Sports
Nikao boys are senior primary soccer champs
Friday 1 April 2011 | Published in Football
Rarotonga has a new champion in the Senior Primary School Boys Soccer – Nikao Primary School. Nikao caused an upset on Wednesday beating Avatea by 3 goals to 2 in the final of the senior primary school soccer tournament. Nikao went into the game with confidence after their thrilling 5-4 win last week over 2010 […]
Vaka Iti on today
Friday 1 April 2011 | Published in Paddling
More than 300 eager junior paddlers from Rarotonga and Aitutaki will put their paddling skills to the test today when they take to the water for the annual Vaka Iti. A full day of racing is in store for the junior paddlers as they put into action the paddling skills and techniques they’ve learned throughout […]
National cricket squad bound for Samoa
Wednesday 30 March 2011 | Published in Cricket
After months of intense training, the Telecom Cook Islands national men’s cricket team is on the way to Samoa to contest the ICC East Asia Pacific Division 2 trophy. The squad is led by Telecom Cook Islands coach Alister Stevic and team manager Dave Leeming. The squad members are Davis Teinaki (NZ), Peter Tare (NZ/Aitutaki), […]
Battle for points in junior league
Wednesday 30 March 2011 | Published in League
The mid-week under 16 rugby league Powerade Challenge heads to the Avatiu Swamp today where the Warriors will take on the Panthers. The junior development match kicks off at 5pm. The game will be refereed by Arthur Emile assisted by Jeff Murray and Pious Mitchell. Tomorrow the Bulldogs will take on the Panthers in Titikaveka […]
Point separates premiers in netball derby
Tuesday 29 March 2011 | Published in Netball
Closely fought netball games were seen at the weekend at the Telecom Sports Arena where Titikaveka were made to work hard to beat Avatiu 55-46 and Tupapa managed to edge out Takuvaine 60-59. It was point for point in the Tupapa and Takuvaine game with Takuvaine using the match to work on some new combinations. […]
Close sprints at oe vaka finals
Monday 28 March 2011 | Published in Paddling
Oe vaka finals at Muri beach on Saturday signalled the end of the sprint season with a great turnout of paddlers and supporters. All Rarotonga clubs enjoyed an afternoon of racing, thanks to host club the Unsquashables. The V1 500m finals had spectators cheering along the beach with some exciting racing. Fletcher Melvin nabbed the […]
Cricketers tune up for Samoa
Saturday 26 March 2011 | Published in Cricket
The Telecom Cook Islands national men’s cricket squad will be at Turangi today to take on a Rarotonga Club selection side in an encounter with a difference. This will be conducted in the popular Twenty/20 format, which is the format for the ICC EAP Division 2 trophy in Samoa early next month which will involve […]
Patia looks forward to Samoa cricket challenge
Saturday 26 March 2011 | Published in Cricket
Cook Islands Cricket is very excited at the appointment of one of its own local cricketing umpires, Koria Patia, who will be travelling to the ICC East Asia Pacific Division 2 trophy tournament in Samoa next Tuesday. Cook Islands Cricket general manager Alister Stevic says the decision to appoint Patia to officiate in the tournament […]
2 main league games today
Saturday 26 March 2011 | Published in League
Rugby league fans have the choice of two main games today with the Ngatangiia Sea Eagles taking on the Panthers at Nukupure Park and the Avatiu Eels hosting arch rivals the Arorangi Bears at the Swamp. At Muri – the Sea Eagles will want to win their battle against the Panthers to maintain their second […]
Social sailing on Saturday
Friday 25 March 2011 | Published in Other Sports
Sailors will go with the flow this weekend with a day of social boating on Muri lagoon for all. Before all the fun though – green and gold fleet sailors will have coaching at 10am on Saturday. At 1.30pm senior and junior sailors plus families are all invited to sail wherever the wind takes your […]
Soccer teams hit high scores
Thursday 24 March 2011 | Published in Football
The big winners on the opening day of the five-a-side soccer competition were Avatiu, Black Qwenz and White Fairies in the open women’s division. Avatiu No Boys and Black Qwenz wasted no time in the opening half as they struck the back of the net with a total of 9 goals. Black Qwenz led the […]
League pays respects to 'Conan'
Thursday 24 March 2011 | Published in League
No rugby league games will be played today as the league community will gather in Nikao with the Munokoa family for the headstone unveiling of Colin ‘Conan’ Munokoa who died a year ago today. Those who were close to Colin will remember him as the big man with the big heart. Colin is the eldest […]
New netball uniforms from New Zealand
Thursday 24 March 2011 | Published in Netball
Uniforms donated by Netball New Zealand are being shared out to clubs, schools and the outer islands to help boost and develop the sport. Cook Islands Netball Association president Patsy Hockin says that sets of uniforms will be taken to the outer islands when the association starts its outer islands netball development programme. Development programmes […]
300 in this year's Vaka Iti
Friday 18 March 2011 | Published in Paddling
Around 300 junior paddlers are expected to compete in the Vaka Iti race on April 1 at Muri Beach. For the past 7 weeks, students from schools across Rarotonga have been honing their paddling skills through the schools Vaka Iti programme under junior development officers Teina, John and Emeline Taulu. April 1 is race day […]
Primary soccer rivalry grows
Wednesday 16 March 2011 | Published in Football
Today the third round of primary school soccer will be played in the Cook Islands Football Association tournament. Te Uki Ou school boys managed to maintain their 1-goal lead over Avarua in the second round of the tournament, to take the match last Wednesday. Te Uki Ou was adamant to win over Avarua and the […]
Netball coach for all grades
Monday 14 March 2011 | Published in Netball
All netballers from the six clubs on the island and from all grades are encouraged to take advantage of the netball training series by New Zealand coach Donna Blazey starting today. Donna Blazey works closely with Cook Islands national head coach Marg Foster. As Marg Foster is tied up with her Magic netball team in […]
Masters rejuvenate their league skills
Saturday 12 March 2011 | Published in League
The BCI Stadium was a fitting venue for the old men of rugby league to rejuvenate their skills last Saturday in the masters division. With two full teams, a vocal crowd in the stands, and a very hot autumn day, the intensity was all on the field. So much so that Robert ‘electric cowboy’ Matapo […]
6 sides rev up prem netball
Saturday 12 March 2011 | Published in Netball
It’s still early days in the 2011 netball season with some teams taking longer to dust off the cobwebs while others have started the season with plenty of determination. The Titikaveka club grades are firing already and have a strong and experienced premier grade side tasked with defending the club’s championships status – a title […]
Eels clear points leaders in league
Friday 11 March 2011 | Published in League
After five weeks of rugby league games – the Avatiu Eels premier grade are the current leaders of the pack with 8 points from 4 wins and 1 loss. Hot on the Eels heels in the grade on 6 points are the Ngatangiia Sea Eagles and Arorangi Bears who have both won 3 games from […]
CI playing 'origin' cricket
Thursday 10 March 2011 | Published in Cricket
The Auckland Country of Origins 20-Twenty Cricket Tournament is well underway with around 10 teams including the Cook Islands vying to take out top honours. Formerly known as the Pacifica Cup, this competition has expanded to include teams from India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who have very strong cricketing backgrounds and are passionate […]
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