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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 […]
League referees meet
Saturday 22 January 2011 | Published in League
Cook Islands Rugby League referees and officials are called to a meeting this Sunday at the home of Taua Benioni. The meeting will start at 12pm where referee fitness will be assessed and planning will be done for the season ahead. Discussions will also be held about the forthcoming referees, managers and coaches course to […]
High calibre applicants for netball jobs
Friday 21 January 2011 | Published in Netball
High-calibre netball applicants for the new netball development manager and development officer positions have made selecting people into these positions very tough. Netball New Zealand development manager and Oceania liaison officer Briar Martindale was on Rarotonga for a week interviewing the applicants for the two new netball positions. Applicants were shortlisted and interviewed by Martindale […]
CI league player steps up
Thursday 20 January 2011 | Published in League
He helped steer the Cook Islands to the 2009 Pacific Cup final, but now Johnathan Ford must fill the boots of Sydney Roosters star Todd Carney. Ford, 21, will be given first chance in the number 6 jersey when the Roosters play Ipswich Jets in a trial at Ipswich on February 5 after Carney was […]
Cricket honours its 90 officials
Tuesday 18 January 2011 | Published in Cricket
Rarotonga now has over 90 qualified cricket officials from umpires and coaches to scorers with 57 new officials awarded their certificates last week. A presentation of awards evening was held on Friday, January 14, at the Edgewater Resort and Spa for the newly qualified cricket scorers, umpires, coaches and managers. The evening included presentations by […]
Junior cricket ready to play
Saturday 15 January 2011 | Published in Cricket
Junior cricketers on Rarotonga are polishing up their game ahead of the ANZ Under 19 Junior Tournament this month. Under 19 boys will flex their cricketing muscles first when they take to the pitch on Wednesday, January 19, at the Matavera Cricket Grounds with games starting at 12pm. Not to be out done, the ANZ […]
20/20 cricket fires up today
Saturday 15 January 2011 | Published in Cricket
If the rain stays away today – the Matavera Cricket grounds will host a full-on day of action-packed cricket. The first two games of this year’s Turtles Domestic League II games will be played today and some top level cricket action is expected. The first game will start at 9 o’clock between the combined Ngatangiia-Matavera […]
Busy year for cricket umpires
Thursday 13 January 2011 | Published in Cricket
The first Cook Islands elite Motor Centre cricket umpires panel will be in for a busy and productive year. The umpires have officiated in the recent Telecom High Performance matches and are all set to go for the upcoming Turtles Domestic League II starting on January 15. The local umpires may also get the opportunity […]
Club netball starts February 19
Tuesday 11 January 2011 | Published in Netball
The Rarotonga club netball season is due to start earlier this year to accommodate national and regional tournaments towards the end of the year. February 19 is the planned start date for the 2011 netball season with all games again to be played at the Telecom Sports Arena over the 13-week season. 2010 was the […]
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