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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.
Rucks and mauls avoided
Takitumu hosted the golden oldies rugby last Friday. With the hard Ngatangiia field, both teams preferred passing the ball around rather than engage in rucks and mauls. Player-coach Lucky continued to drum into the Touring Team the need for consistency and to stick to the basics. Referees Arthur and Simi allowed the game to flow […]
Squad named
Women’s rugby sevens organisers have selected 14 local women for the train-on squad for the Asia Pacific Women’s sevens tournament in Borneo next month. A final selection will be made next month that will include players from overseas. The Cook Islands based players selected to train on are Akaiti Purea (Arorangi), Awhitia Pepe (Arorangi), Edith […]
Semis time in club rugby
It’s crunch time in the CITC club rugby season with the knockout semi-finals to be played this weekend. Avatiu and Arorangi have secured the venues for this weekend’s games. Avatiu will host the battle between this season’s first and fourth placed teams across all grades while the second and third placed teams will rumble at […]
Delhi athletes to be named
Athletes to represent the Cook Islands at next month’s Delhi Commonwealth Games in India are expected to be named at the end of the week. Six sports codes have been confirmed to compete at the games which will be run between October 3 and 14. The six codes are athletics, boxing, netball, lawn bowls, tennis […]
24 in morning half marathon
Saturday’s early morning half marathon drew a field of 24 runners to tackle the 21km course from the Manea Foods complex in Nikao. Roland Neururer was the man to catch in the men’s race and although Scott Howley chased valiantly – he was unable to outrun Neururer. Neururer was first across the line in 1:29:24 […]
Tupapa too strong for Takuvaine
Tupapa proved to be too strong for their neighbours Takuvaine in the main premier men’s soccer match on Saturday up at the valley by thumping Takuvaine 11 goals to 1. In the first half Tupapa found the back of the net 4 times and added 7 more goals in the second half. Takuvaine’s sole goal […]
Run 1549
Today’s House House Harriers run number 1549 is kindly set by Chad and Shannon from their residence in Pue/Tupapa next door to Tamarind House. Parking available on their section. Look for the flags and sign. All runners and walkers welcome for a 5.30pm start. See you there!
Panthers snatch win
Panthers 13 vs Reds 12 Eels 21 vs Dragons 16 Cowboys 23 vs Bulls 17 A late second half 40-metre penalty goal kicked by Tupapa Panthers fullback Conrad Piri was enough for the Panthers to edge out the Takuvaine Reds 13-12 in Saturday’s main match. The Panthers had a strong line-up and were expected to […]
Tennis tourney starts
The ANZ Play and Stay Stars competition will be served up today at the tennis centre in Nikao. The tournament will be played in two divisions starting with the under eight year olds competition at 9.30am followed by the under 12s at 2pm. This tournament will run for the next five Saturdays and is an […]
Fight for top 4
The fate of city cousins the Takuvaine Reds and Tupapa Panthers hangs in the balance as they look to do battle in today’s main rugby match of the week at Tupapa. There is every chance for either team to make the top 4 pending the outcome of today’s match which has to include bonus points […]
Promising Aitutaki CISA students
The 2010 Cook Islands Sports Academy students on Aitutaki are regarded by course tutor Junior Tamati as ‘the most promising yet’. The group is made up of 11 boys and 1 girl who looked fit and toned when CI News visited the class this week. Tamati says that the priority is to see that all […]
Takuvaine faces Tupapa test
Today’s main match in the Lotto Premier men’s soccer competition between is the Takuvaine Red Devils and Tupapa and will take place up in the valley. Tupapa was last year’s knock-out winner and will promise to put on their usual display of skillful football. With the inclusion of two of their overseas players in the […]
Aitutaki tykes on the trot
Araura Primary School students have been galloping up a storm. Araura primary school is yet to confirm its athletics day but the school kids have already been getting in plenty of practice ahead of the up and coming event. This week the pre-schoolers learned how to properly hand over the relay baton using hibiscus twigs, […]
Arorangi seek's redemption
After a heavy defeat last weekend from last year’s champions Nikao in the Premier Men’s division, Arorangi will face a young Titikaveka side today at the CIFA complex in Matavera. Titikaveka will be eager to register their first win for the 2010 season after a bye last week. There is no question that Arorangi will […]
Top volleyball clashes promised
Some interesting match-ups have been drawn up for tonight’s week five of games in the Vonnia’s Corporate Volleyball 6 on 6 competition. For starters the threatening and high scoring CITC Smackdown team will take on Te Aponga Sparkz in tonight’s first round of games and this is sure to be an action packed game. The […]
U19 side qualifies in Samoa
The Cook Islands under 19 rugby team have qualified for the Under 20 World Trophy tournament for 2011 and 2012. But the squad has one more big game to play today – against Samoa for first and second placings in the FORU Oceania tournament. The team will play at 3.45pm in Samoa (4.45pm local time) […]
Last chance to impress
This week’s round of club rugby games will be the last week for some teams to impress as next week will be semi-finals top four time. Only the first to fourth placed teams per grade will progress to the knockout semis. The semi-finals will see first vs fourth playing at one venue with the second […]
Half marathon all set to go
This Saturday’s half marathon will be held from the Manea Foods complex on the back road of Nikao. The race will get underway at 6.30am from the Manea Foods area and will end inside BCI Stadium grounds. Runners will head west from the Manea Food complex along the back road and turn right down the […]
Bulls and Cowboys open week
The Titikaveka Bulls and Arorangi Cowboys Senior B grade will kick start week 10 of the CITC club rugby season tomorrow at the Titikaveka grounds. This game starts at 4.30pm and the remaining grades from these two clubs will play out their matches on Saturday – also at Titikaveka. The CITC game of the week […]
Running roads
Last week was a little different from the previous weeks in the Rarotonga road series, in terms of athletes that is. There were some new contestants, but quite a few missing athletes. Some had commitments; some were sick, some had niggles, some were early, some were late, and some were just plain missing. Brian Toncray […]
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