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Explosive day one touch rugby

Friday 1 March 2013 | Published in Touch Rugby

Eager touch rugby players turned out at Nikao field on Wednesday for a fantastic first day of the women’s and social mixed touch rugby competition.

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Social touch rugby starts today

Wednesday 27 February 2013 | Published in Touch Rugby

The sports field in Nikao is the place to be this afternoon to catch the touch rugby action in the new women’s and social mixed touch rugby tournament.

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Touch starts Wednesday

Monday 25 February 2013 | Published in Touch Rugby

The new touch rugby competition for women’s teams and social mixed sides starts this Wednesday with one more available team space in the women’s competition.

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Touch begins on Monday

Tuesday 19 February 2013 | Published in Touch Rugby

Getting those legs moving and lungs pumping, is the emphasis of a new women’s and social mixed touch rugby competition starting on Monday, February 25.

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Fast footwork and fun at touch tournament

Thursday 27 December 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby

Touch rugby-loving family groups dominated the Avatiu Swamp yesterday for the 20th anniversary of the annual Boxing Day touch rugby tournament.

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Avatiu to host Boxing Day touch tourney

Saturday 22 December 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby

The Avatiu Swamp will be the place to be on Boxing Day for the annual touch rugby tournament.

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22 teams in touch

Wednesday 19 December 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby

The annual Boxing Day mixed touch rugby tournament will be played on Wednesday, December 26, at the Nikao field with a limited number of spaces remaining for teams.

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House colours blazing at Tereora touch

Wednesday 11 April 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby

Tereora College house 3 students made it three out of three when they took out the college’s annual touch rugby tournament last Thursday for the third year. The extreme heat and humidity on the day did little to curb the students’ enthusiasm as they proudly wore their house colours and put their bodies on the […]

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Final touch thrills

Wednesday 4 April 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby

It’s crunch time today with the grand finals of the 2012 touch rugby season to be played out today at the Nikao field. Today’s grand finals will be for teams in both the mixed and open divisions with a short presentation to follow at the Rose Garden next to the playing fields. The Cook Islands […]

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Final touch thrills

Wednesday 4 April 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby

It’s crunch time today with the grand finals of the 2012 touch rugby season to be played out today at the Nikao field. Today’s grand finals will be for teams in both the mixed and open divisions with a short presentation to follow at the Rose Garden next to the playing fields. The Cook Islands […]

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Rebels and Rama dominating touch

Wednesday 21 March 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby

Finals play is approaching for the Wednesday touch rugby competition and teams will be using their last week of regular play to hone their skills and improve their fitness. The men’s and women’s competition will move into finals next week after the last round of competition tonight. The mixed competition has one more round of […]

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Big scores and laughs at touch

Monday 19 March 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby

Action packed games and big scoring matches were the features of the touch rugby mixed division ‘double header’ afternoon at the Nikao field on Wednesday. The classy Rebels team didn’t break a sweat when they faced the social Kings side who despite going down 9-0 to the fit Rebels, didn’t give up trying to score […]

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Double header at touch today

Wednesday 14 March 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby

It’s all about the mixed touch rugby division this evening as a ‘double header’ of mixed games has been planned at the Nikao field. The double header means that each team will play two games each and the reason for tonight’s unique arrangement is so that the grand finals for both the mixed and open […]

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8 games of fun in the sun at touch today

Wednesday 22 February 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby

Eight touch rugby matches are scheduled for today in the open and mixed divisions of the 2012 season. As the season is still fresh – some players, especially in the social mixed division, will still be finding their feet while gun teams like the Rebels, Rama and Bounty Hunters will want to improve on their […]

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Rebels and Rama take touch limelight

Wednesday 15 February 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby

The touch rugby season kicked off in warm conditions at the Nikao fields last Wednesday with four open men and women’s teams plus nine mixed teams. The first round was kicked off by the Bounty Hunters and FBI women’s teams with that match finishing in a tight 1-all draw while team Nikao Youth edged out […]

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Touch season short and sharp

Thursday 2 February 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby

A short and sharp touch rugby competition has been organised for this season and will be limited to the first six paid-up teams in the open women and men’s divisions. Touch Rugby Association executives have agreed to run a short season based on six teams per division starting on Monday, February 6, at the Nikao […]

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Indoor touch on the cards

Saturday 21 January 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby

Playing indoors is one option the Touch Rugby Association executives are thinking about for the upcoming season. Re-elected association president Clem Fortes says that at the codes recent annual general meeting, talks focused on possible venues for the 2012 season. With the touch rugby season scheduled to start in early February around the same time […]

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Touch players fired up for new season

Thursday 5 January 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby

After a successful one-day touch rugby tournament on Monday, January 2, local touch players are itching to get back on the field for the 2012 season. Touch rugby is normally the first code to kick off the new season of sports, however exactly when the 2012 season will start is yet to be confirmed. The […]

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Hot and fast touch rugby action

Wednesday 4 January 2012 | Published in Touch Rugby

A fantastic and full-on day of touch rugby was enjoyed on Monday by a large crowd at the Nikao field where 16 teams battled it out in hot and extremely humid conditions. The one-day competition was the annual Boxing Day tournament which was postponed due to appalling weather on Monday, December 26. Mondays combination of […]

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Touch tourney rescheduled for Monday

Friday 30 December 2011 | Published in Touch Rugby

The annual Boxing Day touch rugby tournament that was supposed to be run on Monday December 26 will now be run on Monday January 2. The tournament was postponed due to the wet and wild weather on Monday and organisers felt that touch players and supporters would get more out of the one-day tournament if […]

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