Ross Hay
It is not the trophy he dreamed of at the start of the season, but North Otago captain Ross Hay is still determined to add the Lochore Cup to the cabinet.
Wait, didn't you review a basketball game last week?: Yup.
The mighty Stags This is their special moment, not ours, but Otago rugby fans must shelve any feelings of jealousy and embrace Southland's excitement at winning the Ranfurly Shield.
Two of Otago's brightest hopes will join the province's leading professional and New Zealand's greatest player at the Shirley Open this weekend.
It is that time of the year when Electronic Arts floods the gaming market with the latest sports titles.
They were reaching for the record books at Culling Park on Saturday as Albion went run-crazy in a rain-affected round of senior club cricket.
A little speck . . . About a year ago, I wrote about how sad it would be if the Otago Nuggets pulled out of the National Basketball League.
Organisers of a new Dunedin golf tournament hope it will become one of the sport's marquee New Zealand events.
Ruben Wiki is a family man and he is looking forward to putting a protective arm around a few younger brothers next year.
Veteran Otago football player Blair Scoullar has always been one to speak his mind.
Chairman Dave Lamont has angrily denied accusations the Otago United board is making a hash of its job.
Otago Golf Club officials are keeping the details to themselves but they are poised to confirm a major new tournament next week.
Age could not slow Ellis Park, as it upset the defending champion Saints in the opening round of premier club softball in Dunedin on Saturday.
Women, a rising teenaged pitcher and a 53-year-old catcher-coach will be among the cast of interesting characters in Dunedin premier club softball this season.
Not another one: 'Fraid so.
Here's a lesson to every game developer trying to make the most out of a market absolutely saturated with games of a certain genre.
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Manuel De Los Santos, of the Dominican
Republic, places his ball on the 18th tee during the final practice
round of The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at The Old Course in
St Andrews, Scotland, on Thursday. De Los Santos, who negotiates the
golf course on crutches, plays off a three handicap and is one of 168
amateurs contesting this weekend's links championship. Photo by Getty Images.
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Domestic rugby . . .
The national rugby championship was never a competition that required much thought.
Three divisions, automatic promotion and relegation - simple.
The first sign of trouble came when the New Zealand Rugby Union decided it wasn't fair for the bottom team in the first division to drop straight down.
The Otago Volts are on their way to India for the next stage of their preparation for the Champions League.
Strikers and cliches go hand in hand in football, just like Joey Barton and trouble, Eduardo and diving, Sir Alex Ferguson and ranting, Liverpool and success.
A good striker is "worth his weight in gold".
The best frontmen "know how to find the back of the net''.
Nathan McCullum and Mat Harvie made useful contributions as Otago started its Champions League build-up with a loss in Australia yesterday.
