Former North East Valley bowler Mark Watt is relishing the regular intense competition he is getting from club bowls in Australia.
Club stalwart Bruce Dunn is one of three North East Valley players to have gained competitive entry to the annual invitation singles this weekend.
Ready for action
Zingari-Richmond midfielder Lachie Moore scooped the pool at the Dunedin club rugby awards at the Green Island club last night.
Alistair McMurran is retiring from the Otago Daily Times after 39 years as a sports reporter. He looks back on his four decades in the role.
Kings won its third game in the Highlanders First XV top eight competition when it beat Waitaki Boys 30-17 at Oamaru today.
Flanker Willis Scott was the outstanding forward on the paddock and played a key role in Taieri's record-breaking win in the final.
It was blitzkrieg rugby. Captain Charlie O'Connell led the Taieri assault on the University A line and his troops followed his example.
A shell shocked University A was outplayed by a rampant Taieri team that won the club's third Dunedin premier rugby banner in four years.
Losing last year's final to Dunedin could be the catalyst to help Taieri win its third championship in four years.
Otago Boys' High School celebrated a 50th consecutive win in the Highlanders First XV competition when it beat Menzies College 53-7 yesterday.
Taieri continued its remarkable return to Dunedin premier rugby with a record-breaking 51-6 win on Saturday.
Pre-race favourite Peter Meffan (Caversham) left it all on the course as he won a third consecutive senior men's Otago cross-country title at Waikouaiti Racecourse on Saturday.
The inside back combination of Nick Ealey and Peter Breen will be playing together for the first time at Forsyth Barr Stadium tomorrow.
Promising Otago athlete Andrew Trembath has the backing of his family in his bid to become an Olympic swimmer.
It will be a big weekend for rugby fans on the Taieri with the chance to win a trifecta of grades.
A stirring halftime talk by coach John Hyde helped turn University A's fortunes around and push the team into the Dunedin premier club final.
The showers overheated, the fire alarms rang out, the fire brigade arrived and the University Oval grandstand was evacuated at the end of the semifinals on Saturday.
Lock Liam Trainor was in top form on Saturday when King's High School beat Mt Aspiring College 47-17 in Wanaka.
Varsity A came out with all guns blazing in the second spell to beat Southern 35-27 and book a spot in the Dunedin club rugby final next Saturday.