Robert van Royen

Otago diver Drew Schievink has been selected to represent New Zealand in two competitions in Australia later this year.

The Southern Steel did not just lose to the Northern Mystics in Invercargill on Saturday - it lost control of its own destiny.

Former Outram rider Clarke Johnstone is still coming to terms with the death of his eventing horse of 10 years, Orient Express.

Arthur Cocar has not been with the Dunedin Thunder long, but he likes what he sees.

Phoenix Karaka knows she will have her hands full trying to contain the Mystics' potent attack in Invercargill this afternoon.

Felix McDonald cannot wait to don the New Zealand singlet.

Dunedin-based umpire Jono Bredin had to be flanked by a security guard at two recent ANZ Championship matches to ensure his safety.

The Southern Steel's thrilling 55-55 draw with the Central Pulse at the weekend was Janine Southby's 50th game in charge of the franchise. Netball writer Robert van Royen talked to Southby about what it is like to coach a professional netball team, where the Steel is at and her coaching future.

There was no surprise when Hamish Bond again won the Otago rower of the year award at the weekend.

Jane Watson. Remember her name if the Southern Steel qualifies for the ANZ Championship playoffs in a couple of weeks.

Storm Purvis could make a surprise return to the Southern Steel for tomorrow's crunch match against the Central Pulse in Palmerston North.

Being the head professional at Chisholm Park is like having a ''new baby'' for Allan Court.

More than 1000 young footballers will swamp Sunnyvale for the annual Green Island seven-a-side tournament tomorrow.

The contractors are gone, the lanes are marked and the paint has dried.

The Otago Goldrush is getting some extra help for the second tournament in the Women's Basketball Championship starting today in Christchurch.

It has been a season of change for Southern Steel midcourter Shannon Francois.

For whatever reason, sometimes teams just cannot get it done during certain parts of the game - the Highlanders have at times struggled in the second half this year and the New Zealand Breakers are often shaky in the third quarter. Netball writer Robert van Royen looks at the Southern Steel's fourth-quarter woes during this year's ANZ Championship campaign.