Alison Shanks wants to move up into the medals at the world championships in Poland. The first step will be at the World Cup at Beijing next month.
Dunedin mountain biker Sheryl MacLeod enhanced her world championship chances when she finished runner-up in the third round of the Australian national series this week.
All Blacks Jamie Mackintosh, Jimmy Cowan and Adam Thomson will return to the Highlanders squad briefly for testing on January 5, but will then do their own fitness work until they return to the squad permanently on January 23.
Wanaka teenage freeskier Jossi Wells is one four finalists for a major sporting scholarship to be presented at the Halberg Awards next year.
Sam's Classic started as a training ride by a few mates 21 years ago. It is now part of the fabric of Otago cycling.
Dimitri Mascarenhas wants to get back into the England one-day side and sees his time in Otago as a stepping stone.
When Bryce Morgan enrolled at Otago Boys High School five years ago, he told rector Clive Rennie that his ambition was to run for New Zealand.
Mahal Pearce has one big ambition - to get back on the winner's podium at a major golf tournament.
Tyler Lapham mastered the water skills and played a key role in the Otago boys under-14 bronze medal win at the national water polo championships at Hamilton last weekend.
Katie Kenneally (Neptune) is poised to make her mark on the international scene when she competes at the Youth Olympics in Sydney next month.
Former Otago All Black Nick Evans misses his old team-mates but is adamant he made the right decision to turn his back on New Zealand rugby and join the Harlequins club in England.
The Otago Boys High School first XI collected the wooden spoon when beaten by St Bedes by seven wickets in the play-off for seventh and eighth spot at the annual Gillette Cup secondary schools competition in Hamilton yesterday.
Former All Black, television commentator and newspaper columnist John Drake, who died at his home in Mt Maunganui on Saturday at the age of 49, started his club rugby career in Dunedin.
Otago failed to ram home its first-day supremacy and surrendered the advantage to Auckland on the second day of the State Championship match at Eden Park.
The return of dumped test opener Aaron Redmond will boost Otago's chances in the State Championship match against Auckland starting at the Eden Park outer oval today.
Michael Kinraid has limited eyesight and relies on the eyes of his cousin, Sam, when competing in surf life-saving.
The St Hildas Collegiate First XI will join the big girls for the first time when it competes in the finals of the New Zealand secondary schoolgirls championships at Taupo on Monday.
Inexperience cost Dunedin schoolboys Daniel Meehan and Alex Morris a silver medal at the Sail Sydney international yachting regatta at Sydney this week.
Double Olympic champion Danyon Loader will be one of New Zealand's elite sporting heroes who will be one of the first to sign their names on the "Pure Playing Field Nation Wall", when it is launched in Hamilton tonight.
Patchy rain is forecast and there is a chance little play will be possible on the first day of the test between the West Indies and New Zealand at the University Oval today.
