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Netball honours clubs and players
Wednesday 7 July 2010 | Published in Netball
After a fantastic day of thrilling netball grand finals actions on Saturday, the Cook Islands Netball Association honoured clubs and players at the 2010 season prize giving. The prize giving was held after the premier grade grand final between Titikaveka and Avatiu where Titikaveka showed their class to win the match 60-40. Not that the […]
Junior cricketers in training
Wednesday 7 July 2010 | Published in Cricket
Rarotonga’s next generation of cricketing stars has begun training in the Telecom high performance programme three months ahead of the ANZ Junior Cricket season. The junior cricket season includes all age groups for boys and girls from under 19 through to primary schools and will be held in term four. The reason for the early […]
Major boost for women's cricket
Wednesday 7 July 2010 | Published in Cricket
In a major boost for women’s cricket, Cook Islands Cricket’s Telecom women’s high performance coaching begins tomorrow at the Nikao field from 5.15pm. The programme initially runs for six weeks and is open to all women (young and mature) who want to attend. Cook Islands Cricket general manager Alister Stevic explains that the course is […]
Women's cricket the flavour of summer
Wednesday 7 July 2010 | Published in Cricket
Women’s cricket in the Cook Islands has seen a massive growth in numbers for the upcoming season and with the netball season just finished – what better way to stay active than playing the fun game of cricket. The number of women’s cricket teams have gone from eight at the start of the year to […]
Basketball finals action
Tuesday 6 July 2010 | Published in Other Sports
It’s all on tonight at the Telecom Sports Arena where the champions of Cook Islands basketball will crowned. Its grand finals time for basketballers with intensely fought games expected tonight. The grand basketball grand finals programme will bounce off at 5.30pm with the women’s third and fourth place playoff between the Prima Donnas and Blitz. […]
'Historic' netball finals clash
Saturday 3 July 2010 | Published in Netball
Defending netball champions the Titikaveka Pearls premier grade are no strangers to netball grand finals fever. But their opponents in today’s grand finals match the Avatiu Dragonflies are relative newcomers to the grand finals stage. The Pearls have dominated the local netball scene for the past 10 years with their usual grand finals foe Takuvaine […]
New U19 cricket league for women
Friday 2 July 2010 | Published in Cricket
Women’s cricket is expanding to include a new junior under 19 cricket league starting in October. This new initiative is due to the success of the women’s cricket in the country and the increased interest in the up and coming season. The new junior women’s initiative will be formerly known as the Island Hire Women’s […]
Finals time at netball
Friday 2 July 2010 | Published in Netball
Its grand finals time in the Rarotonga club netball season and action packed games are expected today and tomorrow. The open one and two grades will play their grand finals matches tonight at the Telecom Sports Arena with Avatiu taking on Titikaveka in the open 2 game at 4.30 while Titikaveka will face Takuvaine in […]
Cricket umpires course a hit
Friday 2 July 2010 | Published in Cricket
As of last week, there are now over 20 new accredited Motor Centre Cricket Umpires on the rock. Last week visiting Northern Districts Cricket umpire and Bay Of Plenty (NZ) umpire training officer Colin Elstob arrived on Rarotonga to deliver cricket umpire courses to aspiring male and female umpires and cricketers. Over 20 participants attended […]
Cricket for tamariki
Wednesday 30 June 2010 | Published in Cricket
Energetic athletics coach Ake Hosea-Winterflood is starting up her popular ANZ Tamariki Sports programme with the help of some big hitters from the Cook Islands Cricket Association. Hosea is thrilled to announce that her junior programme resumes on Tuesday July 6 at the BCI Stadium in Tereora for kids aged between 6 and 12. But […]
New clubs join cricket season
Wednesday 30 June 2010 | Published in Cricket
The men’s cricket season will see the inclusion of two new clubs as participation numbers across the board grows this year. Something that Cook Islands Cricket general manager Alister Stevic believes cements cricket as the Cook Islands’ fastest growing game. “Last week we held our annual men’s council of clubs meeting and it was great […]
Basketball semi-finals tonight
Tuesday 29 June 2010 | Published in Other Sports
It’s crunch time for teams in the Telecom Cook Islands Basketball main season with the semi finals of the competition to be staged this evening at the Telecom Sports Arena. The extended season has seen its fair share of ups and downs but it’s the business end and there’s nothing but excitement in the air […]
Netball semis clash on
Saturday 26 June 2010 | Published in Netball
There’s nothing more netball teams can do but bring their ‘A’ game to today’s club semi-finals but supporters and cheer squads could make all the difference in how teams play today. In the premier grade, the Avatiu Dragonflies go up against the Takuvaine Red Divas. Takuvaine will no doubt head into this game with their […]
Rugby union all go this week!
Friday 25 June 2010 | Published in Rugby Union
The Takuvaine and Titikaveka under 13 rugby grades will kick start the 2010 rugby union 15s season this afternoon at the Titikaveka field. This match at 4.15 will be followed by the senior B clash between these two clubs. Then it’s full on rugby on Saturday with Avatiu-Nikao hosting Tupapa-Maraerenga at the swamp while the […]
Netballers fight for last spots
Friday 25 June 2010 | Published in Netball
This week’s ‘do or die’ netball matches will be played on the one court configuration at the Telecom Sports Arena where teams will battle it out for the last spot in next week’s grand finals. But first up tonight will be the open one and two semi finals clashes to determine who goes to the […]
Boost for cricket umpires
Tuesday 22 June 2010 | Published in Cricket
Northern Districts Cricket umpire and Bay Of Plenty (NZ) esteemed umpire training officer Colin Elstob arrives on the rock next week to deliver the Motor Centre Cricket Umpire courses. Elstob, who is an experienced umpire, is responsible for the recruitment and training of umpires throughout the Bay of Plenty of New Zealand. “We are very […]
Hot battles expected at netball
Saturday 19 June 2010 | Published in Netball
Heated battles are expected to be seen on the Telecom Sports Arena courts today as teams eye up a spot in the grand finals. The heavyweights of the current club netball season the Titikaveka Pearls and Avatiu Dragonflies will go head to head in what should be a thriller of a game. Avatiu have yet […]
Knockout time at netball
Friday 18 June 2010 | Published in Netball
This Friday and Saturday’s club netball knockout round games are expected to be intense battles as teams jostle to get into the grand finals. After two rounds of netball games, the four clubs have been stacked into the top two and bottom two teams. The top two and bottom two teams in each grade will […]
Final netball games for round two
Friday 11 June 2010 | Published in Netball
This week’s club netball will be the final games of the second round. Ngatangiia will take on Avatiu this week while Titikaveka will face off again with Takuvaine. The club season took a break last week for the Pacific Series netball tournament where a number of local players were seen picking up some new skills […]
Netball bounces back from heartbreak
Thursday 10 June 2010 | Published in Netball
The Cook Islands national netball team has had to suck in the heartbreak of not qualifying for the netball World Championships at last week’s Pacific Series and knuckle down to prepare for the Commonwealth Games in India this October. Cook Islands Netball Association president Patsy Hockin says that not qualifying for the world champs was […]
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