Shaun Scott (North East Valley) added to the family bowls heritage when he won the New Zealand Community Trust club singles in Rotorua yesterday.
Greta Knarston knows how to keep cool under pressure and this ability has helped her to become New Zealand's best female orienteerer after just two years.
It will not be easy, but the Highlanders have the opportunity to turn their series of close losses into a win in the red hot atmosphere of Pretoria tomorrow morning.
Cam Maxwell's long years of preparation will reach fruition when he competes at the world clay target championships in Ireland next August.
Andrea Miller (Taieri), who continued breaking records last season, has been named the Otago Athlete of the Year for the second year in a row.
The Otago Girls High School's under-15 sprint relay team is on target to achieve its double goal at the New Zealand secondary schools championships in Hamilton this December.
When Dunedin nurse Shireen Crumpton started running again last June, it was to take her mind off the troubles that had crashed around her life.
Beatrice Faumuina was filled with emotion when she saw a huge photo of herself at the New Zealand Academy of Sport in Dunedin last week.
Dunedin triples skip Terry Scott could win his 10th title and reach a significant milestone in the Bowls New Zealand intercentre event at Palmerston North this weekend.
Dunedin has gained a coach highly skilled in jiu jitsu.
Elise Mamanu-Gray's long preparation will come to fruition in October when she competes for New Zealand in the under-17 women's Football World Cup.
Prominent Otago distance runner Caden Shields has accepted a $US30,000 athletics scholarship at Purdue University and will leave for the United States in August.
Chris Donaldson became the granddad of New Zealand sprinting at the weekend when he became the oldest athlete to win the New Zealand 100m title.
Dunedin canoe slalom specialist James Dawson has a problem. He is poised to gain Olympic Games selection but does not have the cash to do himself justice.
Lock Tom Donnelly is being rested for the Highlanders' game against the Chiefs on Saturday night, in one of five changes to the team.
A change of tactics paid dividends for Alexandra skip Bill Clements, who upset the rhythm of the Hokonui mixed pair from Southland with five ends left.
Former international Ken Walker (Fairfield) reached an important milestone when he became only the second bowler to win 30 Bowls Dunedin titles.
A desperate last few ends helped the Kia Toa team win the fours on the countback at the regional final of the New Zealand club champion of champions fours at the Logan Park greens on Monday.
The Geraldine Bowling club completed a rare double-double when its men's and women's teams won the triples and qualified for the national club finals in Dunedin on Saturday.
Bethany Struthers (Taieri College) is an athlete who combines strength events with sprinting and excels at both.
