The tactical nous and experience of former New Zealand representative Bett Prattley guided the Geraldine women's pair to the national club championship finals in Dunedin yesterday.
Queenstown's Andrew Wylie was the best performing New Zealand skier at the world junior championships in Spain late last month.
(Taieri) spent five months in England last winter in a bid to help her defence of the New Zealand senior women's hammer title.
Morgan Figgins will achieve a significant milestone for New Zealand figure skating when she competes at the world championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, later this month.
Shaun Scott (Dunedin) remains unbeaten and will represent zone six in the national singles finals at Rotorua next month.
Shane Patience (Waves) made a significant advance in his swimming career when he erased Danyon Loader's name from the New Zealand record book last weekend.
Life will get a bit easier for three Otago coaches - (cycling), Mark Elliott and John Hellemans (triathlon) - as a result of a Coach Performance Enhancement grant.
Sprinting up the Arthurs Walk steps paid dividends for Bryce Morgan (Otago Boys) when he won the senior boys' 1500m at the Otago secondary schools athletics championships on Saturday.
Kath McGilbert learnt about softball on her mother's knee and at 46 is still fully involved with the sport at a national level.
There will be a lasting recognition of coach Duncan Laing's legacy to Otago and New Zealand swimming when a plaque is placed on the wall at the Laing corner at Moana Pool.
Highlanders captain Craig Newby returns from injury to lead the Highlanders in the ‘‘must win'' game against the Hurricanes at Carisbrook tomorrow night.
The New Zealand selectors must answer just one simple question before they name their single sculler for the Beijing Olympics: who is most likely to win the gold medal?
All Black Andrew Hore wants to add another memorable Carisbrook game to his bag in the Super 14 clash between the Highlanders and Hurricanes on Friday night.
Chisholm Park professional Andrew Whiley achieved an important milestone for his club with his appointment to the seven-man board of the New Zealand Professional Golf Association this week.
Dunedin international cyclist Alison Shanks used a steady does-it approach when she broke the New Zealand 3000m individual pursuit record, not once but twice, in Invercargill yesterday.
The Mosgiel RSA executive has confirmed it has no intention of selling the land occupied by the RSA Bowling Club.
Sheryl MacLeod's comeback was completed when she regained the New Zealand downhill mountain bike title that she last won in 2001.
Bruce Kidd is still haunted by the gold medal that slipped out of his grasp when he was outwitted by Murray Halberg at the Empire Games at Perth in 1962.
Dunedin sports scientist David Pease played a significant role in testing the new togs launched by international swimwear manufacturer Speedo for the Beijing Olympics.
New coach Glenn Moore has named five new caps in the Highlanders team for the first-up Super-14 match against the Reds at Brisbane tomorrow night.
