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Touch talent spread
Wednesday 27 October 2010 | Published in Touch Rugby
The touch rugby season got underway on Monday night at the BCI Stadium but there is still room for more open men’s and women’s teams. The invitation remains open for teams to register in the competition. This season, some of the previous top touch rugby teams have broken away to start new teams which sees […]
Touch all go
Monday 25 October 2010 | Published in Touch Rugby
The touch rugby season taps off today with the open men and women’s division games to be played at the home of touch rugby – the BCI Stadium in Nikao. And only for today, the games will start at the later time of 6.30pm due to the masters athletes running their programme at the field […]
Touch tapping off
Saturday 23 October 2010 | Published in Touch Rugby
The Cook Islands Touch Association season taps off on Monday October 25 at the code’s new home base –the BCI Stadium. Pre season registration and interest has been higher this year than in previous years and the association hopes to match that enthusiasm with quality games through better refereeing and competition draws. A focus point […]
Final round of Computer Man cricket
Saturday 23 October 2010 | Published in Cricket
Although qualifiers for the upcoming Computer Man top four and bottom six cricket competitions have been determined, there will be plenty of blood spilled in today’s last round of the competition. Arorangi will be looking to leading wicket taker Henry Geary (27) and the country’s rising star Mamanu Emile to continue their superb bowling performances […]
New business house volleyball league set
Friday 22 October 2010 | Published in League
The new BCI business house social volleyball league rolls out today at the Telecom Sports Arena with 30 teams taking part. The league will run for five weeks and will include 15 games a night with three games running on the hour from 5pm. A sausage sizzle fundraiser will also be running every Friday from […]
Edgewater cricket too close to call
Thursday 21 October 2010 | Published in Cricket
Out East things are shaping up for an exciting end to the last round of Edgewater Women’s Mid Week Cricket as three teams are in contention to take first place – Turangi 2, Turangi 1 and Matavera Hot III’s. With five wins from five matches and a catch up game still to play Turangi 2 […]
Top four cricket placings determined
Thursday 21 October 2010 | Published in Cricket
Results of last Saturday’s matches have determined the top four and bottom six qualifiers one round ahead of the completion of the Computer Man round robin cricket competition. Current first placed Arorangi Red Backs retained their unbeaten record with a 252 run win over Oke Opeta’s Tupapa 2 side. Mitchell Farnell put on a fine […]
Fight over final two cricket spots
Saturday 16 October 2010 | Published in Cricket
With Arorangi securing a top four spot two weeks ahead of the end of the round robin, a fight for the remaining three men’s cricket positions will be playing out across the island today. Turangi have 20 points, Matavera 16, with Muri, Avana and Avatiu-Nikao all on 12 – they would appear the most likely […]
Kids have a blast at cricket
Wednesday 13 October 2010 | Published in Cricket
About 50 children took advantage of the Cook Islands Cricket Association’s school holiday programme in Nikao yesterday. Princess Anne Hall was buzzing with activity as various cricket matches were played by the pupils aged between four and 13 years. The programme – run in conjunction with 88FM and Avarua Bakery – included lunch as well […]
Matavera leads in U17 soccer
Wednesday 13 October 2010 | Published in Football
The Under 17 Boys Round Cup competition heads into the second round with Matavera in the lead. Nikao will face Tupapa today at the CIFA complex in the Under 17 Boys division while Matavera take on Titikaveka straight after that. Tupapa will look to dominate this match against Nikao with the array of talented players […]
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 […]
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 […]
Netballers struggle to find form
Tuesday 12 October 2010 | Published in Netball
The heartbreak of bombing out of the Delhi Commonwealth Games netball competition will be felt far and wide across the netball community. But the pain is greatest for the 12 member squad that just couldn’t find their A game in India. The team were outclassed by Pacific sisters Samoa, in what was a gritty match […]
Tough conditions at oe vaka
Tuesday 12 October 2010 | Published in Paddling
Saturday’s oe vaka race proceeded despite rough seas and strong winds. Nine crews battled it out for 18 kilometres – from the harbour to Matavera, then back down to just before Black Rock, and into the harbour for the home stretch. Ngakau Toa open men took first with a finish time of 1:34:33, followed closely […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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’ […]
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 […]
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. […]
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