Playoffs gone but still goals to play for
Playoffs gone but still goals to play for
If Otago punches the numbers into the calculator the answer it will get is pride — that is basically all that is left to play for.
Adrian Seconi
Blaze formidable challenge for table-topping Sparks
Blaze formidable challenge for table-topping Sparks
You get the feeling the Sparks would have to jab themselves in the eye with their glasses to miss a spot in the Super Smash play-offs.
Lockrose key in Volts win over Canterbury
Lockrose key in Volts win over Canterbury
Lock-in Lockrose for more cricket.
May keen to ‘repay great people’, help club
May keen to ‘repay great people’, help club
He will be damned if he lets a little thing like death get in the way of his passion.
Talent, ambition translated to exceptional career
Talent, ambition translated to exceptional career
A very green sports journalist on his maiden first-class assignment squeaked up the courage to ask Central Districts coach Graham Barlow if he could have a wee chat with young Ross Taylor.
Well, we didn’t see that coming...
Well, we didn’t see that coming...
In the Next 10 we select Otago’s greatest sporting moments during the past 10 years. Reporter Adrian Seconi continues the series today with a look at a couple of useful rugby teams and one rather impressive rower.
Auckland pace attack sinks Volts
Auckland pace attack sinks Volts
Thumped. You could land on more diplomatic descriptions but Otago was routed today.
Bates blasts Sparks to victory
Bates blasts Sparks to victory
Otago Sparks skipper Suzie Bates slapped 89 not out to set up a 45-run win against Auckland in Queenstown.
Volts bottom of table after gutsy defeat
Volts bottom of table after gutsy defeat
Valiant but vanquished.
Volts show fight in loss to Firebirds
Volts show fight in loss to Firebirds
The Otago Volts have had another loss, a tense five-wicket defeat to the Wellington Firebirds in a Super Smash match in Queenstown today.
Sparks fizzle out in bumbling effort
Sparks fizzle out in bumbling effort
The Otago Sparks’ winning run came to an abrupt halt in Queenstown today, with a bumbling effort in the field, too many runs leaked and chances missed.
Volts beaten again after feeble batting display
Volts beaten again after feeble batting display
Otago has put further distance between itself and a place in the Super Smash playoffs with a feeble batting display in Christchurch yesterday.
Sparks top standings on five from five
Sparks top standings on five from five
The Otago Sparks kept their perfect record intact with a gutsy 12-run win against Canterbury in Christchurch yesterday.
Hasabro storms home to claim feature race
Hasabro storms home to claim feature race
Hasabro honoured a historic race with a classic finish at the Otago Racing Club’s Boxing Day meeting at Wingatui yesterday.
Masterclass at the Basin
Masterclass at the Basin
The sports department named its 150 greatest moments in Otago sport to celebrate the newspaper’s 150th anniversary in 2011. In the Next 10, we select the moments which have inspired us in the past decade. Adrian Seconi gets the series under way with Brendon McCullum’s triple treat.
Key stretch of three games for Sparks
Key stretch of three games for Sparks
It is too early to start calculating the different scenarios but the Otago Sparks are right where they want to be — on top.
Recognition of Grieve’s achievements ‘total shock’
Recognition of Grieve’s achievements ‘total shock’
Barbara Grieve is closing in on 20 years as a weightlifting technical official, and this one has definitely been the best.
Pair named in Volts after changes forced
Pair named in Volts after changes forced
The Otago Volts have been forced into changes before their next three twenty20 games.
Cumming among three Otago players in NZ team
Cumming among three Otago players in NZ team
Promising Otago A player Jacob Cumming has been named in a New Zealand XI side to play a two-day match against the touring Bangladesh team early next week.
Coach finds positives in big loss
Coach finds positives in big loss
Otago coach Dion Ebrahim was more forgiving than you might think following his side’s 95-run loss to Wellington at the Basin Reserve this week.