There is barely room on Zoe Cadzow's school blazer for any more badges or embroidered patches listing her sporting achievements.
Dual international Clare Taylor has taken a new role with Otago cricket as the sponsorship and hospitality manager.
The Otago Nuggets hit a speed bump on the road back into the National Basketball League yesterday when the Dunedin City Council decided against giving the franchise a $50,000 grant during deliberations over its annual plan.
If you have been burning the midnight oil to watch the New Zealanders in the Indian Premier League you are probably about ready to turn in early.
An 82-year-old bat that has never been used will take pride of place in the Otago Cricket Association's growing collection of cricket memorabilia.
For the first time since 1990, the Nuggets are not part of the National Basketball League. Basketball Otago lost its battle with finances in November and decided against entering a team.
Megan Hutton is not 100% but after five weeks on the sideline she is desperate to get back on court for her side's crucial match against the Mystics in Auckland tonight.
University-Albion on Saturday extended its unbeaten run to six games with a 51-41 win over archrival Southern A in the Dunedin premier competition.
Former Otago Boys High School pupil Hayden Miller hit what appeared to be the match-winning shot for the combined Otago-Waitakere City team in the semifinal of the national under-21 championships against Porirua in Tauranga on Friday night.
Steel coach Robyn Broughton is not convinced the ANZ Championship needs a bye round.
Basketball Otago chief executive Mark Rogers believes Dunedin may struggle to attract tests because it does not have a team in the national league.
Otago has asked the Dunedin City Council for a $50,000 civic grant to help the Nuggets get back into the National Basketball League.
Last year, the Mystics were a bogey team for Debbie White and the Steel, beating them in both encounters.
It would not have happened in Glen Denham's day but Otago and Auckland will field a combined team at the national under-21 tournament in Tauranga this week.
Academy Otago has opened its doors and programme co-ordinator Dean Horo hopes the initiative will prevent the region's potential champions falling through the cracks.
The Steel won its derby match with the Tactix but coach Robyn Broughton was fuming about umpiring decisions she believed helped the visitors cut a 13-point lead to a flattering four-goal margin.
Outwardly, Steel defender Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit looked calm and composed during her shooting days.
Otago has not received confirmation of its entry but will make plans to play in the $12 million Champions League in India later this year anyway, cricket association chief executive Ross Dykes says.
The Otago development team must keep winning and hope Southland trips up if it is to retain the Lois Muir Challenge trophy it won last year, coach Janine Southby says.
Owaka coach Darryl Jenkinson rejects allegations foul play led to Crescent fullback Luke Wilson needing 130 stitches in his left leg, describing the incident as a "dreadful accident".