Basketball: OBHS coach fills a tall order
Basketball: OBHS coach fills a tall order
It takes an equal amount of patience and passion to build a successful school basketball programme - and maybe the odd poached rugby player.
Adrian Seconi
Cricket: Otago learns a hard lesson
Cricket: Otago learns a hard lesson
Otago bowed out of the State Championship with a limp display against Auckland at the Queenstown Events Centre yesterday.
Cricket: Uni-Grange keeps hopes alive
Cricket: Uni-Grange keeps hopes alive
University-Grange beat Kaikorai by 62 runs on Saturday to win the declaration competition and stay in the hunt for the Bing Harris trophy.
Cricket: Morgan grasps his opportunity
Cricket: Morgan grasps his opportunity
Otago opener Leighton Morgan has had to wait all summer to don the whites but cashed in on a rare opportunity yesterday with a tidy half century.
Cricket: Next two games will be tough – Tsukigawa
Cricket: Next two games will be tough – Tsukigawa
Otago and White Ferns all-rounder Sarah Tsukigawa is determined to stay grounded after her side's superb start to the Women's World Cup.
Cricket: Beard to hit the big time
Cricket: Beard to hit the big time
He is in a bit of a spin about it, but Nick Beard is poised to make his first class debut for Otago.
Cricket: Otago's assignment tougher as key men go
Cricket: Otago's assignment tougher as key men go
Otago faces a stern test of its depth with key personnel unavailable for its four-day State Championship match against Auckland beginning in Queenstown tomorrow.
Cricket: Wellington loses grip on certain win
Cricket: Wellington loses grip on certain win
Absolutely, positively, Wellington. I don't think so.
Cricket: Cumming heads Otago trio in NZ A squad
Cricket: Cumming heads Otago trio in NZ A squad
Three Otago players have been included in the New Zealand A one-day side to play England A in two one-day matches later this month
Cricket: Ball dominates in senior matches
Cricket: Ball dominates in senior matches
The bowlers dominated Dunedin senior club cricket, claiming three five-wicket bags and a hat trick.
North East Valley's opening duo of Simon Badger and Jamie Murley took five wickets apiece to help their side beat Carisbrook-Dunedin by 43 runs.
Cricket: Bowlers key if Otago to secure win
Cricket: Bowlers key if Otago to secure win
Otago's four-day State Championship match with Wellington is evenly poised, with both sides eyeing up victory when the game concludes at the University Oval today.
Cricket: Teams share honours on first day
Cricket: Teams share honours on first day
He might have scared the Steve Waugh-led Australian team out of enforcing follow-ons but yesterday VVS Laxman would not have frightened a mouse.
Cricket: Busy Bates keen for Cup success
Cricket: Busy Bates keen for Cup success
Dual cricket and basketball international Suzie Bates has had a busy few months.
Cricket: Trott keen to return, though England the goal
Cricket: Trott keen to return, though England the goal
Former Otago batsman Jonathan Trott is back in New Zealand and would love to return for another season with the Volts.
Cricket: Laxman dismissed for 20
Cricket: Laxman dismissed for 20
Wellington has had the better of the first morning in its four-day match with Otago at the University Oval.
Cricket: Laxman draw card as Otago seeks win
Cricket: Laxman draw card as Otago seeks win
Whatever happens in today's State Championship four-day match between Otago and Wellington, the game is likely to be remembered for one player - VVS Laxman.
Cricket: Batting star Laxman eager to assist Otago
Cricket: Batting star Laxman eager to assist Otago
He's one of the biggest names in world cricket - literally.
Laxman: I feel for the Sri Lankans
Laxman: I feel for the Sri Lankans
Master Indian batsman VVS Laxman, in Dunedin to play for Otago, was left shaken by news masked gunmen had attacked the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore, Pakistan this week.
Cricket: Broken finger spells end of de Boorder's season
Cricket: Broken finger spells end of de Boorder's season
Otago wicketkeeper Derek de Boorder has broken his finger and will miss the rest of the season.
Cricket: Otago Volts singing in the rain
Cricket: Otago Volts singing in the rain
A forlorn Canterbury team sat in the player viewing area watching a late shower douse the University Oval and end any possibility of play in the twenty/20 final yesterday.