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Solomon Islands PM retains seat, vote counting continues
Solomon Islands’ pro-China Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has retained his seat in the national election, according to local media reports, but it will take days to know if his party has won enough support to form the next government.
Turtles back Aitutaki into 7s
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
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!
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
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
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
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 […]
Arorangi face eager Matavera
In the main Lotto Premier Men’s soccer match today, Arorangi will face an eager Matavera side at the Raemaru Park. Matavera no doubt will amp up their game to take the three points however Arorangi may surprise Matavera after Arorangi drew with Titikaveka last week to keep their confidence and momentum alive. Matavera have kept […]
Pool guns shoot it out
The RSA Pulse pool table tournament will wrap up this afternoon in what should be a highly exciting grand final. The winners of last fortnight’s singles competition and last weekend’s mixed pairs tournament will square off for the pool table master title. Seventeen mixed pairs hit the tables last weekend with Nane and Nas to […]
Flag footie arrives in Raro
Canterbury ‘flag footie’ coordinator Steve Cate (left) and CISA tutor Bilsy Gukisuva demonstrate some of the rules of the new sport to the academy students. Cate is on the island to introduce the non tackle sport of flag footie, which has taken Australia and New Zealand by storm, to Rarotongan athletes. He has come at […]
Nikao host Avatiu
Soccer rivals Nikao and Avatiu usually produce a riveting and competitive game and today’s match should be no different. Nikao should start as favourites to take the three points, however they would be foolish to underestimate the Avatiu side. Avatiu have shown in their previous two games this season that they are capable of upsetting […]
Avatiu tackles Nikao
Today’s soccer matches will witness Nikao play against Avatiu at the Nikao field in the under 14 boys division followed by the senior women. In the under 14 boys division, Avatiu are currently leading in the points table and will no doubt set their sights on adding a win to further their lead. Nikao will […]
Smash hit by Avatiu
The Avatiu-Nikao men’s cricket team caused a huge upset on Tuesday when they rolled into Muri and snatched up the mid-week Cookie Sadaraka trophy. Avatiu won the toss and elected to play to their strength and bowl first. Muri got off to a steady start with Bobby Hunter and Space Raumea putting on 32 runs […]
Aitutaki sailors start campaign
Racing started in Aitutaki for the Cook Islands National Championships for optimists and 4.7m lasers on Tuesday October 14. The Aitutaki Lagoon turned on a great racing breeze of up to 17 knots on average with choppy seas which unfortunately proved too much early on for the younger lighter skippers! It’s true you can’t please […]
Eliza sails in Perth
A gruelling Emerging Nations Camp comes to a climax in Australia this week when 20 athletes from 11 nations bring Olympic class sailing to the Perth waterfront. Cook Islands national sailor Taua Eliza has just completed the 21-day intense sailing training and coaching camp and will put his new skills to the test in the […]
7s tickets now on sale
Tickets to the 2010 Cook Islands international Sevens in Heaven presented by CITC are now on sale at the ANZ Bank. The event will be held from November Thursday to Saturday November 4-6. The daily entry fee is $7 per adult and $3 for children which can be paid at the gate or 3-day passes […]
30 volleyball teams test new format
Volleyball teams smashed their way to a great start in the new BCI volleyball social league on Friday at the Telecom Sports Arena. The new scoring format of the competition was also well received by the 30 teams although the volleyball association is still to make some minor adjustments to ensure that players understand the […]
7s comp good prep for local teams
The recent four-week CITC Rarotonga club sevens competition has served well to prepare local teams for the big one – the Sevens in Heaven tournament starting next Thursday. The largest field of 25 teams will take part in the three-day tournament which will see a total of 71 games played. A record 16 men’s and […]
Tupapa supreme despite the rain
Rain did not deter the hungry Tupapa side who scored in the first five minutes of the main match of the Lotto Premier Men’s Round Cup competition against Takuvaine last Saturday. Tupapa controlled the game from the first whistle and dominated ball possession and was rewarded with five unanswered first half goals. Takuvaine found the […]
Eels win 7s war
The Tupapa Panthers may have won the week four sevens grand finals 12-7 against the Eels – but it was the Eels that were crowned the CITC Rarotonga Club Sevens competition on Saturday. The club sevens format was always about consistency after taking out week one and two of the competition and snapping up second […]
Hash joins Masters
Hash House Harriers will join the Cook Islands Masters Champs this evening. The venue is the BCI Stadium car park. The 5000m men’s race will commence at 5.30pm however Hashers can choose to take a more leisurely trail to be set by PolyONONymous. The run commences at 5.30pm and all runners and walkers are welcome. […]
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