2010 ANNUAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN NOUMEA Exactly one year before the 2011 Pacific Games in New Caledonia, the Pacific Games Council met in Noumea for its annual General Assembly on 26 and 27 August. During the General Assembly CISNOC Secretary General Mrs Rosie Blake presented to the PGC the 2009PMG Report.

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Women in Sports Seminar The Cook Islands Women in Sports Commossion is conducting a seminar commencing on the 30th August and will continue throughout the week with the closing ceremony on Thursday 2nd September 2010.

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PGC Sport Awards Announced During the Pacific Games Council AGM in New Caledonia this month August, it was announced the 2009/2010 Regional Sport Awards winners. Robert Graham, Sports Manager of Cook Islands Sports & National Olympic Committee was announced the 2009/2010 Sports Administrator of the Year, and the other categories and winners are:

Best Junior Female Athlete of the Year: Margaret Satupai - (Samoa Ahtletics) 2nd World Junior AthLetics Champ in Shotput

Best Female Athlete: Ele Opeloge (Samoa Weightlifting)

Best Male Athlete: Mikaele Pesamino (IRB Player of the Year, Rugby)

Best Coach of the Year: Stephen Betham (Samoa Rugby 7s)

Team of the Year: Rugby 7's World Championships

Technical Official of the Year: Chris Waqa (Athletics Fiji)

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Olympic Youth Games Update - Day 15 Handball
Another day of Handball, Cook Islands played Singapore again for 5th and 6th Placing. The boys played extremely well but couldn’t quite match the more experience Singapore team.

Outstanding play went again to star wing, Peter Kermode and counter play, Tapi Mataora. But overall, the performance of our Handball team did not only us proud but also touched our member federations from the whole of Oceania.

Singapore 32 vs Cook Islands 18

Sailing
Results
Race 9 Teau 29th Placing
Aquila 28th Placing

Race 10 Teau 28th Placing
Aquila 23rd Placing

Race 11 Teau 27th Placing
Aquila 15th Placing

Sailing will end tomorrow with Race 12.

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Olympic Youth Games Update - Day 14 Handball
The Mens Handball team had an awesome game today against host country, Singapore.

Unfortunately, they were unable to match Singapore’s defensive line up in the last half an hour of the game.

Singapore went to win the game 27 – 20.

Our top scorer went to Tapi Mataora, managing to score 6 goals.

Goal scores went to: Peter Kermode (4), Aurand Tou, Gerald Piho (4), Volunteer Tokorangi, Tapi Mataora (6), Neilsen Kamana, Mana Ngaau and Te Koyo Tai Nimeti.

The Cook Islands will play another match against Singapore on Tuesday 24th August 2010 at 3.00pm.

Sailing
Results
Race 7 Teau 29th
Aquila 19th

Race 8 Teau 28th
Aquila 15th

Our young sailors seemed to have two fantastic races ending with some good results regardless of the long rest due to weather (no wind). more -->

OSEP Course Aims to Train the Trainers Local sports coaches and administrators have been training this week to become community educators as part of the Oceania Sports Education Programme’s (OSEP) community trainer’s course. more -->

Olymlpic Youth Games Update - Day 13 Team Cook Islands
It was rest day after our presentation session at the World Culture Village. Some members went to watch their sports code and some attended motivation sessions held within the Village Grounds.

During our team meeting with the team officials and athletes, Chef de Mission spoke on our athletes Re-focusing for next week. That Handball has a major game for 5th and 6th Placing against the host nation, Singapore and that it wasn’t going to be an easy match.

Handball will compete on Monday at 8.00pm.

Our sailors also compete on Monday and end on Tuesday.

The swimmers have finished their races and are currently working on their individual overall performance at these games. more -->

Olympic Youth Games Update - Day 12 World Culture Village
Today Cook Islands will perform to 204 countries with twinning schools dedicated to Team Cook Islands.

Program set for Sunday 22nd August 2010 from 1pm onwards.
- Turou
- Imene Reo Metua (Aue te Okotai)
- Action Song
- Haka
- Ura Piani (Patautau)
- National Anthem

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Olympic Youth Games Update - Day 11 Results Update
Handball - There was an exciting match which staged last night, where our young Handball side had their first match up against the best in the World Arena, France.

It wasn’t going to be an easy challenge for our young team but more of an experience to know what it’s like competing against the best in the world and at top level.

Our young side went to play and managed to score only 4 goals in their first match to a experience and taller team that won the match by 58 points.

Final score: France 58 – Cook Islands 4

Cook Islands will play Korea – Saturday 21st August 2010, International Convention Centre.

Sailing - After talking to Team Manager, Anne Tierney, our sailing team seemed to have started off the day with a good race.

Race 5 Aquila 26/29
Teau 33/DSQ

Race 6 Aquila 22/29
Teau 26/33

Saturday 21st August 2010 – Sailing will commence Race 7, 8 and 9, weather permitting

Swimming - Sessions are still being maintained even though the two swimmers have finished their debut at these Youth Olympic Games. more -->

Olympic Youth Games Update - Day 9 - 10 Chat with the Champions, not everyone has the chance to chat with sporting legends, but our young Cook Islands athletes of the Singapore Youth Olympic Games are a lucky bunch. The first Chat with the Champions session got to hear from top Olympic pole-vaulters, Russian Yelena Isinbayeva and Ukrainian Sergey Bubka.

Chat with the Champions is part of the Culture and Education Programme (CEP), geared towards teaching the young Olympians about living the Olympic Values of Excellence, Friendship and Respect.

