Jeff Cheshire

It was not just the rain that put a dampener on Southern United’s start to the new year.

Danny Ledwith will be hoping the new year will usher in an achievement he has not yet made.

The Otago Volts will be without one of their most experienced campaigners tomorrow.

Otago athletes will be among the contenders in today’s Lovelock Mile.

It will be a good Christmas for nine young footballers in the South, although they may have to watch what they eat now.

It is always good when you find someone who can fill a specialist role - and even better when you find two.

A year after breaking new ground, a group of Otago curlers are eyeing an even bigger prize.

A year ago, Ben McLachlan would never have believed the year in front of him was possible.

It turns out Wendy Frew's shoes were so big the Southern Steel needed two people to fill them.

Hayden Croft likes a balance, even if that means keeping extraordinarily busy.

It has not been an awful first half of the season for Southern United - but it has not been great either.

Lenize Potgieter's expectations of the Southern Steel have not let her down.

An early red card proved too much to overcome this time for Southern United.

In many ways the South Pacific sports club is a trailblazer in the south — and now it has received national recognition.

Kirsty Dunhill has seen and done it all up north — now she is learning how rowing is done in the South.

For most of us leaving home means moving a few suburbs over — maybe to a new town for university.

Is it crazy or an exciting new move?  As the Tasmanian-based Southern Huskies enter the New Zealand National Basketball League,  Jeff Cheshire takes a look at the state of the NBL.

The focus remains on development - but it must be hard not to have a league title in mind.

Southern United will have racked up plenty of air points over the past two months.