Cricket: Hesson looking to plug gaps
Cricket: Hesson looking to plug gaps
Otago coach Mike Hesson has put the disappointment of the Champions League behind him and is busy working on plugging the gaps in the first-class side.
Adrian Seconi
Basketball: Fear NBL too rich for Southland
Basketball: Fear NBL too rich for Southland
The Southland Basketball Association has approval to enter a team in the 2010 National Basketball League but there is no guarantee the side will make it to the court, chairwoman Jill Bolger says.
Basketball: Funding, roster priorities now
Basketball: Funding, roster priorities now
Moments after former Otago Nuggets assistant coach Gavin Briggs heard the franchise had been accepted back into the National Basketball League (NBL), his attention turned to the playing roster.
Basketball: OceanaGold Nuggets' new sponsor
Basketball: OceanaGold Nuggets' new sponsor
The Otago Nuggets have struck gold - OceanaGold.
Cricket: Errant bowling, run-outs costly for Volts
Cricket: Errant bowling, run-outs costly for Volts
Otago was stung by the Cape Cobras in its opening match but has no time to dwell on the comprehensive 54-run defeat if it wants to avoid an early exit from the Champions League.
Opinion: McCullum falling short on game's big stages
Opinion: McCullum falling short on game's big stages
Otago and Black Caps opener Brendon McCullum needs to ask himself whether he is the new Nathan Astle or the next Craig Spearman.
Basketball: Mills in two minds about team's return to NBL
Basketball: Mills in two minds about team's return to NBL
Wellington basketball identity Nick Mills is not sure how he should feel about the Otago Nuggets being accepted back into the National Basketball League.
Cricket: Molyneux Park return on track
Cricket: Molyneux Park return on track
Otago Country Cricket Association chairman Malcolm Jones is confident Molyneux Park will scrub up in time for Otago's scheduled one-day matches at the venue in December.
Basketball: Nuggets' return beckons after season on sideline
Basketball: Nuggets' return beckons after season on sideline
The Otago Nuggets have been accepted back into the National Basketball League (NBL).
Basketball: Return also good news for centre
Basketball: Return also good news for centre
Edgar Centre manager Russell Lundy was almost as relieved as Basketball Otago when he heard the news the Otago Nuggets had been accepted back into the National Basketball League.
Cricket: Limp showing difficult for Volts coach to take
Cricket: Limp showing difficult for Volts coach to take
Otago coach Mike Hesson was bitterly disappointed his side bowed out of the Champions League without having fired a shot.
Netball: Top honour to Moynihan
Netball: Top honour to Moynihan
Defender Emma Moynihan was the big winner at the Otago Netball awards at the Southern Rugby clubrooms in Dunedin last evening.
Netball: Jury still out for Southby on new rules
Netball: Jury still out for Southby on new rules
Different but the same. That is the verdict of New Zealand under-21 coach Janine Southby after watching some of the world netball series in Manchester over the weekend.
Basketball: Nuggets await news on NBL bid with bated breath
Basketball: Nuggets await news on NBL bid with bated breath
The Otago Nuggets might be back in the National Basketball League by the end of the week.
Cycling: Landis' Southland tour signing spurs backlash
Cycling: Landis' Southland tour signing spurs backlash
Cycling Otago vice-president Chris Henderson believes disgraced American cyclist Floyd Landis should have been banned for longer than two years.
Cricket: Volts capable of slipping under radar
Cricket: Volts capable of slipping under radar
The Champions League is arguably the biggest sports event an Otago team has been part of, but do the Volts really have a chance of picking up the enormous $US2.5 million winner's cheque?
Cricket: Darren Broommaking his mark
Cricket: Darren Broommaking his mark
If Otago is looking for a replacement batsman when Neil Broom is on duty with the Black Caps, then it needs look no further than his family tree.
Molyneux Park no certainty as venue
Molyneux Park no certainty as venue
Molyneux Park has been scheduled to host two one-day games this season, but there will be no cricket there unless the venue scrubs up.
Sports scholarships: Helping hand for top-level athletes
Sports scholarships: Helping hand for top-level athletes
Twenty-five of Otago's finest athletes got a leg up from the Government when they received Prime Minister's Scholarships at a ceremony at the Otago University rugby clubrooms yesterday.
Cricket: More choice for Hesson as Black Caps arrive
Cricket: More choice for Hesson as Black Caps arrive
Otago coach Mike Hesson breathed a sigh of relief when the remainder of his squad drifted in from South Africa two days before his side's opening Champions League game.