The theme targeted for the session was “Getting on Top”. One quote that inspired our group was when Sergey was posed a question about dealing with disappointing results, he added “If you never lose, you never win. You need both”. He explained that athletes should analyse with their coach where they went wrong and how they should improve. more -->

Olympic Youth Games Update - Day 3 & 8 Team Report and Quote’s from the Young Olympian Handball Team
After Day 7 the Cook Islands team, have gained a big appreciation for everything they have received here at the Singapore Youth Olympic Games. We felt your love and support; our proud Cook Islands family through your prayers, e-mails, text messages and phone calls.

The Handball Olympians have decided to share insights and experiences through their eyes, ears and hearts. more -->

Red Cross present at OSEP Danny Vakapora of Cook Islands Red Cross presents at OSEP of HIV within the Cook Islands, and how the prevention process is been done. more -->

OSEP course in the Cook Islands The Oceania Sports and Education Program is holding a six (6) day seminar in the Cook Islands from the 9th to the 14th of August which looks at what courses are available through OSEP, also how the framework of OSEP will better benefit the participents and conduct these particular courses.

The stages of the course are broken down into the following 4 main catergories - 1. Registration of Participants. 2. What is OSEP. 3. Review and Managing Volunteers and 4. STOP HIV COMMUNITY COACH TRAINING.

Oceania Sports & Education Programs main goal is to produce competent and world-class athletes, coaches and officials in the Pacific through continuous improvement of its sport education resources. more -->

OSEP signs up with USP's Regional Centre for Continuing and Community Education The University of the South Pacific’s Acting Vice Chancellor, Esther Williams says sport is important to education in the region.

Ms Williams and Oceania National Olympic Committee (ONOC) president Dr Robin Mitchell this morning signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Suva bringing the two major regional organisations to partner in delivering the Oceania Sport Education Program (OSEP). The program involves training curriculum in the areas of sport management, coaching and officiating. more -->

18 young athletes to represent team Cook Islands A full squad of 25 depart our shores on the 10th of August to represent team Cook Islands at the Youth Olympics based in Singapore from the 14th to the 26th August. The team is made up of 7 officials and 18 young athletes.
Sports represented are Aquatics - Celeste and Aaron Brown and team official Romani Katoa, Handball - Aurand Tou,Cruz Robati,Gerald Piho,Mana Ngaau,Munokoa Victor Elikana,Neilsen Turoa Kamana,Peter Kermode,Peter Tuaratini,Reed Cowan,Tangimetua Tangimetua,Tapi Mataora,Te Koyo Tai Nimeti,Terence Munro and Volunteer Tokorangi with team officials Shawnrowan Numa-Fatialofa and Makiroa Mitchell-John. Sailing consisting of a 4 man team - Aquila Tatira, Teau McKenzie, Anne Tierney and Grand Poiri also Mangement - Chef de Mission George Hosking and Adminitration Siniva Marsters make up the full Team Cook Islands. more -->

Celebrating 70 years of Sailing The Rarotonga Sailing club is believed to be the oldest sporting club in the Cook Islands and will be celebrating its 70th birthday in August.

The Rarotonga Sailing Club was begun in 1940 at Muri beach. The first building was a former airport tower from the old airfield where the golf course is now. The first permanent clubhouse hosted many memorable parties. As membership increased there was demand for larger premises which also provided storage for the popular Sunburst fleet. This new clubhouse was built by RSC volunteers with Gordon Murray at the helm. In the late 1990s this building which housed both the RSC and Sails Restaurant, burnt down the day before the club’s AGM.

Members sat in the car park for their meeting while the embers still smouldered. All the clubs records, many of the trophies and most of the boats were destroyed. The current building that is home for RSC and Sails Restaurant on Muri beach was opened in 2000.

Quite a few former Flag Officers and members are returning to Rarotonga for the celebrations. There will be a special dinner for the Flag Officers & Executive members both past and present on Friday August 6. A day of sailing will follow on Saturday 7 and will feature most of the boats on the water and will be enjoyed by juniors, regular sailors, returnees and Old Salts. And that evening there will be a birthday party for RSC members.

The Social Committee asks all Flag Officers and executive members prior to 2000 to make contact with the organisers as the records prior to this were lost in the fire. Contact jandp@ oyster.net.ck or phone 55289 or 55288. more -->

Manea Games flag Handover CISNOC President Sir Geoffrey Henry and CISNOC Secretary General Rosie Blake are in Mangaia to hand the games flag to the 2011 Manea Games Organising Committee and the Aronga Mana of Mangaia. Sports Manager Robert Graham also in Mangaia co-ordinating workshops of events management and organisation with the organising committee throughout this week. Manea Games are set for October 2011. more -->

OSEP Reveiw Seminar in Fiji CISNOC Sports Manager Robert Graham is in Fiji for the next 6 - 7 days attending a Oceania Sports Education Program (OSEP) Reveiw Seminar. The seminar will look at what courses are available through OSEP, also how the framewrok of OSEP will better benefit those who participate and conduct these particular couses. more -->

Oceania MOSO 1 Graduates Seven (7) Oceania Sport Administrators were part of another achievement for sport education within the region when they received their MOSO Certificates of Competency during the 2010 ONOC General Assembly.

CISNOC Secretary General, Rosie Blake graduates from Oceania MOSO Course, with FASANOC's Office Manager, Lorraine Mar, receiving the Oceania MOSO 1st Best Student Award. Read more about the experiences of the new graduates... more -->

Body Building revived in the Cook Island Earlier this month there was a meeting held to re-build the Cook Islands Body Building Association. more -->