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After school cricket fun is coming to your school
Monday 3 October 2011 | Published in Cricket
The after school cricket programme began last Wednesday with Arorangi School being the first to start ANZ Junior Cricket Days. Twenty-two children stayed after school for an hour and had great fun working on their cricket skills. The kids played a variety of skill challenges like trying to knock over coconuts with a ball, catching […]
League stars lift game at Avatea
Saturday 1 October 2011 | Published in League
Students at Avatea Primary School impressed visiting players from the Cook Islands national rugby league squad who visited the school yesterday afternoon. Squad members Karl Temata from the Harlequins team in London along with Drury Low of the Junior Canberra Raiders and junior Warriors star Nathaniel Peteru had Avatea kids keen to put their best […]
Things heating up on the cricket pitch this week
Friday 30 September 2011 | Published in Cricket
Last weekends Edgewater Womens Saturday morning championship saw Arorangi do battle with the girls from Turangi. Batting first, Turangi managed to keep the runs flowing, accumulating 129 runs with Grace Daniel top scoring with 19 runs. Some tight bowling from Margaret Dean and Mama Tuaputa taking 3 wickets each helped keep the runs down. In […]
CISA boys spend time with future league stars
Friday 30 September 2011 | Published in League
Fancy footwork, big fends and long-wide passes were all on display at Takitumu Primary School yesterday when Cook Islands Sports Academy students turned up to put the mini league players through their paces. The kids were expecting their heroes from the Cook Islands national league team to share some skills with them but when the […]
Kuki league stars training in homeland today
Tuesday 27 September 2011 | Published in League
Cook Islands returning rugby league stars will begin training as a team today in preparation of their Kiwi test on October 6. The Cook Islands team will take part in a number of training and promotional sessions ahead of next Thursdays match, with the players set to appear at various schools and markets over the […]
Turtles business house basketball fires off
Tuesday 27 September 2011 | Published in Other Sports
Last Tuesday night saw the start of the Turtles Mixed Business House Basketball Competition and despite blistering temperatures that day, all teams arrived cool, calm and collected at least in the beginning. The next round of games will be played tonight at the Telecom Sports Arena. Audiball and Moana Sands stepped into the arena first […]
Cricketer motivates athletes
Friday 23 September 2011 | Published in Cricket
Cricket has helped Nicola Browne achieve her childhood dreams of representing New Zealand in sport and becoming the best in the world. With those two goals ticked off, the worlds top female cricketer is on a new mission to make her hometown Waikato globally recognised but up until next Thursday Browne is on Rarotonga to […]
Cricket at Manea Games
Friday 23 September 2011 | Published in Cricket
For the first time in 16 years of Manea Games history, cricket will be included as a competitive and medal sport at the coming competition. Aitutaki cricketers are not going to let the recent praise of Mauke and Mangaias foray into senior mens and womens cricket distract them from their goal of securing gold at […]
Worlds best female cricketer here
Wednesday 21 September 2011 | Published in Cricket
The worlds top international female cricketer has landed on the rock! Nicola Browne, recipient of the 2011 World Cup player of the tournament, is on Rarotonga working with Cook Islands Cricket as part of an agreement between Cook Islands Cricket and the New Zealand Cricket Players Association the same partnership that gave rise to the […]
Cricketers face top New Zealand team
Wednesday 21 September 2011 | Published in Cricket
The Telecom national cricketers are set to face the biggest opponents of their careers when New Zealands top all-rounder, world-class spin bowler and former Black Cap captain Daniel Vettori arrives with his troops soon after the departure of the Kiwis league side in October. The Northern District Knights, which in rugby terms would be the […]
Netball rewards logo designers
Saturday 17 September 2011 | Published in Netball
Netball Cook Islands will soon unveil its new logo to reflect the exciting changes in the sport. Earlier in the year Netball Cook Islands ran a logo competition where local artists and the public at large were encouraged to put their creative talents to good use to create a standout Netball Cook Islands logo. The […]
Under 18s training hard for league tests
Friday 16 September 2011 | Published in League
Two Aitutakian players are among 30 league hopefuls vying for a spot in the Cook Islands under 18s team set to play in a curtain-raiser game at the Kiwi-Kuki international rugby league test match next month. The local under 18s team will play three matches against a team from the New Zealand-Cook Islands rugby league […]
More netball in schools
Thursday 15 September 2011 | Published in Netball
More netball will be played in schools across the Cook Islands after Netball Cook Islands and the Ministry of Education signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) this week. Netball Cook Islands aims to run netball development programmes within the formal school sector to develop the code at the grassroots level. Netball development programmes will also […]
Soccer back on the calendar
Tuesday 13 September 2011 | Published in Football
The 2011 annual Rarotonga soccer competition is set to kick off with the opening match this Thursday, September 15, with Titikaveka hosting Matavera down in the south. The first match on Thursday is between the under 14 boys, which will be followed by the senior womens teams. The girls from Titikaveka who finished second and […]
Cooks leapfrog Samoa in netball
Tuesday 13 September 2011 | Published in Netball
The Cook Islands has bucked the regional trend in international netball, by holding its top 10 position in the world rankings. Of the four Pacific nations involved in international netball, the Cook Islands was the only nation not to move down the rankings table. The Cook Islands maintained its 10th placing in world ranking, leapfrogging […]
4 new members on netball board
Tuesday 13 September 2011 | Published in Netball
Netball Cook Islands (NCI) has appointed four new members to its recently established board, who will join five others already elected to their roles. The new members are Chris McGeown, general manager of Edgewater Resort and Spa; Leslie Turepu-Katoa, general manager of Asiaciti Trust Ltd; Yvonne Heather, managing director of Vonnias; and Glenda Tuaine, company […]
Netball for kids
Monday 12 September 2011 | Published in Netball
Calling all netballers aged 10 or under: there is a new competition in the Cook Islands. The Potiki Navenave netball competition is looking for teams of seven to nine people to compete in the 10 years and younger section and the eight years and younger section. Cook Islands Netball Association is hosting the tournament on […]
Cricket dodges cloudburst for round 2
Monday 12 September 2011 | Published in Cricket
Cricket was the winner in the weekend as village passion fought off torrential rain to take the field for round two of the Computer Man mens competition. Arorangi and Muri Clubs did their best to wait out the weather, however a soaked Nukupure ground meant play was not possible. Avatiu-Nikao continued their winning streak stretching […]
Rarotonga remembers league player
Tuesday 6 September 2011 | Published in League
Cook Islands international rugby league player Dana Wilson is remembered as a kind man and ferocious player by members of the league community here on Rarotonga following his death. Cook Islands Rugby League international commissioner Kevin Iro spent months working in close contact with Wilson in the Cook Islands before he moved permanently to England […]
Soccer squad looks ahead to Samoa
Monday 5 September 2011 | Published in Football
the Cook Islands men soccer players will have little time to relax and rest after wrapping up their Pacific Games soccer tournament in Noumea last week. The team failed to make the top four of the tournament and finished up 4th in their 5 team pool. The competition will progress without the Cook Islands who […]
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