ODT Sports Chat - Paul Dwyer chats to different sporting groups around Dunedin.
Junior Hockey
PD is back at the Hockey turf in his second in the series on Otago Hockey for Sports Chat. He talks to Joelene Casey the Community Hockey Manager about the 100s of kids invading the Turf on a Thursday afternoon and how she controls them all. He talks to the coaches and managers and four of the wee kids teams about their hockey experience.
Basketball
PD is back out at the Edgar Centre for the second of his series on grassroots basketball in Dunedin for ODt Sports Chat. He talks to Rebecca the competitions and officials manager about how you organise 140 teams of young kids on a Thursday afternoon in a three-hour period without it descending into absolute chaos!
He also catches up with year 3 kids from Kaikorai and St Clair schools to dissect the game they played which ended in an 8-all draw.
Swimming
PD headed up to Moana Pool for ODT Sports Chat to talk to Otagos’ newest Olympians Kane, Caitlin and Erika. To be fair he was more interested in where coach Lars Humer was, does Kane do his share of work around the flat and who demands their own lane more Caitlin or Erika? Find out if he gets the answers to these big issues.
Netball
PD is back at the Edgar Centre, talking to Dunedin Netball GM Leanne Anderson about what is happening in Dunedin netball.
He is stunned to find out there is over 230 teams playing across all grades this year and unlike in club rugby, nobody is getting paid.
They do it for the love of the sport. PD also asks about the pathways to higher honours for aspiring netball talent.
Hockey
PD takes on a couple of Otago Black Sticks in the goalmouth at McMillan Hockey Turf before he talks to head honcho Andy McLean about what is happening in grassroots Otago Hockey.
He tries to find out why they are the No 1 province in NZ and have been for the last two years, in this episode of ODT Sports Chat.
Basketball
PD talks to Otago Basketball general manager Peter Drew about all the hype around New Zealand’s fastest growing participation sport.
Paul wants to know why there are 360 school basketball teams now in Dunedin alone, and yes that number is correct.
How does Otago Basketball cope with those numbers? Watch and find out.
