Alistair McMurran

The Dunedin Harrier club won the Edmond Cup teams race 100 years ago.

The fledgling Dunedin Thunder ice hockey team received a boost this week with the arrival of international goalie Jeff Mansfield from the United States.

Canterbury University was always in control and convincingly won the Lovelock Relay for the 18th time on Saturday.

Otago Rugby Football Union chief executive Richard Reid is confident the Tri-Nations rugby test between the All Blacks and the Springboks at Carisbrook on July 12 will be a sellout.

The Dunedin Ice Stadium has bought a $150,000 ice-resurfacing machine to meet the heavy international commitments the stadium will have next year.

A try by Tuppy Diack 8min from the end enabled University A to draw the first Cavanagh Trophy game against Southern 12-12 at Carisbrook in 1958.

The Otago club veterans came home with the prized Mock Rooster trophy from the 10th South Island Masters rowing championships in Blenheim last weekend.

Otago is not yet a competitive force at senior level, but its developing strength lower down the pyramid gives hope for the future.

It has been a long and patient wait but Lindsay Dey finally cracked it when he won the New Zealand duathlon title at Auckland last weekend.

Master coach John Paul weaved his magic again to end the lean years for Otago basketball in Dunedin yesterday.

Former All Black John Timu continued his apprenticeship when he coached the Upper Clutha under-11 team at the annual Taieri schoolboy sevens tournament at Peter Johnstone Park yesterday.

The Brook brothers typify the way many boys who grew up on the Taieri Plain were introduced to rugby at the Taieri club.

The Dunedin pair of Ken Walker and Paul Girdler won the pairs at the Dunedin Professional Bowls Association tournament on Saturday and have the chance of again being the New Zealand pairs representatives at the world indoor finals in England in January.

The New Arena power skins swimsuit gave Matthew Glassford (Neptune) the confidence he needed to break two Otago open records at the weekend.

Dunedin coach Craig Palmer believes Hayden Roulston and Alison Shanks could both reach the podium at Beijing.

Elite Otago swimmers Shane Patience, Bryn Murphy and Katie Kenneally will be using this weekend's Neptune carnival as a warm-up for next week's Oceania Championships in Christchurch.

Peter Johnstone was one of four internationals, and the only All Black captain, to have come from the Taieri Rugby Football Club which celebrates its 125th anniversary at the weekend.