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St Kents make it three in a row
Wednesday 22 April 2009 | Published in Regional
Wednesday 22: The St Kentigern College 1st XV squad capped off their Cook Islands tour with another win against the Cook Islands Sports Academy team 17-7 on Monday afternoon. There was plenty of support for both teams with the St Kent’s team getting a little more attention thanks to the five local players in the […]
Pacific Davis Cup tennis team promoted to group 2
Wednesday 22 April 2009 | Published in Regional
Tuesday 21: The Pacific Oceania Davis Cup team has qualified for play in the Asia/Oceania group 2 next year after beating host country Syria in the group three competition at the weekend. Wins by Michael Leong and the doubles pair of Brett Baudinet and Cyril Jacobe saw the team home, 2-1 against Syria. The Pacific […]
Titikaveka stay unbeaten
Wednesday 22 April 2009 | Published in Regional
Monday 20: Tupapa, Titikaveka and Takuvaine all registered wins in the premier netball competition at the weekend. Ngatangiia just couldn’t contain Tupapa on their home court as they walked away winners by just seven points (51-44). Out at Titikaveka, the home team continued its unbeaten run with a 56-45 victory over the winless Avatiu side. […]
St Kent's look for third win on tour
Wednesday 22 April 2009 | Published in Regional
Monday 20: The St Kentigerns first XV squad will be on a high after winning their second tour match, 33-5, against an Aitutaki selection last Friday. St Kent’s will go into their third and final match today against the Cook Islands Sports Academy, in a pretty confident mood obviously intent to end their tour on […]
St Kents too good for Aitutaki
Wednesday 22 April 2009 | Published in Regional
Monday 20: A large crowed of over 500 gather to watch a local side take on St Kent’s 1st XV rugby team in Aitutaki. As Aitutaki has not played age grade rugby for two seasons, preparation was limited to just two training sessions. The side was made up of local Cook Islands Sports Academy boys […]
New taekwon-do club formed
Wednesday 22 April 2009 | Published in Regional
Saturday 18: Newly formed Te Aorangi taekwon-do club will have a car wash fundraiser in front of the Aroa Nui hall in Arorangi today to help the club purchase new equipment. They will also be selling sausage sizzles, and steak and mushroom rolls. The club is currently having an orientation for new members at the […]
French Polynesia to bid for 2019 Games
Wednesday 22 April 2009 | Published in Regional
Saturday 18: PAPE’ETE, April 16 – French Polynesia’s government is moving to prepare a bid to host the 2019 Pacific Games. The French Pacific country’s cabinet meeting was briefed this week about the advantages of such bid, in terms of exposure, permanent sports infrastructures and an expected boost to the ailing tourism industry. During the […]
St Kentigerns wins first match
Wednesday 22 April 2009 | Published in Regional
Friday 17: A decent crowd of supporters braved the wet conditions on Wednesday to witness a good wet-weather rugby by the St Kentigerns College 1st XV in its victory over the Cook Islands Sports Academy team at Titikaveka. The 20-0 score line was not a true indication as to how the match was played out, […]
Development officer impressed with table tennis talent
Wednesday 22 April 2009 | Published in Regional
Friday 17: A two week table tennis coaching and player training development programme will wrap up on Monday with some fantastic results seen so far. The development programme is being coordinated by Oceania Table Tennis Federation development officer Scott Houston from Australia. Houston says he has been very impressed with the skills he has seen […]
Aitutaki wins on 34 medals
Wednesday 22 April 2009 | Published in Regional
Thursday 16: After the week-long Cook Islands Games, Aitutaki has emerged as the overall winner of the event after winning 16 gold medals, 11 silver, 7 bronze for a total of 34 medals. Vaka Te Au O Tonga was a close second with 12 gold medals and a total of 30 medals while Vaka Takitumu […]
2 golds to Takitumu
Wednesday 15 April 2009 | Published in Regional
Thursday 9: After two days of the Cook Islands Games netball tournament, Vaka Takitumu has emerged as the gold medal winners in both the under 21 and open categories. Vaka Takitumu, Te Au O Tonga, Puaikura and Aitutaki battled it out on the netball courts with some great games seen especially in the under 21 […]
Five codes on today
Wednesday 15 April 2009 | Published in Regional
Thursday 9: With the weather being as great as it has been over the past few days, the Muri lagoon is the place to be today for the second day of the Cook Islands sailing competition. The Cook Islands Games boxing competition tonight is expected to be a thriller with six female and five male […]
Sailors take to Muri today
Wednesday 15 April 2009 | Published in Regional
Thursday 9: Sailing got off to a great start in Rarotonga at Muri lagoon yesterday with a gentle breeze. First out of the blocks was the 4.7 laser class with two flights of six boats and full entries from the best 12 young sailors in the Cooks. Israel Miles of Vaka Takitumu, who has recently […]
Sevens named
Wednesday 15 April 2009 | Published in Regional
Wednesday 15: From the Cook Islands Games sevens rugby tournament held at Easter weekend, a squad has been selected in the Pacific Mini Games train-on squad which is to be coached by Vaivase Samania. The squad is: Aitutaki – Messine Manpori, Alex Roa, Teu Paerau, Mati Messine, Loni Vanilla, Itu Davey; Puaikura – Tariu Tairea, […]
St Kent's field 5 Cook Islanders against local sides
Wednesday 15 April 2009 | Published in Regional
Wednesday 15: The Saint Kentigern College first fifteen rugby squad will play their first of three matches today against the Cook Islands Sports Academy squad. The college team includes five Cook Islands players – Sema Robati, Adam Tangata, Denis Heather, Ben Tautu and Mark Tuaati. St Kent’s head coach Grant Truman says that the team’s […]
Aitutaki take home sevens gold
Wednesday 15 April 2009 | Published in Regional
Tuesday 14: The Aitutaki rugby sevens team have proved that their inclusion in the Cook Islands Games sevens competition was not a waste of time as they took out the gold medal of the event. After losing to Takitumu in pool play (12-21), Aitutaki’s overall team fitness and X-factor ensured that they turned the tables […]
Under 21s bring the flag down
Wednesday 15 April 2009 | Published in Regional
Tuesday 14: The Cook Islands under 21 netball training squad (pictured above) was the main attraction at the closing of the Cook Islands Games on Saturday night. The team arrived at the National Auditorium for the closing ceremony on time and while they waited for others to turn up, they made the most of the […]
St Kent's here for 3 games
Wednesday 15 April 2009 | Published in Regional
Tuesday 14: The St Kentigern College first fifteen squad arrived on the island over the weekend for a three-match tour of Rarotonga and Aitutaki. Two of these matches will be played in Rarotonga with the third match to be played in Aitutaki. All matches will be played against the Cook Islands Sports Academy teams here […]
U21 squad show superior fitness
Wednesday 15 April 2009 | Published in Regional
Saturday 11: The Cook Islands under 21 training squad certainly had the superior skills and fitness to win their first ‘test’ match 55-38 on Thursday afternoon against a local selection. The under 21 squad flew straight out off the blocks to give themselves a good early lead and left the local side to play catch […]
Games closing today
Wednesday 15 April 2009 | Published in Regional
Saturday 11: The week long Cook Islands Games wrap up today with a handful of codes finishing their competition followed by the games closing ceremony. The games closing ceremony will be held at the National Auditorium with all teams urged to make the effort to be at the event. The ceremony will begin at 6pm […]