Bond buoyed by backing
Bond buoyed by backing
Otago rower Hamish Bond will be buoyed by his large support team when he defends his men's pairs title at the world championships today.
Alistair McMurran
Rowing: Pair's eyes on podium after making final
Rowing: Pair's eyes on podium after making final
Lucy Strack and Julia Edward upset the world championship pundits when they came home with a roar to claim a place in tomorrow's women's lightweight double sculls final.
Rowing: Hoping to emulate NZ's success across Tasman
Rowing: Hoping to emulate NZ's success across Tasman
Andrew Matheson has jumped ship.
Rowing: Pre-start glitch nearly sinks Drysdale
Rowing: Pre-start glitch nearly sinks Drysdale
There was high drama at the world championships yesterday when four-time world single sculls champion Mahe Drysdale was almost eliminated in the semifinals because of a technical mishap.
Rowing: Murray, Bond gain psychological edge for final
Rowing: Murray, Bond gain psychological edge for final
The New Zealand men's coxless pair of Hamish Bond and Eric Murray won the psychological battle when they blitzed Great Britain in the semifinal yesterday.
Rowing: RPC system delivering goods for NZ rowers
Rowing: RPC system delivering goods for NZ rowers
Regional performance centres have done their job despite being strongly criticised when introduced to New Zealand rowing in 2004.
Rowing: Semifinal win may give British the edge
Rowing: Semifinal win may give British the edge
New Zealanders fought alongside their allies during the Battle of Britain in World War 2, but at Lake Karapiro tomorrow the Kiwi lightweight double scullers will battle Great Britain.
Rowing: Champs dream still in sight for Strack
Rowing: Champs dream still in sight for Strack
Dunedin sculler Lucy Strack will be on the lake fighting for a place in the final instead of watching from the grandstand.
Swimming: Pool win for Murphy
Swimming: Pool win for Murphy
Bryn Murphy (Waves) showed he is on target to make the London Olympics in the ocean swim by winning the gold medal in the inaugural New Zealand 5km pool championships at the weekend.
Croquet: Stalwart speaks at centenary celebrations
Croquet: Stalwart speaks at centenary celebrations
Douglas Taylor retired from serious competitive croquet eight years ago but he still enjoys a hit-out at the Punga club, which celebrated its centenary at the weekend.
Athletics: Disrupted run ends in win for Crumpton
Athletics: Disrupted run ends in win for Crumpton
Shireen Crumpton's race was disrupted by mild diarrhoea but she was still able to retain her New Zealand women's marathon title in Auckland yesterday.
Athletics: Winter work benefits Blair
Athletics: Winter work benefits Blair
New Zealand champion Hannah Blair (Taieri) started her domestic season in style by winning the women's javelin in difficult wind conditions on Saturday.
Rowing: Hopes high for big NZ medal haul
Rowing: Hopes high for big NZ medal haul
A big basket will be needed to collect all the medals New Zealand is expected to win at the world championships that start at Lake Karapiro tomorrow.
Rowing: Same venue but amateur days gone
Rowing: Same venue but amateur days gone
New Zealand rowing was a strictly amateur sport when the world championships were held on Lake Karapiro in 1978.
Rowing: Taylor extending family's sporting inclinations
Rowing: Taylor extending family's sporting inclinations
World champion rower Peter Taylor has Otago connections. His father grew up in Dunedin and his grandfather was involved with Otago sport.
Taekwondo: Ingram sets eyes firmly on prize
Taekwondo: Ingram sets eyes firmly on prize
Joss Ingram did not let blindness stop her winning a national taekwondo title last weekend.
Athletics: Hall's hard work reaps dividends
Athletics: Hall's hard work reaps dividends
Marshall Hall defied the heavy rain to start the Otago track and field season in style at the Caledonian Ground on Saturday.
BMX: Dunedin pupil just misses third North Island title
BMX: Dunedin pupil just misses third North Island title
Dunedin schoolgirl Jordan Donaldson just failed to win her third successive North Island BMX title at Rotorua at the weekend.
'Amazing year' as Strack moves into the fast lane
'Amazing year' as Strack moves into the fast lane
This is the fourth of a series of articles by Alistair McMurran on the World Rowing Championships, which will be held at Lake Karapiro from October 31 to November 7.
Bowls: Concerns for PBA as recession bites
Bowls: Concerns for PBA as recession bites
The worldwide economic recession has driven the New Zealand Professional Bowls Association into a corner and killed the incentives that brought the best bowlers into the sport.