo, New Zealand, and Piri will be one of the match officials from the Cook Islands chosen to officiate at […]
New sailing recruits lap it up
Thursday 23 February 2012 | Published in Other Sports
One of the country’s top sailors Taua Elisa is blown away by the enthusiasm Titikaveka College and Te Uki Ou students have for the sport of sailing. Elisa is assisting sailing coach Junior Charlie and John Trego deliver the ‘learn to sail’ course to students from the two schools and he believes that their keenness […]
14 teams in new 5-a-side soccer competition
Thursday 23 February 2012 | Published in Football
The annual five-a-side football competition which features nine men’s teams and five women’s teams will kick off today in a two round competition played over eight weeks during this month and towards the beginning of April. All five-a-side football matches will be played at the CIFA complex in Matavera and no doubt there will be […]
8 games of fun in the sun at touch today
Wednesday 22 February 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby
Eight touch rugby matches are scheduled for today in the open and mixed divisions of the 2012 season. As the season is still fresh – some players, especially in the social mixed division, will still be finding their feet while gun teams like the Rebels, Rama and Bounty Hunters will want to improve on their […]
D-league is a knockout!
Tuesday 21 February 2012 | Published in League
Former All Blacks hooker Hika Reid is one of a handful of international stars supporting the local Turtles Domestic League III cricket tournament. He is pictured here sporting one of the D-league supporter’s dry-fit shirts which are available at the Cook Islands Cricket office in Taputapuatea. This picture of Reid, who was an All Blacks […]
Thriller league
Saturday 18 February 2012 | Published in League
The Swamp and Pantherland are the two spots to find this weekend’s rugby league action when the Panthers take on the Warriors at Victoria Park and the Eels host the Ngatangiia-Matavera Sea Eagles in Avatiu. The Sea Eagles and Eels match is sure to be a thriller with the Eels wanting to continue their early […]
Primary school soccer kicks off
Friday 17 February 2012 | Published in Football
The Cook Islands Football Association has kick started its annual school visits this week in preparation for the primary school football tournament which will begin next week. CIFA’s technical department staff Tony Jamieson, Tuka Tisam and Paul-Luiz Van Eijk will be visiting schools around Rarotonga teaching and coaching the children the technical side of football […]
Cookies in 'Ethkick' soccer tourney
Friday 17 February 2012 | Published in Football
Cook Islands soccer players based in New Zealand will be competing in the ‘Ethkick’ tournament this weekend where 40 teams will speak the language of football in Palmerston North. Teams from South America, Cambodia, Bhutan, Oman, Malaysia, England and a host of other ethnic groups have entered the tournament, now in its fourth year. For […]
Pressure mounting in 20/20 cricket
Friday 17 February 2012 | Published in Cricket
Defending D-league cricket champions Puaikura-Titikaveka sit at the top of the table with two wins from two games heading into their double-header tonight in the third week of the Turtles Domestic League III tournament. While Puaikura-Titikaveka sits on the top spot, there’s plenty left to play for in the current Twenty/20 competition. The reigning champions […]
Just Play soccer heads to Aitutaki
Thursday 16 February 2012 | Published in Football
The popular Just Play football programme spearheaded by project manager Michelle Paiti and assisted by CIFA development officer Tuka Tisam, will be heading to Aitutaki for a week-long workshop to deliver the programme to school teachers and community leaders on the outer island. The workshop is scheduled to take place on Monday and Tuesday February […]
Foster reappointed as CI netball coach
Thursday 16 February 2012 | Published in Netball
Former Silver Fern netballer Marg Foster has been re-appointed as the Cook Islands National Netball head coach. Foster was first appointed as the national netball head coach in January last year. This year she was one of three people who applied for the position. Lynnette Hagai has also been re-appointed as the national squad manager. […]
Aitutaki league president supports CIRL president
Thursday 16 February 2012 | Published in League
Aitutaki Rugby League president Mona Ioane says the Sharks give their unreserved support to Cook Islands Rugby League president Charles Carlson and commend him for his ongoing support of the club. Ioane, MP for Vaipae/Tautu, spoke yesterday in defence of Carlson after reading a letter to the editor (‘League a politically driven mess’) in Monday’s […]
Rebels and Rama take touch limelight
Wednesday 15 February 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby
The touch rugby season kicked off in warm conditions at the Nikao fields last Wednesday with four open men and women’s teams plus nine mixed teams. The first round was kicked off by the Bounty Hunters and FBI women’s teams with that match finishing in a tight 1-all draw while team Nikao Youth edged out […]
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