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Pacific
Visitors ready for football challenge
As the Cook Islands Football Association gears up to host the 2025 OFC Men’s Champions League Qualifying Stage, one of the visiting teams is determined to win, as they feel at home in Rarotonga.
Australia and Cook Islands to sign MoU, strengthen maritime security partnership
Cook Islands and Australia are in the process of finalising an enhanced Pacific Maritime Security Program (PMSP) Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will strengthen Australia’s support for Te Kukupa II operations and bolster regional security efforts.
Kids back in the swim
The ANZ Tamariki Sports programme will splash back into swimming lessons on Wednesday, November 9, as the days grow hotter and the cooling sea beckons. Sports coach Ake Hosea-Winterflood is looking forward to another fantastic season of swimming with children aged between 7 and 11 years-old. The 6-week swimming programme will be held every Wednesday […]
Rippa launches week of rugby
Future rugby sevens stars are set to shine at the Rarotonga Primary Schools mixed rippa rugby tournament on Tuesday and the Under 15 College rugby sevens on Wednesday. The two junior tournaments are part of the week of rugby leading up to the codes pinnacle event the Cook Islands International Sevens in Heaven tournament to […]
Panthers claim club sevens title
The Tupapa Panthers were crowned the cup winners and local club sevens champions after disposing of the Ngatangiia-Matavera Dragons 17-12 at the Avatiu field on Saturday. The Panthers have been the form sevens team for most of 2011, winning major tournaments including the CITC pre-season sevens and also the CITC Constitution sevens tournament this year. […]
Local sevens finals
Today is the last week of the CITC Rarotonga club sevens competition and all matches will be played at the Avatiu field kicking off at 2pm. Some of the import players for the various teams have already arrived for next weekends Cook Islands International Sevens Tournament and they will be playing in this weekends club […]
Tupapa gear up for Takuvaine
More football action will take place today with some intriguing match-ups for fans to enjoy at two venues the CIFA complex in Matavera between Arorangi and Avatiu and at the Tupapa field between Tupapa and Takuvaine. The first game at each field will kick off at 1pm in the under 14 girls division. The feature […]
Samoa pegged as tournament favourites
Hometown favourites Samoa have both experience and form on their side ahead of the 2011 Oceania Sevens Championship, which kicked off in Apia yesterday. The fourth edition of the tournament is the qualifying event for regional non-core teams to participate in the fourth and sixth rounds of the HSBC Sevens World Series in Wellington and […]
Golf champs down to semis
Players competing for the Rarotonga Golf Club Championships get a break this weekend so that those who wish can travel to Aitutaki for the Aitutaki Open. The quarter-finals of the championships were played last Saturday and the semi-finals will be played on November 5 with finals scheduled for the 12th to coincide with the end […]
Baudinet sacked by CISNOC board
It appears Brian Baudinet has been sacked from the All Sports Commission of CISNOC, in what looks like an attempt to weed out the organisations outspoken members. Baudinet received a letter via email on Thursday afternoon from Sir Geoffrey Henry president of the Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee (CISNOC). The letter states that […]
Showdown out west
After some close and exciting games last weekend, todays Edgewater Saturday premier championship is set for more fireworks on the pitch. At Raemaru Park, the Arorangi Red Hot Chicks take on the Matavera Hot Eyes in a top of the table clash for supremacy. Red Hot Chicks captain Diana Tamaiva returns to bolster an already […]
Tuapou lines up for Australia
Reigning Oceania Sevens champions Australia begin their Rugby Sevens season proper in Apia today with a young squad of players including Cook Islander Jordan Tuapou. Twenty-year-old Tuapou, the son of Queensland-based Cook Islands sports administrator Tiki Tuapou, has been tipped to rise up in Australian rugby ranks. The Brisbane-based Tuapou plays his rugby for the […]
Volleyball tournament gets underway
BCI social mixed volleyball teams Kick Ass and OKA continue to lead the way in the tournament in their respective pools. Pool A leaders Kick Ass showed no mercy on opponents Aremango Sharks to win 91-78. Aremango may have lost the game but is one team not to be underestimated. In pool B OKA had […]
Register by Wednesday
Forty New Zealand and Australian squash players are heading to Rarotonga for the Cook Islands Squash Open tournament scheduled to run from November 5 to 10. Registration for local players will close next Wednesday, November 2 with around 20 local players expected to take part. International players heading to the island for the tournament are […]
Fan zone a success
Organisers for the Rarotonga Rugby World Cup fan zone estimate 1100 people watched Saturdays grand final at the National Auditorium, with many more turned away from the packed-out site. New Zealand High Commissioner John Carter, one of the biggest driving forces behind the event, said organisers considered the night to be a runaway success, better […]
Registration closes today
Local fishermen will be praying for good weather and fish this weekend for the Lion Red fishing competition sponsored by The Bond Store. The competition is open to all financial members of the Cook Islands Game Fishing Club. Registrations for the competition closes today and competing anglers must pay a $20 fee. Last weeks fishing […]
Avatea School celebrations continue
Avatea School is still celebrating retaining the Prince of Wales inter-primary school athletics shield on Tuesday. Avatea School scored the most points at the athletics day, allowing it to hold on to its place at the top. In total the school racked up 1036 points with second placed school Avarua amassing 797 points. Avatea School […]
CISNOC resignations not personal
Calls for all CISNOC executives to resign are not personal, some national sports federation members say. The leaders of 12 federations have requested a special general meeting of the Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee (CISNOC) be held on November 8. They have circulated an agenda, which includes an item of resignation from the […]
Calling all corporate paddlers
The second oe vaka V12 corporate races of the year are to be run on Saturday, November 12, at Muri and teams can expect twice as much fun as the first event earlier this year. The fun event is open to all teams and groups on the island and can be used as a work […]
Black belt in the offing at taekwon do
A big week of taekwon do activity is ahead for members and intending members of the Taekwon Do Federation including black belt grading, colour belt grading and self defence workshops. This Friday, a black belt grading theory session will be held at the Panama Hall in Nikao. Rufina Daniel will be the first Cook Islands […]
Primary athletes muster for big day
Avatea Primary School athletes lifted the Prince of Wales Shield again on Tuesday after the school’s athletes earned the most points on the BCI Stadium track and field. This is the second year in a row the school has won the coveted athletics trophy starting whispers that the school looks on form to return to […]
Eels slide into top 4
Last Saturdays Turangi and Avatiu Electric Eels cricket match was as competitive an affair as had been promised. Batting first Turangi managed 205 runs through opener Sepa Tangimetua (50) while 3 Eels bowlers collected 3 wickets a piece to restrict the Turangi batters. The Eels batting started strongly, however co-captain Hamish Weir pointed to John […]
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