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Kick it and win!
Wednesday 3 November 2010 | Published in Regional
Kick and tap your way to some cool prizes with the Telecom Cook Islands Sevens in Heaven competition. Show off your kicking skills and be in to win a mobile phone give away on the first two days of the sevens tournament – Thursday and Friday November 4-5. Sign up and register at the Telecom […]
Dress up, get wild!
Wednesday 3 November 2010 | Published in Regional
CITC puts up cash prizes for crazy dress-up competition Dress up, get wild and Gap It to the sevens and you and your mates could be in to win some awesome prizes. Sevens in heaven presenting partner CITC is dishing out cash prizes for the best dressed team, best dressed supporters team and the team […]
Women stars out to play
Wednesday 3 November 2010 | Published in Regional
Lifting the profile of women in rugby sevens is the aim of all players and teams in this year’s Sevens in Heaven women’s tournament. With a record high number of 9 women’s team – things are looking up for women’s rugby here in the Cook Islands. And with the inaugural Cook Islands national women’s sevens […]
Nesians here for a 'crack up'
Wednesday 3 November 2010 | Published in Regional
Over a healthy meal of McDonalds, a few friends pondered the idea of putting together a women’s rugby sevens team to take over to Raro. “Let’s give it a crack up,” commented captain, Guiliana a.k.a I speak no Americano. So the friends created a list of potential players. The list was made up of Waitakere […]
Gap It!
Wednesday 3 November 2010 | Published in Regional
Kia Orana, We feel like the professional athlete who gets paid to do what he loves. Destination Cook Islands is so excited to once again organise the Sevens In Heaven which incorporates the best of everything – our country, our people and the wonderful game of rugby 7s. To all the participating teams – Gap […]
Happy 21st
Wednesday 3 November 2010 | Published in Regional
Kia Orana, The Cook Islands Rugby Union welcomes you back to the CI International Sevens Tournament presented by CITC – the 21st annual version of this great event. This year’s festival has expanded with the entry of 16 Men’s teams and 9 Women’s teams and with it presents the exciting challenge to organisers, officials and […]
71 games, 25 teams
Wednesday 3 November 2010 | Published in Regional
Sevens in Heaven 2010 will be BIG and better than ever! The biggest ever Cook Islands International Sevens tournament will kick start tomorrow with a total of 71 games to be played over three days by 25 teams. The 16 men’s and 9 women’s teams will strut their stuff at the BCI Stadium for the […]
Vikings thrash TSL Schnapper
Wednesday 3 November 2010 | Published in Regional
The BCI Stadium will be the place to catch the mixed touch rugby action as teams prepare for round two of the competition. Last week the Vikings thrashed opponents the TSL Schnapper 11-3. Westpac also registered a comprehensive 9-3 win against the Educationalists and the Kamikaze dominated their game against Nukutere College to win 6-2. […]
Playing for pride
Wednesday 3 November 2010 | Published in Regional
The Avatiu Motor Centre Eels women’s players come from all walks of life – but they share a common love for rugby. And they are not afraid to get down and dirty in the Avatiu swamp mud with the boys during training. The team is a mix of young up and coming speedsters and ‘mature’ […]
Thanks to St Joe's
Wednesday 3 November 2010 | Published in Regional
Team Cook Islands paid a special visit yesterday to their biggest supporters – St Joseph’s Primary School. A day out from the first Team Cook Islands competition at the Commonwealth Games in India, the chef de mission called a meeting and shared out personalised ‘good luck’ cards received from grade two students at the Catholic […]
Little rippas launch week of rugby
Wednesday 3 November 2010 | Published in Regional
This week’s Week of Rugby kicks off this afternoon with the Rarotonga Primary Schools Mixed Rippa Championships at the BCI Stadium starting at 2pm. Five schools will contest this year’s championships with Avatea Primary defending their 2009 title. Avarua, Imanuela, Arorangi and Nukutere teams will be putting the pressure on Avatea to snap up the […]
Titikaveka face Sokattak
Tuesday 2 November 2010 | Published in Regional
The Titikaveka soccer squad will be making the trip to Nikao today to face the Nikao Sokattak on their home soil. Kicking off first will be the under 15 girls at 4.15pm and Titikaveka will no doubt make their presence felt. Following the under 15 girls match will be the premier men’s match which will […]
Cowboys make late cut
Tuesday 2 November 2010 | Published in Regional
The Arorangi Cowboys is the latest team to be included in the Sevens in Heaven three-day tournament starting on Thursday, November 4. The Cowboys were able to sneak into the tournament after international team the West’s Roosters made a last minute withdrawal from the tournament. The number of teams in the tournament remains at a […]
Four new records
Tuesday 2 November 2010 | Published in Regional
The master’s athletics concluded an enjoyable annual championship last Tuesday afternoon with an exciting 4 x 100m mixed relay. The champs started last Saturday afternoon in light rain with the hammer throw event, a 3000m walk, the triple jump and the 60m sprints. On Monday afternoon the throwers were again busy with the shot put […]
Turtles back Aitutaki into 7s
Tuesday 2 November 2010 | Published in Regional
The Aitutaki sevens squad will be one of the teams to watch out for over the three-day Sevens in Heaven tournament. And they will certainly be hard to miss on the field in their gold jerseys featuring stunning tribal designs and of course their Aitutaki flavour of sevens will also be a stand out feature. […]
Arorangi beat Matavera
Monday 1 November 2010 | Published in Regional
Arorangi beat Matavera in the Lotto Premier Men’s main match on Saturday. Arorangi’s 2-1 win surprised the Matavera players and supporters. Arorangi’s first goal came in a way of a penalty in the box and took the opportunity to slot their first goal through Temana Pennycook. Both sides attacked at their ends of the goal […]
Big 7s win!
Monday 1 November 2010 | Published in Regional
2 wins for 3rd overall in Asia Pacific Sevens The first ever Cook Islands women’s rugby team will return home this week with the Plate from their debut event at the Asia Pacific Women’s Sevens tournament in Borneo. The Cooks beat crowd favourite Singapore in the plate play off 10-5 to win the plate and […]
Old sailors turn out for opening
Monday 1 November 2010 | Published in Regional
The Vaka Sailing Championships were held on Saturday – the first major regatta after the previous weekend’s Open Day at the sailing club in Muri. The Open Day kicked off with a prayer from Mama Tere, a welcome from Anne Tierney, Commodore of Rarotonga Sailing Club, who introduced Patron Bob Boyd to formally open the […]
Hashers do the Melbourne Cup
Monday 1 November 2010 | Published in Regional
Hash House Harriers celebrates their Melbourne Cup run this evening. Dress up in your best or worst hat and parade the hash walk. The venue is Hillside Hash House on the hospital hill. Come a little earlier to join the sweepstakes. A short run starts at 5.30pm followed by the cup viewing. Kids can also […]
Victory for Redbacks
Monday 1 November 2010 | Published in Regional
Apii Mamanu’s Arorangi Red Backs cricket squad have won the Computer Man Round Robin Championships in professional style. The squad was unbeaten in all 9 rounds of the Computer Man Round Robin Championships. The Red Backs have come into their own this season with a strong recruitment drive and months of pre season training and […]
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