Masters Games 2012

Kathryn Cherry needs to step up to another level when she plays in a New Zealand Croquet invitation event in Palmerston North later this week.

Graham Grange grew up in England and started cue sports as a 13-year-old in the church billiard league.

Allison Howlett (nee Reid) broke three New Zealand records in her first outing in indoor rowing yesterday.

Wanganui Athletic Cosmos 2, Melchester Rovers 1.

Dunedin dental student Dave Richards was inspired by the sight of his girlfriend on the bank, when he won the stand-up paddleboard gold medal yesterday.

Charlotte Cox is an independent thinker and bucks the trends. She likes doing things her own way.

Julie Pyle grew up in the hotbed of New Zealand women's hockey in the Maniototo, but she had never scored a hat trick of goals in a game before.

Jiri Pokorny thought he was playing a joke on his wife, Milana, but it backfired and led him back into the ice dance arena.

After covering every Masters Games held in Dunedin, Otago Daily Times sports reporter Alistair McMurran was rewarded with the honour of igniting the games flame.

The rough water did not stop Port Chalmers rower Faye Forgie. She is used to pacing cruise ships on Otago Harbour.

It was his first powerlifting competition but this did not worry Russell Miller because he had lifted weights all his life.

The shoes made the difference and helped Dunedin's Erika Wolf win the discus and shot put double at the Caledonian Ground yesterday.

The shifting of the headquarters to Forsyth Barr Stadium has brought a new dimension to this year's New Zealand Masters Games in Dunedin.

There is a point in life when, like it or not, the body slows down. Still, no-one said anything about stopping. Shane Gilchrist goes for a run down Masters Games lane.

New Zealand is putting in a bid to hold the World Masters Games, in Auckland, in 2017.