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Touch grand finals today at Avatiu
Monday 22 March 2010 | Published in Touch Rugby
The grand finals of the open men and women’s touch rugby competition will be played out today at the swamp starting with the minor place getters finals. The Warriors and Rama will play off for 3rd and 4th spots in the men’s competition while the FBI ladies will meet the Vixens for the 3rd and […]
Fun and skill in five-a-side soccer
Monday 22 March 2010 | Published in Football
There was plenty of fun and skill in the Rarotonga annual five-a-side competition which kicked off last week, Thursday. In the women’s division Arai-Te-Tonga comprised of national player Melanie Wilson who guided her team to a comfortable win over TSL by 3- 0. In the men’s division new comers Waka Boys comprised of the Tupapa […]
Vaka sprints in Muri
Saturday 20 March 2010 | Published in Paddling
Te Tupu O Te Manava oe vaka club members new and old were out in force last Saturday for the first sprint races of the season. Not only was the club out in force, they also dominated the day’s 500m V1 and V12 races on the Muri lagoon. But a big showing from the Ngakau […]
League at Tupapa, Ngatangiia today
Friday 19 March 2010 | Published in League
Today’s two premier grade rugby league games are shaping up to be real thrillers. At the Eagles’ nest in Ngatangiia, the Bulldogs could cause the upset of the season if they beat the Sea Eagles in what is being touted as the Takitumu derby of the season. Word on the underground wireless is that Bulldogs […]
Touch heads to finals
Wednesday 17 March 2010 | Published in Touch Rugby
The open men and women’s touch rugby players put their bodies on the line on Monday night as they vied for grand finals positions in their semi finals games. In the men’s competition, the Avatiu League Boys could not contain the Roxz Prisoners team who thrashed the League Boys 12-4 to place fifth overall with […]
Kid's soccer on today
Wednesday 17 March 2010 | Published in Football
Rarotonga primary school students who are in forms 1 and 2 students showcased their football skills last Friday to mark the opening of their tournament at the CIFA complex. The tournament is for five weeks. A lot of natural talent and skills shown on the day and CIFA believes this will only grow as the […]
Entries closing for corporate oe vaka race
Tuesday 16 March 2010 | Published in Paddling
If you haven’t registered for the popular oe vaka V12 corporate races yet – you’d better paddle your vaka quickly as registrations close on March 19. The annual corporate race, hosted by the Cook Islands Canoeing Association, is scheduled for March 27 and promises to be a day full of fun – both on and […]
Touch semis
Monday 15 March 2010 | Published in Touch Rugby
The open men and women’s touch rugby competition semi finals will be played out tonight at the Avatiu field. The top four teams in the men’s and women’s division will battle it out for grand finals positions while the bottom four teams will play for minor placing and prizes. In the women’s competition, the young […]
Basketball bounces back next week
Wednesday 10 March 2010 | Published in Other Sports
The 2010 basketball season will bounce into action on March 16 with the backing of Telecom Cook Islands as a new major sponsor. Cook Islands Basketball Federation president George Williams (G-Dub) is looking forward to a very active basketball season with plenty of incentives and prizes for players thanks to the support of the code’s […]
Colouring it up at mixed netball
Tuesday 9 March 2010 | Published in Netball
Be the most colourful social mixed netball team on Wednesday night and be in to win some goodies and prizes. This week’s theme of ‘the most colourful’ is sure to brighten up the already lively weekly competition. The social mixed netball competition heads into round five of games this Wednesday night with more ‘fabulous’ matches […]
League counts up
Tuesday 9 March 2010 | Published in League
It’s been a tricky process working out the rugby league points table as the Titikaveka Bulldogs is the only premier team that has played all five round one games. However, the Bulldogs are still looking for their first win as they remain on zero points on the table. The Ngatangiia-Matavera Sea Eagles, Tupapa Panthers and […]
Top touch today
Monday 8 March 2010 | Published in Touch Rugby
With sun skies, today’s open men’s and women’s competition should see some classy displays of touch rugby skills. Players won’t have to worry about tricky playing conditions and teams can concentrate on polished attacks and tight defences. Today’s games start at 5pm with the Rama northern group boys taking on the Avatiu League Boys. At […]
Busy year of netball
Thursday 4 March 2010 | Published in Netball
The newly elected Cook Islands Netball Association has a full calendar of events for 2010 starting with a re-jigged domestic season. The domestic season is scheduled to begin in April with pre-season fundraising events to kick start the netball year. CINA is also working on a proposal for a revamped club netball format which centres […]
New thrills at Vaka Iti
Thursday 4 March 2010 | Published in Paddling
Rain and rough seas haven’t stopped Rarotonga secondary school students hitting the lagoon for their Vaka Iti oe vaka lessons. The junior oe vaka schools programme began this week with hardly a first time paddler in sight thanks to the successful programme which has been running in Rarotonga schools for three years or so. And […]
New team in netball
Tuesday 2 March 2010 | Published in Netball
Newly elected Cook Islands Netball Association president Patsy Hockin is looking forward to a positive year of netball with her team of experienced netballers ready to take on any challenges this year. A new team of executives was elected during the association’s annual meeting on February 26 with Hockin taking over from former president Margharet […]
League games shift back
Tuesday 2 March 2010 | Published in League
The weekend’s cancelled rugby league matches will be played at the end of round two in mid March. Tsunami alerts forced the cancellation of the games between the Avatiu Eels and Tupapa Panthers at the swamp and the Arorangi Bears and Ngatangiia-Matavera Sea Eagles at Raemaru. Rugby league competition coordinator Taua Benioni says the cancelled […]
League double header today
Saturday 27 February 2010 | Published in League
If the weather is on our side today – the Avatiu swamp and Raemaru Park are the places to be for what will be two fantastic games of rugby league. At the swamp, the Eels will host 2009 champions the Tupapa-Maraerenga Panthers. On paper, these two giants of the local league scene are evenly matched […]
267 teenagers to try oe vaka
Friday 26 February 2010 | Published in Paddling
The oe vaka in schools programme starts on Monday March 1 with 267 secondary school students registered for the seven-week programme. Junior oe vaka programme coordinator Teina Taulu says that the Vaka Iti programme aims to give Cook Islands youth the opportunity to give paddling a go and those bitten by the paddling bug can […]
Cricket honours its stars
Thursday 25 February 2010 | Published in Cricket
Cook Islands Cricket held its swept-up, new-look annual cricket awards recently. Twenty-six awards were presented in the women, junior and men categories including honouring international performances and volunteer contributions. Five Rarotonga men’s club awards were up for collection across 12 weeks of club competition. Muri and Arorangi dominated the awards as Arorangi picked up the […]
Avatiu netballers on the go
Wednesday 24 February 2010 | Published in Netball
The Avatiu netball association is well underway with its preparations for the 2010 netball season – including a workshop for coaches and a trial for its premier grade players last week. Netball New Zealand Coach Force coach Sue Harris held a four-day workshop with Avatiu netball club coaches last week covering a mixture of theory […]
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