Alistair McMurran

Glen Sinclair has lifted the profile of Otago rowing over the past decade and will now be able to make an impact on the national scene.

Kaikorai fullback Craig Baird has spent the past 11 days in hospital with a severe bacterial infection and is expected to be sidelined for the remainder of the club rugby season.

He has slipped through the cracks for 50 years, but Dr Norrie Jefferson has now been recognised by the province's athletics administrators and was made a life member of Athletics Otago last month.

A last minute penalty goal by first five-eighth Glenn Dickson gave Pirates an 11-8 win over Taieri and kept them in second place in the Gallaway Trophy competition in Dunedin premier rugby today.

Pacy winger Tim Lawrence scored two tries and played a key role as Otago Boys' High School remained unbeaten in the Highlanders First XV competition on Saturday.

It is too close to call. Caversham is defending the Ponydale cross-country relay title it won last year but Ariki will put up a strong challenge.

Great Scott. Scott is proving a lucky name for Dunedin Woman Bowler of the Year Sue Hodges.

The protests worked. Football fans will be able to watch the FA Cup final between Chelsea and Portsmouth live on Sky Television on Sunday morning.

Summer training on the Dunedin hills helped Arthur Parkin win a gold medal in hockey at the Montreal Olympics in 1976.

Otago officials will be keen to emulate the recent deeds of the Otago competitors when the New Zealand track and field championships are held in Dunedin next year.

Dave Barson became Dunedin's master fencing coach after enduring a five-week course in the heat of Doha.

Dynamic No 8 Junior Faa'vae played a major role in Kings High School's comfortable 25-10 win against Waitaki Boys High School in the Highlanders First XV match in Dunedin yesterday.

Most people in Otago have heard of New Zealand coaching great Duncan Laing, but few knew the man behind the public facade.

International Rebekah Greene put her foot down on the final lap to give St Hilda's a comfortable win in the senior girls' Caversham road relay at King's High School yesterday.

Otago Boys' High School fullback Liam Edwards is following in his father's footsteps by dominating the scoring in the Highlanders First XV competition.

Kings High School reaped the benefits of a sound forward display when it scored six tries to beat Kavanagh College 41-14 in the opening round of the Highlanders First XV rugby competition in Dunedin on Saturday.