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Teachers on the ball

Rarotonga teachers will gather again at the Takitumu School grounds today for the second session of cricket coaching. Cook Islands Cricket Association held its first cricket coaching session with teachers on Tuesday afternoon with a great turnout of teachers eager to learn more about cricket in order to give their kids the best possible start […]

Lifters face weighty Fiji challenge

Rarotonga junior weightlifters Sirla Pera and solo female lifter Luisa Peters are currently competing at the Oceania Junior and Senior Weightlifting Championships in Suva, Fiji along with 165 lifters from across the region. Peters will lift in the women’s 75kg plus category while Pera will lift in the 94kg category. The lifting duo are in […]

Women gain rugby knowledge

With the first women’s rugby season due to start in June, ‘rugby smart’ training sessions have begun to give players a better understanding of the game. The first rugby smart session was held on Monday afternoon which saw a good turnout of women rugby players and supporters. Women’s rugby organiser Lara Sadaraka says that the […]

Triathletes dissect performance

Local and international triathletes are still dissecting their race performance during Saturday’s Air New Zealand Raro- tonga International Triathlon race. Australian triathlete Josh White had a massive race to win a hat-trick and take out the annual international race for the third year in a row. This year’s race saw the largest field of athletes […]

Tour de Raro ready to roll

The TurtlesTees Tour de Raro cycle race will be held today starting at 4.45pm opposite Goldmine Shop in the town centre. The event is sponsored by TurtlesTees Sportswear and over 50 cyclists have entered this event in the past. Last year 44 cyclists lined up, but more are expected this year with higher numbers of […]

Local girls

Go girls! Local women triathletes (from left) Rangi Apera, Apii Napa, Mona Henderson, Pare Tangata, Tai Ngari and Melanie Wilson gather for a pre-race photo which has become a tradition for the local girls. The local ladies were among the 137 individuals and teams that took part in Saturday’s Air New Zealand Rarotonga International Triathlon […]

White takes triple at tri

It was a hat-trick for previous winner Josh White of New Zealand at Saturday’s 16th Air New Zealand Rarotonga Triathlon. White came home in 2 hours 8 minutes and 22 seconds (2:08:22), becoming the first person to win the event three times. White also clocked up the fastest cycle time of the day. Rarotonga once […]

Siblings ready for the big one

Swimming siblings Aaron, 17, and Celeste, 15, Brown (pictured) will be on the start line of the Air New Zealand Rarotonga International Triathlon race today as the swimmers on the two under 18 teams entered in the race. The siblings have returned to Rarotonga especially for the race after they entered for the first time […]

CI gains World Cup entry

Cook Islands Rugby League has been given an automatic entry to the 2013 World Cup along with the 10 countries from the 2008 World Cup by the Rugby League International Federation. There are 14 teams in the next World Cup comprising of the 10 teams from the last World Cup with the Cook Islands and […]

Back in the boiler

81 battle for title Eighty-one hearty athletes took to Avarua harbour for Thursday’s Trader Jacks boiler swim event as part of the Air New Zealand Rarotonga International Triathlon race scheduled for today. The fun swim was a great opportunity for athletes in the international triathlon to meet and greet and of course to suss out […]

Women rugby players hone their skills

Women rugby players have the opportunity to better understand the game they love through the rugby smart training sessions starting on Monday. Each Monday in May, the rugby smart training sessions for women and girls will be held at the BCI Stadium from 5pm. These sessions are an introduction to women’s rugby and aim to […]

It's the real thing!

Hundreds of football fans, including Cook Islander Vania Kenning (pictured), were lucky enough to see the FIFA World Cup trophy up close and personal this week at Auckland’s Sky City Convention Centre. Kenning is based in Auckland where she is the Oceania Football Confederation ‘Just Play’ consultant. Kenning and a team of officials have been […]

Teams share the daunting task

For those daunted by the prospect of doing the full standard distance of 1.5km swim 40km cycle and 10km run on their own, the team’s competition is the answer in this weekend’s Air New Zealand International Triathlon. Getting together with family or friends and sharing the pain (and the rewards) is a great way to […]

Aito race looms large on horizon

Momentum is gathering for the first Aito Cook Islands oe vaka race with major and supporting sponsors signed up. Pacific Resort Rarotonga and Air Raro have signed up as the major sponsors of the inaugural Aito Cook Islands event. Air Raro is supplying the four plane tickets for the winners of the Aito Cook Islands […]

Boiler swim set to make splash

The boiler is back, and a good line-up is expected for the popular annual event. Tomorrow afternoon sees the start of triathlon week, and the first event is Thursday’s Trader Jacks sponsored round the boiler swim. If you want one of the special Trader Jacks shirts, then be on the start line to score one […]

Kiwis hold out Aussies

The Kiwi Anzac cricket team will still be singing ‘we are the champions’ after outsmarting the Aussies on the cricket pitch last Saturday. The day’s fun match was organised by Kiwi captain Mike Pynenburg and Aussie captain John Hobbs as an event to bring together New Zealand and Australian expats in the Anzac spirit. The […]

Top Shape supports Luciana and Danielle

Get fit and help national netball players Luciana Matenga (centre left) and Danielle Trego (centre right) with their up and coming netball campaigns. The two young netballers are members of the Top Shape Gym and are regular attendees at the gym’s group fitness classes. Top Shape managers and instructors have decided that proceeds from this […]

Eels win wet and wild minor premiership

The Avatiu Eels league club is $2000 richer after holding off the Tupapa Panthers in Saturday’s ‘wet and wild’ minor premiership clash at Avatiu to win the cash and title 12-8. The game got off to a slow start in light rain conditions as both teams kept the risk taking and mistakes to a minimum. […]

Table tennis on shot

Five young Cook Islands table tennis players have been in New Zealand for the past three weeks competing in the Oceania Table Tennis Championships, Pacific Cup Championships, Global Junior Circuit and Youth Olympic qualifying events. The team travelled with manager Dennis Tararo from Mauke and coach Tearoa Iorangi. The local players attended a three day […]

Tri time for little athletes