Rugby: Joseph gets players to break mental, pain barriers
Rugby: Joseph gets players to break mental, pain barriers
Jamie Joseph came to Dunedin with a reputation as a hard-nosed coach who wants his players to be mentally tough.
Alistair McMurran
Athletics: Robinson walking the walk
Athletics: Robinson walking the walk
Roseanne Robinson (Hill City) has the potential to compete at the Olympics and the dedication and drive to make it happen.
Athletics: Masters records taking battering
Athletics: Masters records taking battering
Winifred Harding (Taieri) broke her first Otago throwing record as a 15-year-old. She is still breaking records 40 years later.
Bowls: Family comes first for Taieri pairs skip
Bowls: Family comes first for Taieri pairs skip
Taieri pairs skip has responded to an SOS from her son and will miss the New Zealand championships.
Athletics: Doctor shows his heels to 10,000m field
Athletics: Doctor shows his heels to 10,000m field
Dougal Thorburn (Ariki) used his medical knowledge to get through a bad patch and win his first Otago senior men's track title yesterday.
Athletics: Greene adds third record for 16-year-olds, in 800m
Athletics: Greene adds third record for 16-year-olds, in 800m
Rebekah Greene (Hill City) ended the year in style by completing her hat trick of New Zealand girls aged 16 records. Greene (16), a pupil at St Hilda's Collegiate, has become the wonder woman of Otago athletics this year.
Rugby: Zingari-Richmond's Johnson volunteer of year
Rugby: Zingari-Richmond's Johnson volunteer of year
Vince Johnson was embarrassed when he was presented with the Otago rugby volunteer of the year award at Carisbrook yesterday.
Rugby: Future after Super 15 campaign unsure
Rugby: Future after Super 15 campaign unsure
Shaun Treeby is playing for the Highlanders in the Super 15, but remains undecided where he will play his provincial rugby next year.
Athletics: Golden medal haul and national record for speedster
Athletics: Golden medal haul and national record for speedster
Nikita White (Otago Girls') was the little whippet who won six gold medals, broke a New Zealand record and was the dominant AWD (athletes with disabilities) competitor in Hastings last weekend.
Rugby: World Cup will be huge success - IRB boss
Rugby: World Cup will be huge success - IRB boss
The International Rugby Board could have made a bigger profit by going to another country but it put business decisions to one side when it allocated the Rugby World Cup to New Zealand.
Bowls: Youth input lauded
Bowls: Youth input lauded
The more relaxed approach adopted by Bowls New Zealand has led to the rapid development of the youth bowls programme throughout the country.
Bowls: Wind on Hocking's side
Bowls: Wind on Hocking's side
The forces of nature came to the aid of Tessa Hocking (Napier Girls) and helped her to win the girls singles final in Dunedin yesterday.
Bowls: Heffer shrugs off operation to take title
Bowls: Heffer shrugs off operation to take title
Kerry Heffer had a cancer operation 12 days ago and it was touch and go whether she would make the championships.
Bowls: Wong wins final on extra end
Bowls: Wong wins final on extra end
The little things counted for Euan Wong and helped him win a dramatic boys singles final on the extra end in Dunedin yesterday.
Rugby: Frost crossing town for stadium position
Rugby: Frost crossing town for stadium position
Carisbrook has been the second home for Otago Rugby Football Union business manager Neville Frost for the past 12 years, but he leaves the job in two weeks.
Athletics: Wilson heads Otago charge at champs
Athletics: Wilson heads Otago charge at champs
Lauren Wilson (Queen's High School) sizzled up the Hastings track to win two sprint gold medals yesterday.
Rowing: Impressive showing by novice four
Rowing: Impressive showing by novice four
The Otago University novice four performed like experienced oarsmen at the Otago rowing championships at the weekend.
Bowls: Tough time at higher level
Bowls: Tough time at higher level
The Reilly sisters of Nelson were introduced to bowls by their grandparents who are stalwarts of the Stoke club.
Special Olympics: Otago pair selected for leadership programme
Special Olympics: Otago pair selected for leadership programme
Otago will be represented by Thomas van der Lugt and Christopher Rielly in next year's Special Olympics athlete leadership programme.
Squash: Hall of fame honour for Green
Squash: Hall of fame honour for Green
Retired Dunedin dentist Don Green has played important roles as a player and administrator and deserves his place in the New Zealand Squash Hall of Fame.