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International riders coming to Aitutaki

It’s just one week out from the Cook Islands’ international kiteboarding competition, and the wind gods are giving local riders a chance to get in some last-minute practice. This year the competition is looking to be bigger – more riders, more media and hopefully more wind – and the Cook Islands Kitesurfing Association is urging […]

Tupapa under 19s win tens tournament

More tennis in schools

Tennis is set to spread like wildfire across Rarotonga schools as the ‘tennis in schools’ programme, sponsored by ANZ Bank, starts today. The programme will run for the next five weeks under national tennis coach Malcolm Kajer and assisted by enthusiastic sports coach of the ANZ Tamariki Sports Programme Ake Hosea-Winterflood. The pair expect to […]

Titikaveka wins tough tussle

Premier netball grade clashes between the Titikaveka Pearls and Avatiu Dragonflies as well as Takuvaine and Arorangi provided netball fans with their fix on Friday night. Due to bereavements on the island at the weekend, Saturday netball games were postponed and will be played out through this week. However, fans who made it to the […]

Junior rugby ready for 15s

After two weeks of pre-season rugby – junior Rarotonga rugby players are now set for the start of the main 2012 rugby 15s season this Saturday. Rarotonga turned on perfect weather for the pre-season 10s grand finals at Raemaru Park. The day started with over 60 kids taking part in the under 10 mixed Rippa […]

Junior rugby festival at Raemaru Park

Today is grand finals time for junior rugby players in the CITC pre season 10s tournament. All games today will be played at Raemaru Park in Arorangi kicking off at 11.30am with the mixed rippa under 10 games. This will be followed by the rugby 10s tournament scheduled to start at 12.30pm. Each game will […]

Pressure on for Palm Grove Golf

The Palm Grove Golf Tournament at Rarotonga Golf Club always draws a lot of interest, thanks to the generosity of Betsy Eisler of Palm Grove and this year more than lives up to its level of interest. With the third and final round of the Palm Gove Golf Tournament to be played today, the leaders […]

Come and Play football is back

The popular ‘Come and Play’ football programme will kick off tomorrow at the CIFA complex in Matavera at 9am. Come and Play is designed for children aged between 5 and 13 and is based around fun football activities. This programme is set to run for six weeks taking place every Saturday morning at the CIFA […]

New system

The Rarotonga cricket season isn’t due to start until September but Rarotonga clubs are making loads of progress toward strengthening this year’s Computer Man and Edgewater Competitions. To add to the string of exciting changes, the latest announcement will see the most comprehensive and technical recognition of players ability and performances yet. The new ‘Most […]

New cycling season ready to roll

The Cook Islands Cycling Federation will start its 2012 season on Saturday afternoon with an event from the RSA opposite the airport at Nikao at 3pm. The first week’s event will be a scratch (everyone starting together) event with distances to suit the cyclists’ fitness and age. Juniors and the less fit can do a […]

2 Oceania silvers to Luisa

Sole Cook Islands female weightlifter Luisa Peters has lifted her way to two silver medals at the recent Commonwealth and Oceania Weightlifting competition hosted by Samoa. The event, held from June 4 to 9, was one of the largest weightlifting gathering in the Pacific attracting lifters from all over the Commonwealth for the competition which […]

AGM still not set

A date for the Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic annual general meeting has yet to be confirmed however all national federations will receive seven days’ notice as soon as a date is finalised. CISNOC secretary general Rosie Blake explains that national sports body Treasurer Dan O’Brien is currently in New Zealand this week completing […]

Golden boot award to Teariki Matenga Jnr

In his first year of playing rugby league – 15-year-old Teariki Matenga Jnr not only captained his team to the grand finals of the under 16 grade, but he also won his club’s ‘Golden Boot’ award. The young Titikaveka College student, the youngest child and only son of Teariki and Margaret Matenga, proudly showed off […]

Under 13 Cowboys rule their grade

Rugby fans have another weekend of exciting age grade rugby to look forward to as the CITC pre season tens competition heads into grand finals. At Avatiu, games were hotly contested between the Eels, Titikaveka Bulls and Takuvaine Reds with the Eels and Reds fielding under 13, under 16 and under 19 teams. Titikaveka only […]

Pearls still dominating

The Titikaveka Pearls premier grade continued their dominance on the netball courts beating Tupapa 58-34 on Saturday. The Pearls are looking strong to defend their championships title but hot on their heels and chasing the champion’s trophy are the Avatiu Dragonflies. On Saturday the ladies from the Swamp faced the Arorangi premier grade and Dragonflies […]

Junior rugby grades open the season

Rugby fans were treated to exciting age grade rugby 10s and Rippa rugby at the weekend for the first round of the two week pre-season tournament. The day, at both the Avatiu and Ngatangiia fields, began with over 60 children taking part in the mixed Rippa games with Oki Thomson a stand out in his […]

21km ocean race for singles, mixed teams

Te Tupu O Te Manava Canoe Club will host today’s oe vaka race from Avarua harbour. Today’s race will be over a 21km course for both singles paddlers and mixed crews of three men and three women. Race registrations open at 12.30pm for a race start at 1 o’clock. Paddlers are reminded of club affiliation […]

Rugby tens format for start of season

The eagerly-awaited rugby season kicks off today with only the age-grades playing in the CITC Rarotonga club 10s competition for the next two weekends. To add variety and encourage some of the bigger boys to play, rugby 10s with five-man scrums and 20 minute games will be used as the pre-season pool play format. This […]

Maevatini regatta salutes Alan Maki

Maevatini, the Queen’s Birthday oe vaka regatta on Aitutaki, was more than just a fun festival of paddling. The weekend race was special for two reasons – one to honour our mate, friend and brother Alan Maki who passed away last year, with the inaugural Alan Maki Memorial Trophy 12km Lagoon Race. The second special […]

Shape for Life a hit

Due to strong interest in Top Shape Gyms new ‘Shape for Life Challenge’ – the deadline for registrations has been extended to this Saturday from 8am to 12pm at the Taputapuatea gym. Between this morning and Saturday – registrations will go hand in hand with wellness checks before the challenge gets underway on Monday, June […]