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Mangaia cricket delivers a bouncer
Tuesday 12 October 2010 | Published in Cricket
CI Cricket development manager, Shane Thompson, and Telecom men’s high performance co-team manager, Dave Leeming, have recently returned from a successful development trip to Mangaia. There they helped passionate cricket fans restore Mangaian cricket to the glory days of the 1950s and 60s when they regularly competed against teams from Aitutaki and Rarotonga. With the […]
CI league side faces NSW
Tuesday 12 October 2010 | Published in League
Cook Islands will play a one off rugby league test against New South Wales (country) this Saturday to kick start their preparation to the Rugby League World Cup 2013 campaign. The Cook Islands will field a top national squad featuring four full time NRL players and five Toyota Cup players. The rest of the team […]
Bowls, netball remain
Monday 11 October 2010 | Published in Netball
The Cook Islands national netball team and bowling singles athletes Pita Toto and Irene Tupuna will have the full support of Team Cook Islands today as the only two codes still competing at the Delhi Commonwealth Games in India. The netballers will play their final playoff match against Samoa today for 9th and 10th place […]
Crunch time at Computer Man cricket
Saturday 9 October 2010 | Published in Cricket
With a wash out of round six of The Computer Man Rarotonga cricket competition last weekend, and with three rounds remaining, teams will be anxious to get onto the field to collect valuable points to make the top four. First placed Arorangi Red Backs will have their work cut out for them as they take […]
Cooks take soccer bronze
Saturday 9 October 2010 | Published in Football
The Cook Islands National Women’s Soccer team has earned a bronze medal at the 2010 Oceania Football Confederation Women’s Nations Cup tournament in Auckland, New Zealand after defeating Solomon Islands 2-0. The Cooks showed a lot of attacking intent but found it difficult to score until the 70th minute when the team won a penalty […]
Another cracker cricket course
Friday 8 October 2010 | Published in Cricket
Over 26 cricket officials became qualified as cricket scorers and umpires in 2009 and after a successful Motor Centre Level l Cricket Umpires Course last week, and an impressive turn out at the recent Telecom High Performance Women’s training session, Cook Islands Cricket believes that that number could double for this season. General Manager for […]
Visiting league side win first encounter
Friday 8 October 2010 | Published in League
New Zealand’s visiting under 14 Cook Islands rugby league team is ahead of the local competition leading into tonight’s second match at Victoria Park in Tupapa. The team – in Rarotonga to play against a President’s 1st 13 team – won the first game 44-12 on Wednesday evening. Manager of the local team, Inangaro ‘Love’ […]
Netballers suffer second loss
Thursday 7 October 2010 | Published in Netball
The Cook Islands national netball team has yet to really show their prowess at the Delhi Commonwealth Games after suffering their second loss at the tournament. The team was confident heading into their match against lowly ranked Barbados, but they soon found themselves struggling against a much improved Barbados who went on to win the […]
Top clashes at cricket
Thursday 7 October 2010 | Published in Cricket
Edgewater Western League Women’s mid-week cricket at Raemaru Park this evening sees a top of the table clash as Emily Rima’s unbeaten Tupapa side take on Diana Tamaiva’s unbeaten Arorangi 1 team. While Arorangi have the edge on run rate, a win for either team could push them clear of the group with only two […]
Cooks lose to PNG at soccer
Thursday 7 October 2010 | Published in Football
The Cook Islands women’s soccer team lost in a close match to Papua New Guinea 1-0 in the semifinal of the 2010 OFC Women’s Nations Cup on Wednesday in New Zealand. This was an evenly contested match that could have gone either way as both teams fought desperately to keep their World Cup dreams alive. […]
Netballers put up brave fight
Wednesday 6 October 2010 | Published in Netball
The Cook Islands netball team may have gone down 87-24 to the Silver Ferns on Tuesday – but they were no walkovers. The local girls put up a brave and bruising battle, with some moments of brilliance, in what was their first match up of the Delhi Commonwealth Games. They walked off the court a […]
NZ league team tours
Wednesday 6 October 2010 | Published in League
A New Zealand-based under 14 Cook Islands rugby league team is visiting Rarotonga and will be in action today. Supporters and parents are all welcome to watch the first of their two matches at Victoria Park in Tupapa at 5pm today. The second match will take place at Victoria Park on Friday at 5pm. The […]
Cricket bounces up a beauty round
Tuesday 5 October 2010 | Published in Cricket
With only four rounds of Edgewater Women’s mid week cricket left, teams headed to their games looking to collect valuable points. Air Raro who were knocked off the number one spot last week were keen to get back to the top with a win against Davana 1. Despite a turbulent start Air Raro’s batter Meme […]
Precious cricket points up for grabs
Saturday 2 October 2010 | Published in Cricket
With evenly matched games in this weekend’s round six of the Computer Man men’s competition, the results could see a total reshuffle in the points table. Unbeaten Arorangi Red Backs host third placed Matavera at Raemaru Park, while a loss for Apii Mamanu’s Red Backs side may still keep them at the top of the […]
Top of the table cricket clash
Saturday 2 October 2010 | Published in Cricket
Not to be outdone by their men’s cricket club side, the Arorangi women’s team also remains unbeaten heading into the fourth round of the Edgewater Saturday morning competition. However, they will face stiff competition from Grace Rea’s second placed Turangi side when they meet at Raemaru Park. Rea who sits in first place of the […]
Cricket umpires course on
Wednesday 29 September 2010 | Published in Cricket
Cricket umpire education is about to mark an achievement at the upcoming CI Cricket Level l Umpires course. For the first time local qualified umpires will be acting as umpire educators. Tererima Williams and Oliver Syme will be accrediting players from both men’s and women’s teams through the basics and some of the finer aspects […]
Katikati College on soccer tour
Monday 27 September 2010 | Published in Football
A strong First XI soccer team from Katikati College, in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand arrived at the weekend for a week long football tour on Rarotonga. They have scheduled their tour during the New Zealand school holidays. The Katikati College XI will play three matches on their short visit here in Rarotonga. The […]
Clash of the soccer titans
Saturday 25 September 2010 | Published in Football
Today’s main match in the Lotto Premier men’s soccer competition is between Nikao Sokattak and Tupapa at the Nikao grounds. Both teams are undefeated in this round so this match should decide the competition leader. This match is the clash of the titans in the Rarotonga round cup competition. Tupapa was last year’s knockout winner, […]
Cricket booms in outer islands
Thursday 23 September 2010 | Published in Cricket
The pool of talented young cricketers on Pukapuka, and across the outer islands for that matter, is being strengthened. In July, Telecom High Performance player Lucky Topetai, returned to his home island where he signed up to deliver the ANZ In Schools Cricket programme at Niua School. Not only are kids five to 16-years-old at […]
Netballers thank their sponsors
Thursday 23 September 2010 | Published in Netball
Locally based national netballers Curly George and Luciana Matenga made special visits this week to their code’s sponsors to show their gratitude for the support given to them. The pair donned their playing uniforms for the Delhi Commonwealth Games, which starts early next month, and headed to the Air Rarotonga hangar to say meitaki maata […]
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