Football
3 awarded soccer scholarships
Thursday 17 February 2011 | Published in Football
Three promising young Cook Islands soccer players have been given the opportunity to further develop their football careers and education. Twin Tiro, Temana Pennycook and Anthony Samuela have been selected by the Cook Islands Football Association (CIFA) to receive scholarships to attend Mt Albert Grammar school in Auckland, New Zealand. The three recipients were part […]
Arorangi and Tupapa in women's soccer final
Friday 17 December 2010 | Published in Football
Arorangi and Tupapa senior women’s team will battle out the Knockout Cup finals tomorrow at the CIFA complex in Matavera. The Tupapa senior women’s team has made it to the Knockout finals after eliminating a determined Titikaveka side in a penalty shootout in last week’s semi finals. Arorangi, who has made the cup finals for […]
Tupapa, Nikao in soccer final
Monday 13 December 2010 | Published in Football
A place beckons for the Premier Men’s teams, Tupapa and Nikao Sokattak who will meet in the knockout soccer final of the CIFA Cup for 2010 this coming weekend. The classy two Premier Men’s teams have flown through to the final, smashing in four goals each to secure their place and giving away nothing to […]
Soccer semis today
Saturday 11 December 2010 | Published in Football
Semifinals of the Knockout Soccer Cup competition in the five different divisions will be played today at Matavera and Tupapa. At Matavera in the Premier Men’s division Round Cup champions Tupapa will take on Titikaveka , who in the first round elimination caused an upset by knocking out Takuvaine, who were third in the round […]
Cooks U17 soccer squad named
Thursday 9 December 2010 | Published in Football
A 19 member soccer squad has been named earlier this week to represent our country at the Oceania Under17 men’s tournament in New Zealand from January 8 to 19, 2011. The team is due to travel in Auckland on January 4. The squad is made up of 18 home-based players and one player from New […]
Soccer semis
Thursday 9 December 2010 | Published in Football
The semifinals for the Knock-out Cup will take place on Saturday at two separate venues. The games will be played at the Matavera school grounds and at the Tupapa field. – CIFA Media Matches to be played at Matavera school grounds – Under 14 Boys-Nikao vs Tupapa, Under 15 Girls-Avatiu vs Tupapa, Under 17 Boys-Titikaveka […]
Knockout soccer starts tomorrow
Friday 3 December 2010 | Published in Football
After 12 weeks of round cup soccer competition, and the winners decided last weekend, the Rarotonga clubs will head into the knockout stage of the 2010 Football season. The first round knock-out eliminations will commence tomorrow at three separate venues – Matavera school grounds, Nikao and Takuvaine fields. Round Cup Champs for 2010 Tupapa head […]
Last round of soccer
Thursday 25 November 2010 | Published in Football
The last of the soccer Round Cup Competition matches will be played this week starting with the Under 14 Boys kicking off today at 4.15pm at Raemaru Park between Arorangi and Tupapa. Followed straight after the Under 14 Boys will be the Senior Women. – CIFA Media Draw and referee appointments for today at Raemaru […]
Soccer action in Matavera
Thursday 18 November 2010 | Published in Football
Matavera will host Nikao Sokattak today at the Matavera school grounds with the Under 14 boys kicking off at 4.15pm followed straight after by the senior women’s division. Tomorrow will see the premier men go head to head with their match kicking off at 4.45pm. – CIFA Media Draw and referee appointments for today: 4.15pm, […]
Top soccer clash
Saturday 13 November 2010 | Published in Football
The top two Premier Men’s soccer teams, Tupapa and Nikao Sokattak will clash today at Victoria Park for the second time this year. Sokattak, who lost to Tupapa in the first match, will be eager to revenge that loss on Tupapa home soil. Coach Alex Napa, who has been pleased with his team’s result in […]
Under 17 soccer continues
Wednesday 27 October 2010 | Published in Football
A teenage Tupapa player is sandwiched by Matavera players in one of last week’s Under 17 football matches. Under 17 soccer heads into round 8 of the competition today at the CIFA complex. Kicking off today’s matches will be Takuvaine and Tupapa while Titikaveka face Nikao Sokattak in the second match. Tupapa, Takuvaine and Titikaveka […]
Matavera leads in U17 soccer
Wednesday 13 October 2010 | Published in Football
The Under 17 Boys Round Cup competition heads into the second round with Matavera in the lead. Nikao will face Tupapa today at the CIFA complex in the Under 17 Boys division while Matavera take on Titikaveka straight after that. Tupapa will look to dominate this match against Nikao with the array of talented players […]
Cooks take soccer bronze
Saturday 9 October 2010 | Published in Football
The Cook Islands National Women’s Soccer team has earned a bronze medal at the 2010 Oceania Football Confederation Women’s Nations Cup tournament in Auckland, New Zealand after defeating Solomon Islands 2-0. The Cooks showed a lot of attacking intent but found it difficult to score until the 70th minute when the team won a penalty […]
Cooks lose to PNG at soccer
Thursday 7 October 2010 | Published in Football
The Cook Islands women’s soccer team lost in a close match to Papua New Guinea 1-0 in the semifinal of the 2010 OFC Women’s Nations Cup on Wednesday in New Zealand. This was an evenly contested match that could have gone either way as both teams fought desperately to keep their World Cup dreams alive. […]
Katikati College on soccer tour
Monday 27 September 2010 | Published in Football
A strong First XI soccer team from Katikati College, in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand arrived at the weekend for a week long football tour on Rarotonga. They have scheduled their tour during the New Zealand school holidays. The Katikati College XI will play three matches on their short visit here in Rarotonga. The […]
Clash of the soccer titans
Saturday 25 September 2010 | Published in Football
Today’s main match in the Lotto Premier men’s soccer competition is between Nikao Sokattak and Tupapa at the Nikao grounds. Both teams are undefeated in this round so this match should decide the competition leader. This match is the clash of the titans in the Rarotonga round cup competition. Tupapa was last year’s knockout winner, […]
Round 3 at soccer
Thursday 9 September 2010 | Published in Football
The soccer round cup competition moves into the third round of games today between Titikaveka and Takuvaine. In the women’s division there is little to choose between either team and the result could well rest on individual mistakes or individual brilliance. Home advantage favours Titikaveka and this could be a significant factor. Their uneven playing […]
Women's national soccer squad named
Wednesday 8 September 2010 | Published in Football
A 20-member women’s soccer squad has been named to represent our country at the Oceania tournament in New Zealand. Rarotonga, Aitutaki and New Zealand based players have been in contention for a spot to represent the country since July. After recently travelling to Aitutaki to assess the progress of the Aitutaki based players, national women’s […]
Oceania training course for soccer referees
Wednesday 8 September 2010 | Published in Football
Oceania’s referee development officer Massimo Raveino along with referee instructor Neil Poloso and fitness trainer Kader Touati are currently on Rarotonga to run a FIFA referees course from September 6 to 10. Over 20 participants attended the opening of the course where words of encouragement were given by Cook Islands Football president Lee Harmon to […]
Soccer on
Friday 3 September 2010 | Published in Football
Tereora College students will lace up their boots today for the school’s annual soccer tournament. The tournament will be held at the Nikao field next to the college starting at 8.30am. The tournament will include junior, intermediate and seniors teams including two mixed teams per grade per house making for an action packed day. Games […]