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Soccer season kicking off
Wednesday 18 July 2012 | Published in Football
The 2012 Rarotonga football season is scheduled to kick off next month. Cook Islands Football Association’s executive and club delegates agreed at a meeting last week that the 2012 season will feature seven clubs competing in the tournament from August through to mid-December. An exciting feature of this season is the winner of the Lotto […]
Cooks invite overseas teams for soccer holiday
Thursday 5 July 2012 | Published in Football
The Cook Islands Football Association is inviting teams from New Zealand, Australia and around the world to visit Rarotonga and bring their team for an action packed football tour. Senior and junior male and female teams are being invited to the islands where tours can be arranged to suit individual clubs or group needs. The […]
New soccer HQ for Aitutaki
Thursday 21 June 2012 | Published in Football
Aitutaki is set to have its very own soccer headquarters when construction of the island’s new administration building and education centre begins in August. CIFA received funding approval from FIFA last month. The project is designed by local architectural firm Romani Designs and the Matavera academy is currently being refurbished by RVK Contractors Ltd. CIFA […]
Red takes out Tereora soccer competition
Monday 21 May 2012 | Published in Football
A variety of colours filled the BCI Stadium on Friday as Tereora College held its annual inter-house soccer competition. Students from all four houses battled it out on the field to win points for their house. In the end there is only one winner – house one (red) followed by house three (blue), house two […]
Outlaws win five-a-side soccer comp
Monday 30 April 2012 | Published in Football
After 10 weeks and six games of five-a-side soccer, team Outlaws claimed the round cup championship title in the men’s division last Monday at the CIFA complex in Matavera. Outlaws took out the round cup after defeating a spirited Nek Minit side in the last round game winning by 10 goals to three. Nek Minit […]
Big crowd expected at schools soccer comp
Wednesday 28 March 2012 | Published in Football
The CIFA complex will play host to the CITC Coca-Cola Primary School One Day Soccer Tournament tomorrow for grades 4, 5 and 6 students. The Rarotonga Primary School teams battling it out for the 2012 honour will be Papaaroa, Te Uki Ou, Avarua, Takitumu, Avatea, Imanuela Akatemia, St Joseph’s, Rutaki, Arorangi and Nikao. All schools […]
5-a-side soccer rolls on
Thursday 22 March 2012 | Published in Football
Today’s five-a-side round cup competition continues as teams vie for the top spot after six weeks of fast paced and fun football games being played at the CIFA complex. First lot of games kick off at 4.45pm in the women’s category followed by the men’s division at 5.20pm. Top of the table leaders White Puta […]
Finals showdown at primary soccer
Wednesday 21 March 2012 | Published in Football
The stage is set for a thrilling conclusion to the Senior Primary School Football Tournament today as school teams will go through the play-off games at the CIFA complex. The play-off matches kicks off at 2.45pm followed by the final games at 3.20pm. The main matches today will take place between Arorangi and the undefeated […]
Under 17 soccer squad named for Oceania
Tuesday 20 March 2012 | Published in Football
Coaching staff of the Cook Islands under 17 women’s national football squad have named the players who will represent the Cook Islands at the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Under 17 Women’s Championship in New Zealand. The OFC U17 Women’s Championship will be held in Auckland from April 9 to 14 where Cook Islands will play […]
Finals spots on line at primary soccer
Wednesday 14 March 2012 | Published in Football
Senior primary school soccer teams will gather today at the CIFA complex in Matavera to battle it out for a spot in the finals which will take place next week. Today’s semi final match in the senior boy’s division will see Avarua, Avatea, Arorangi and the combined school of Te Uki Ou/Imanuela Akatemia teams contest […]
Olympic qualifier duties for 2 soccer refs
Thursday 1 March 2012 | Published in Football
Football match officials Tupou Patia and Terry Piri have been selected to officiate at the men’s and the women’s Olympic football qualifying tournaments next month. The men’s Olympic football tournament qualifiers will take place in Taupo, New Zealand, and Piri will be one of the match officials from the Cook Islands chosen to officiate at […]
14 teams in new 5-a-side soccer competition
Thursday 23 February 2012 | Published in Football
The annual five-a-side football competition which features nine men’s teams and five women’s teams will kick off today in a two round competition played over eight weeks during this month and towards the beginning of April. All five-a-side football matches will be played at the CIFA complex in Matavera and no doubt there will be […]
Primary school soccer kicks off
Friday 17 February 2012 | Published in Football
The Cook Islands Football Association has kick started its annual school visits this week in preparation for the primary school football tournament which will begin next week. CIFA’s technical department staff Tony Jamieson, Tuka Tisam and Paul-Luiz Van Eijk will be visiting schools around Rarotonga teaching and coaching the children the technical side of football […]
Cookies in 'Ethkick' soccer tourney
Friday 17 February 2012 | Published in Football
Cook Islands soccer players based in New Zealand will be competing in the ‘Ethkick’ tournament this weekend where 40 teams will speak the language of football in Palmerston North. Teams from South America, Cambodia, Bhutan, Oman, Malaysia, England and a host of other ethnic groups have entered the tournament, now in its fourth year. For […]
Just Play soccer heads to Aitutaki
Thursday 16 February 2012 | Published in Football
The popular Just Play football programme spearheaded by project manager Michelle Paiti and assisted by CIFA development officer Tuka Tisam, will be heading to Aitutaki for a week-long workshop to deliver the programme to school teachers and community leaders on the outer island. The workshop is scheduled to take place on Monday and Tuesday February […]
Soccer set for five-a-side challenge
Friday 10 February 2012 | Published in Football
The Cook Islands Football complex in Matavera will be buzzing again with the annual Rarotonga five-a-side soccer competition scheduled to kick off in two weeks. The round cup competition will run for eight weeks and will wrap up with the knock out at the end of April and early May. There are two divisions in […]
Soccer rankings rationalised
Friday 23 December 2011 | Published in Football
FIJI Football Association vice president and national team director Tarunesh Reddy believes the latest FIFA World Rankings do not truly reflect the standard of the sport in some of the countries in the Oceania region. In the latest ranking released earlier this week, lowly rated Samoa has leapfrogged into second position in the region ahead […]
Crowds flock for thriller KO soccer
Monday 19 December 2011 | Published in Football
The enthusiastic crowds that flocked to the CIFA complex in Matavera were not disappointed with the high level of action packed soccer games on display in the knock-out cup finals. The junior age grade teams set the tone for womens and mens knock-out cup grand finals which were nonstop action affairs. In the womens finals […]
Do or die soccer action at Matavera
Monday 12 December 2011 | Published in Football
Intense and physical soccer matches were played on Saturday as teams put their bodies on the line in the do or die soccer knockout semi finals round. Games were played at Victoria Park in Tupapa and at the Takitumu School grounds in Matavera. While the weather held out in Tupapa sporadic and heavy rains made […]
Just Play soccer celebrated
Thursday 1 December 2011 | Published in Football
One hundred children aged 6 to 10 gathered at the CIFA Complex in Matavera last Friday during Childrens Awareness Week for the celebration of Just Play along with nine countries throughout the Pacific. On arrival all children received a special Pacific Nations Celebration t-shirt, before mixing in with students from the various schools attending and […]