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Pacific
Fears for families as Vanuatu reels from deadly earthquake
The devastating 7.3-magnitude earthquake that struck Vanuatu on Monday, claiming the lives of at least 14 people and injuring more than 200, has sent shockwaves around the world, with Ni-Vanuatuans residing in Rarotonga praying for the safety of their loved ones at home.
Emotional groundbreaking for Fale Niue
The Niue Community and Friends Inc, Society were overwhelmed to finally host their Groundbreaking ceremony for their Fale Niue Kūki ʻĀirani hostel in Tupapa.
Muri defends Cookie cup
Muri cricket club was successful this week in defending the Cookie Saradaka trophy against its first challenger Matavera cricket club. Matavera won the toss and chose to field. Muri amassed a solid total of 115 runs that was greatly assisted by some dropped catches and wayward bowling from Matavera producing 34 wides. Muri’s top scorer […]
Sponsors help make it happen
With sponsors on board – the 2010 Vaka Eiva Festival is set to be another quality action packed event. Around 800 paddlers, some returning and others coming for the first time, will flock to the island for the start of the seventh annual festival in four weeks time. Event sponsors such as Steinlager and The […]
Borneo bound Women's 7s set to go
Excitement is brewing in the women’s rugby camp as the first ever Cook Islands women’s rugby sevens squad prepares to jet off this weekend to the Asia Pacific tournament in Borneo. The tournament will be played between October 29 and 31 and will include the best women’s teams from across the Pacific and Asia. The […]
Masters athletes ready for action
Masters athletes across the island have been hitting the tracks for last minute training ahead of the Cook Islands Masters Championships starting on Saturday. The national event, which will also include some athletes from New Zealand, will be run over three days. Saturday’s opening day programme will start at 4.30pm with the triple jump event […]
Titikaveka gears up for challenge
Today’s matches will see the Under 15 girls taking to the playing field at 4.15pm and followed by the Premier Men’s game. Titikaveka’s Under 15 girls are strong contenders in their division, currently sitting second on 11 points on the points table. A win will be welcomed as it will see them equal with leaders […]
Finals time at rugby 7s
This Saturday is grand finals time in the CITC Club Sevens competition with all games to be played at the Titikaveka rugby field. The Tupapa Panthers head into finals time ranked as the number one team after defeating previous week winner the Eels last Saturday. The Cowboys are stalking the Panthers and Eels in third […]
Titikaveka steps up
Titikaveka will amp up their preparations this week by squaring off against the Arorangi side at the Titikaveka field today. The Under 14 boys will face off each other first at 4.15pm – both teams have an equal opportunity of winning this match, however, Titikaveka could be seen to dominate on their home turf. In […]
Medics to discuss training
Renowned New Zealand fitness trainer Keith Roberts will be the guest speaker at a meeting at the Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee office tonight. Roberts was invited to the 6pm meeting which will focus on the establishment of training for sports medics in Rarotonga. He recently helped prepare the netball team which represented […]
Swimming schedule finalised
The swimming federation has released its calendar for the 2010 swimming season. Tomorrow marks the first race – a 375m and 750m swim at Tikioki. The rest of the schedule is as follows: Wednesday October 27, Tikioki – 375m, 750m, 1500m Wednesday November 3, Tikioki – 750m, 1500m Wednesday November 10, Tikioki – 750m, 1500m, […]
Big seas a challenge
Big wind and surf on Saturday provided paddlers with some of the most challenging race conditions for the year’s national series. The 18km race got underway with nine crews taking to the start line. The revised two loop race course from Avarua to O’oa and back to Avatiu saw an impressive start with Te Tupu […]
Top times
Some outstanding times were achieved on the last day of the Air Rarotonga National Athletics Championships by some of the 100 metre sprinters. Mangaia’s Patrick Tuara won the under 20 category in just 11.33 sec. Edmond Tupuna, in the under 14 category, was amazingly only a second behind him, in a time of 12.31 sec. […]
Atiu Warriors stand up to CISA and Rakei Toa
The Cook Islands Sports Academy students from Aitutaki and the Rakei Toa under 14 boys from Rarotonga arrived on Atiu on Tuesday October 12 to play rugby and league games against the Atiuan boys. The last group to arrive was the academy boys from Rarotonga led by Kevin Iro and Lloyd Matapo who arrived on […]
Hash in Arorangi
Hash House Harriers will meet in Arorangi this evening. Hares will be Tyson and K Kan Do from the Vinsen residence opposite the Mormon church. The run starts at 5.30 pm and all runners and walkers are welcome.
Avatiu upset Tupapa
Avatiu caused a big upset on Saturday by beating the Tupapa premier men’s soccer team for the first time in almost a decade by one goal to nil. As the final whistle blew, Avatiu premier men’s players and supporters cheered with excitement as their team had caused a big upset for leaders Tupapa by winning […]
Panthers strike back
As predicted the hard and fast Ngatangiia grounds produced plenty of tries, lots of close matches and a few surprises including a new weekend winner in week 3 of the CITC Rarotonga club sevens competition. In the pool competition – Avatiu Eels took the first win in Pool A beating the Dragons 22-10. The Eels […]
New record
Diana Tamaiva (above) set a new record as she recorded the highest mid-week score by a smashing 77. This is Tamaiva’s second season of women’s cricket, and says she became addicted to the sport after first trying it at the beginning of the year. Since then Tamaiva has gone on to be selected into the […]
Cookie Cup to Muri
The Cookie Sadaraka cricket challenge trophy has been uplifted and taken back east after a very tight contest between two traditional rivals – Arorangi and Muri. Batting first Muri were put under pressure early through tight bowling from Tom Vea, Manu Emile and Mitch Farnell. Muri never really managed to get any partnerships going however […]
Tupapa and Avatiu set to clash again
The Round Cup competition has fashioned out an exciting match between Tupapa and Avatiu. The first game of the second round, to be played in the Lotto Premier Men’s division, sees leader Tupapa and third place getter Avatiu, clash today at Victoria Park. Both teams have played each other, however Tupapa continues to dominate but […]
25 teams a record for 7s
International Sevens in Heaven draws big field The annual Sevens in Heaven rugby tournament on November 4-6 is going to be bigger and better than ever in its 21 years. The 2010 Cook Islands International Sevens has drawn a record field of 25 teams – 16 men’s teams and nine women’s teams – and will […]
Windy cycling
The Westpac cycling series was into its second race this week and a few new riders stepped up to take on the 16km circuit. Riders battled a strong headwind on the return leg of the race but still managed to turn in some impressive times. First across the line this week was Louise Wittwer very […]
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