Jeff Cheshire

Tessa Nicol had thought this was going to be a development year for the Southern United women’s team.

The Otago men’s softball team can use a result from 2012 for confidence this weekend.

Otago pupils will be among the medal contenders as the country’s best school athletes converge on Hastings this week­end.

The Southern United women are thinking laterally in their attempt to buck an unwanted trend.

Numbers are slightly down but  the Otago championships have still remained popular with rowers.

A swag of top enduro mountain bikers are set to hit Dunedin.

Growth in numbers is Annelies Inghelbrecht’s first aim in her new role at the Dunedin Triathlon Club.

Reilly Paterson has made a big jump in a short space of time.

Progress has been made and the results are now coming for the Southern United youth side.

Four of Otago's best young athletes are set to get their first taste of international competition.

Ellis Park split its double-header,  and Dodgers and Cardinals both picked up wins in Saturday’s round of club softball.

Liz Wilson starred with a trio of record-breaking performances at the Caledonian Ground  in Dunedin on Saturday.

The playoffs beckon but this was not the performance Southern United women wanted to take into the semifinals.

Southern United got what it needed out of the weekend’s national futsal league tournament.

Southern United has the chance to make history tomorrow but for Mikaela Hunt, there is even more at stake.

A big stage awaits Southern United today.

Southern United’s futsal team is not panicking, but it knows it needs to perform.

Louisa Andrew is set to celebrate her birthday competing at one of equestrian’s biggest events.

Every year the Otago Daily Times profiles promising secondary school sports stars. But where do they all go? Jeff Cheshire takes a look  at the 2007 class a decade on.

A tougher road to the World Cup begins tonight, although that should be a good thing for basketball in New Zealand.