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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 […]
Mangaia gets into cricket
Tuesday 6 December 2011 | Published in Cricket
On the island of Mangaia, kids got into the swing of things with a full day of cricketing fun down at the Oneroa field. As the schooling year draws to an end, Mangaia School put together some activities for the kids to enjoy with a cricket tournament being played amongst the juniors and secondary students. […]
Team CI sailors fly flag at sailing world championships
Monday 5 December 2011 | Published in Other Sports
Team Cook Islands Olympic scholarship sailors Helema Williams, Taua Elisa and Junior Charlie joined fellow sailors from 72 nations at the opening parade of the World Sailing Championships in Perth at the weekend. The following is a report from Team Cook Islands Sailors. Sailors and support crews go up the Swan River to Perth via […]
Pastor blasts into NZ Cricket
Monday 5 December 2011 | Published in Cricket
Cook Islands Cricket has further extended its close partnership with Northern Districts Cricket by signing off on an agreement that will see the countrys top ANZ junior cricketers playing in major secondary school tournaments in New Zealand. The first of the local players to benefit from this newly formed agreement is rising talent Pastor Tekaria. […]
Cricket goes red
Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in Cricket
Cook Islands cricket is going red for World AIDS Day. Teams and umpires taking to cricket fields this weekend will all pin on a red ribbon in support of the internationally recognised day, which this year is focusing on ending the transmission of HIV from mothers to their babies within the next four years. Though […]
Just Play soccer celebrated
Thursday 1 December 2011 | Published in Football
One hundred children aged 6 to 10 gathered at the CIFA Complex in Matavera last Friday during Childrens Awareness Week for the celebration of Just Play along with nine countries throughout the Pacific. On arrival all children received a special Pacific Nations Celebration t-shirt, before mixing in with students from the various schools attending and […]
Muri cricket champions
Wednesday 30 November 2011 | Published in Cricket
The Muri Creeps Womens team are the 2011 Edgewater Saturday Premier Champions following an epic final in the weekend. The Creep girls came up against top of the table Arorangi Red Hot Chicks at Raemaru Park in perfect conditions for cricket. Winning the toss, the Red Hot Chicks decided to exert pressure through their bowling […]
Vaka Eiva umukai time
Monday 28 November 2011 | Published in Paddling
“/> Kylie Young (right) and a paddling pal from the Rogz for Dogs crew enjoy a raurau of umu kai at the closing of the Vaka Eiva festival on Friday night held for the first time at Muri beach after the sprint races on Friday.
Uniting power of oe vaka celebrated
Monday 28 November 2011 | Published in Paddling
Cook Islands Canoeing Association president Janet Maki presents a Red Cross volunteer with the president’s award for the groups outstanding service to the Vaka Eiva event and sport of oe vaka. “/> Uirangi Bishop entertains the Vaka Eiva crowd with beautiful Cook Islands dancing on Muri beach. “/> They were joined on the sandy podium […]
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