Cricket
Improving the skills of cricket officials
Saturday 2 July 2011 | Published in Cricket
Cook Islands Cricket has been rigorously working over the last 4 months to establish sustainable umpire and coach education pathways in the Cook Islands. The local cricket body began delivering free umpire, coaching and scoring courses designed to enhance officiating quality for a more enjoyable cricket experience this week with more courses in store for […]
Cricketing stalwart takes game to Atiu
Monday 13 June 2011 | Published in Cricket
Cook Islands Cricket is backing cricketing stalwart Tutai Toru as their man to make the key push to establish senior cricket on the island of Atiu. Toru is well respected in the Rarotonga cricket circles having played for the Avatiu Cricket Club for a number of years. Now he wants the people of Atiu to […]
Tribute for departing cricketer
Saturday 11 June 2011 | Published in Cricket
A fun but no doubt competitive tribute cricket match will be held today at Nukupure Park for passionate national cricketer Matt Beasley (pictured) who departs our shores next month. It has been an honour to represent the Muri Creeps over the years and more recently the Avana All-Stars, says Beasley. The overwhelming support from within […]
Local cricket to grow
Tuesday 17 May 2011 | Published in Cricket
Cook Islands Crickets media and development officer Koria Patia has arrived home from Christchurch where he attended the inaugural ICC East Asia Pacific Cricket administrators programme seminar. The week long course held at the Canterbury Country Cricket Associations main power oval conference centre focused on presenting and assessing training and also covered training modules on […]
More cricket coaches certified
Tuesday 17 May 2011 | Published in Cricket
A concentrated effort over the last four months has resulted in around 65 school students and teachers receiving Cook Islands Level 1 cricket coachs certificates. Cook Islands Cricket junior development manager Shane Thompson, pictured on the far right, recently presented certification to Apii Te Uki Ou cricket coaches Mary Young, Teiaa Potoru, Liz Griggs, Jo […]
Arorangi school cricket coaches certified
Wednesday 20 April 2011 | Published in Cricket
Twenty-four Arorangi school students were recently presented with Cook Islands Cricket Level 1 certificates for their hard work over the two-week coaching course. Cook Islands Crickets junior development manager Shane Thompson put the kids through their paces as they learned new coaching skills which they can now share with their peers at school. This is […]
Captain Cricket takes a holiday
Saturday 16 April 2011 | Published in Cricket
With the school holidays underway, Cook Islands Cricket is gearing up for the 2-week break with the ever popular 88FM and Avarua Bakery school holiday cricket programme. This will be held on both Tuesdays and Thursdays of both weeks at the Princess Anne Hall in Nikao. Start time is 9am and the programme is for […]
National cricket squad bound for Samoa
Wednesday 30 March 2011 | Published in Cricket
After months of intense training, the Telecom Cook Islands national men’s cricket team is on the way to Samoa to contest the ICC East Asia Pacific Division 2 trophy. The squad is led by Telecom Cook Islands coach Alister Stevic and team manager Dave Leeming. The squad members are Davis Teinaki (NZ), Peter Tare (NZ/Aitutaki), […]
Cricketers tune up for Samoa
Saturday 26 March 2011 | Published in Cricket
The Telecom Cook Islands national men’s cricket squad will be at Turangi today to take on a Rarotonga Club selection side in an encounter with a difference. This will be conducted in the popular Twenty/20 format, which is the format for the ICC EAP Division 2 trophy in Samoa early next month which will involve […]
Patia looks forward to Samoa cricket challenge
Saturday 26 March 2011 | Published in Cricket
Cook Islands Cricket is very excited at the appointment of one of its own local cricketing umpires, Koria Patia, who will be travelling to the ICC East Asia Pacific Division 2 trophy tournament in Samoa next Tuesday. Cook Islands Cricket general manager Alister Stevic says the decision to appoint Patia to officiate in the tournament […]
CI playing 'origin' cricket
Thursday 10 March 2011 | Published in Cricket
The Auckland Country of Origins 20-Twenty Cricket Tournament is well underway with around 10 teams including the Cook Islands vying to take out top honours. Formerly known as the Pacifica Cup, this competition has expanded to include teams from India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who have very strong cricketing backgrounds and are passionate […]
Mangaia cricket draws crowd and laughs
Friday 25 February 2011 | Published in Cricket
Weekly cricket matches on the outer island of Mangaia are drawing in the crowds and new players for a day of fun filled cricket and untold laughter. The second round of the Mangaia Cricket Competition saw Oneroa 2 take on the in-form Tamarua side. Batting first, Tamarua amassed 38 runs as Oneroa 2 exerted some […]
Mauke cricket comp enters final round
Thursday 24 February 2011 | Published in Cricket
The weather wasn’t the only thing heating up Mauke last Friday as the island’s men’s and women’s cricket teams blazed it up on the pitches. The women’s competition saw the Admin team take on the School team in what was a great game to watch. Batting first, School’s Teata Ateriano led the way with a […]
Mangaia launches new cricket season
Saturday 19 February 2011 | Published in Cricket
A new senior cricket competition debuted last Friday on the island of Mangaia. For many, it was welcoming back a sport that had not been played competitively on the island for over 20 years. And they definitely did this in style as four teams squared off in the first round. Oneroa put together 2 teams […]
Puaikura-Titikaveka win cricket league
Wednesday 16 February 2011 | Published in Cricket
As the sun rose last Saturday it was evident that the weather was definitely going to be hot just like the action at the BCI Stadium for the final day of play in the 2011 Turtles D League Cricket Competition. Te-Au-O-Tonga were facing a double header and first up was Ngatangiia-Matavera who were eager to […]
Mauke launches first cricket season
Tuesday 15 February 2011 | Published in Cricket
The much anticipated Mauke cricket season got under way last Friday with over 70 players putting all their training into action on the pitch. With four men’s and four women’s teams, there was definitely no shortage of action and fun at game time. In the women’s competition – Mauke School took on Telecom with both […]
Cricket finals
Saturday 12 February 2011 | Published in Cricket
With the weather wreaking havoc over the last two weekends, the Turtles Domestic League II competition will be looking for clear conditions today as the teams prepare to do battle in what will be the league finals. And there certainly has been no let up with training schedules as each team has been fine tuning […]
Cricket starts up in Mangaia
Friday 11 February 2011 | Published in Cricket
Mangaia school students competed in their first ANZ in Schools cricket tournament of the year with some with some exciting talent and skills seen by the outer island students. Cook Islands Cricket general manager Alister Stevic and junior development manager Shane Thompson visited the island last week to organise and run another successful ANZ tournament […]
Mauke cricket officials trained
Thursday 3 February 2011 | Published in Cricket
With the Mauke cricket season starting this Friday, the island will be keen to put their newly certified umpire, coaching and scoring skills to work. Junior development manager Shane Thompson visited Mauke last week and successfully ran a coaching course at Toianga sports field certifying 15 new coaches. They then headed to the classroom where […]
Youth cricketers take it to Mauke
Saturday 29 January 2011 | Published in Cricket
Enthusiastic youth cricketers have been sharing their love for the game and discovering that the outer islands have a wealth of cricketing talent. Matavera women’s cricket stars Bene Matapo and Amelia Moetaua have just returned to Rarotonga from their home island of Mauke where they ran three cricket courses. The talented cricketers were approached by […]