Sports
3 awarded soccer scholarships
Thursday 17 February 2011 | Published in Football
Three promising young Cook Islands soccer players have been given the opportunity to further develop their football careers and education. Twin Tiro, Temana Pennycook and Anthony Samuela have been selected by the Cook Islands Football Association (CIFA) to receive scholarships to attend Mt Albert Grammar school in Auckland, New Zealand. The three recipients were part […]
Puaikura-Titikaveka win cricket league
Wednesday 16 February 2011 | Published in Cricket
As the sun rose last Saturday it was evident that the weather was definitely going to be hot just like the action at the BCI Stadium for the final day of play in the 2011 Turtles D League Cricket Competition. Te-Au-O-Tonga were facing a double header and first up was Ngatangiia-Matavera who were eager to […]
Mixed touch rugby on today
Wednesday 16 February 2011 | Published in Touch Rugby
Mixed touch rugby teams will take to the BCI Stadium field this evening for another round of action packed games. The first two games on tonight will see the TSL Schnappers take on Westpac on field one while the experienced 007 squad will go head to head with the Educationalists on field two. At 6pm […]
Touch squad prepares for World Cup
Wednesday 16 February 2011 | Published in Touch Rugby
A squad of nine Cook Islands touch rugby players is in full-on training mode as they prepare for the Touch Rugby World Cup in Scotland this coming June. Initially the local based squad was made up of just four men’s players but this number has increased to include eight men and one sole female player. […]
Mauke launches first cricket season
Tuesday 15 February 2011 | Published in Cricket
The much anticipated Mauke cricket season got under way last Friday with over 70 players putting all their training into action on the pitch. With four men’s and four women’s teams, there was definitely no shortage of action and fun at game time. In the women’s competition – Mauke School took on Telecom with both […]
Vaka Iti starters
Tuesday 15 February 2011 | Published in Paddling
Form five Titikaveka College students learn the proper technique for holding a paddle before setting out on a cruise of Muri lagoon yesterday. Report, page 11. 11021408
Netball start pushed back
Tuesday 15 February 2011 | Published in Netball
The start of the 2011 netball season has been pushed back by one week and is now scheduled to start on Wednesday, February 23, to give clubs more time to prepare for what is going to be a full-on season. The first games will be open grade matches which last season were played on Friday […]
Schools adopt Vaka Iti programme
Tuesday 15 February 2011 | Published in Paddling
The Vaka Iti oe vaka paddling in schools programme began on Monday with many students glad to pick up the paddle again. Titikaveka College students were shy but willing to learn during their first day of lessons on Monday afternoon with oe vaka coaches John Taulu and Emelene Taulu. Before stepping into the canoe, the […]
Cricket finals
Saturday 12 February 2011 | Published in Cricket
With the weather wreaking havoc over the last two weekends, the Turtles Domestic League II competition will be looking for clear conditions today as the teams prepare to do battle in what will be the league finals. And there certainly has been no let up with training schedules as each team has been fine tuning […]
Cricket starts up in Mangaia
Friday 11 February 2011 | Published in Cricket
Mangaia school students competed in their first ANZ in Schools cricket tournament of the year with some with some exciting talent and skills seen by the outer island students. Cook Islands Cricket general manager Alister Stevic and junior development manager Shane Thompson visited the island last week to organise and run another successful ANZ tournament […]
League masters form association
Wednesday 9 February 2011 | Published in League
The inaugural Cook Islands Rugby League masters tournament will kick off next week. After a successful league masters tour to New Zealand in 2009, the team decided to form a masters association to develop the game among local masters players. The newly formed league association executive includes president Lucky Matapuku and vice president Mau Raina […]
Rugby league coaches certified
Tuesday 8 February 2011 | Published in League
More than 60 sports enthusiasts took advantage of the recent workshops for coaches, referees and managers organised by the Cook Islands Rugby League Association and run by Peter Corcoran of the Australia Rugby League Association. Twenty-one people took part in the coaching course for the Cook Islands Rugby League level 1 certificate while seven coaches […]
Sharks enter the league pool
Tuesday 8 February 2011 | Published in League
The weekend’s first round of the 2011 rugby season produced some great results with the Arorangi Bears kicking off their season strongly by winning all their games against the Avatiu Eels. As expected the first week served as an opportunity to blow out the cobwebs and games are expected to be more closely fought over […]
Rugby league kicks off
Thursday 3 February 2011 | Published in League
The Takuvaine Warriors and Titikaveka Bulldogs under 19 grades will kick off the 2011 rugby league season today at the Takuvaine field. 2011 will see seven teams battle in the premier grade. The Takuvaine Warriors are fielding their first premier grade team in years and the ever threatening Aitutaki Sharks are back to bite any […]
Oe vaka's new season launching off
Thursday 3 February 2011 | Published in Paddling
Inter-club oe vaka races start this Saturday with the mixed V6 division. But for some canoeists, paddling has been a weekly recreational activity since the end of the November Vaka Eiva Festival which is sure to make for a strong start to this season’s racing. The mixed V6 races on February 5, 12 and 19 […]
Mauke cricket officials trained
Thursday 3 February 2011 | Published in Cricket
With the Mauke cricket season starting this Friday, the island will be keen to put their newly certified umpire, coaching and scoring skills to work. Junior development manager Shane Thompson visited Mauke last week and successfully ran a coaching course at Toianga sports field certifying 15 new coaches. They then headed to the classroom where […]
Youth cricketers take it to Mauke
Saturday 29 January 2011 | Published in Cricket
Enthusiastic youth cricketers have been sharing their love for the game and discovering that the outer islands have a wealth of cricketing talent. Matavera women’s cricket stars Bene Matapo and Amelia Moetaua have just returned to Rarotonga from their home island of Mauke where they ran three cricket courses. The talented cricketers were approached by […]
Netball coach has big goals
Wednesday 26 January 2011 | Published in Netball
Up-skilling local netball coaches and inspiring players at all levels are two of Marg Foster’s goals in her new role as the Cook Islands national netball head coach. The former Silver Fern brings with her a wealth of knowledge and skills which she says she is keen to share with Cook Islands netballers. The new […]
Junior cricketers show skills
Tuesday 25 January 2011 | Published in Cricket
The ANZ junior cricket season kicked off last week with the under 19 boys playing in an East versus West Twenty-20 showdown at Matavera. Western captain Tere Punua won the toss and elected to bat first. A strong Western batting line up soon had the runs flowing, scoring 142 from their 20 overs. Tom Wicks […]
Puaikura-Titikaveka lead cricket league
Tuesday 25 January 2011 | Published in Cricket
Another action packed day of cricket was seen on Saturday even though rain tried to interrupt the day’s two Turtles Domestic Cricket League II match ups. A concerted effort by hosts Puaikura-Titikaveka to cover the wicket meant that even with a delayed start there was no reduction in the number of overs. Winning the toss […]
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