Danica Davies (St Hilda's) started throwing the discus for fun last year. She is now the Otago secondary schools record-holder in the event.
Alistair Bond (Otago University) has always had the inspiration of his big brother to spur him on but it has taken him longer to get selected for the New Zealand elite rowing team.
Adam Hall owes a great debt to his mother, Gayle Hall, who died tragically in a car crash a month after he won his gold medal in Vancouver.
Dunsandel bowler Sandra Keith notched a ''threepeat'' in Dunedin yesterday.
A star-studded field, including seven Olympians, will compete in the 10th annual Motatapu multisport event from Wanaka tomorrow.
It seemed natural that Sarah Scott (North East Valley) would play bowls, because it has been the family sport for three generations.
The Webster family excelled indoors and are now making their mark in outdoor bowls as well.
The rain did not upset 31 bowlers from the Oak Bay Bowling Club, of Canada, when they played a friendly in Dunedin yesterday.
Kurt Crosland's goal is firmly fixed on Glasgow.
Chris McNoe is the iron man of Otago athletics. He proved it by entering all 11 senior boys events at the annual Otago Boys' High School athletics sports.
Prospects for Green Island good this season.
He will be hard to catch. Terry Scott (North East Valley) reached another milestone when he won his 35th Bowls Dunedin title recently.
It was a dramatic finish as Alexandra clinched a spot in the national division 1 final with the last bowl.
Highlanders lock Tom Franklin has been released to play for Otago Maoris in the South Island tournament at Timaru today.
Singles player Ken Walker could play a decisive role in Taieri's bid to make the national final of the interclub sevens at Balclutha over the weekend.
Caversham has paid its $10,000 debt to Football South and will be able to play in the Southern League this winter.
The Edgar Centre has been a success story. It is the most used indoor sports facility in New Zealand.
New Zealand representative Sandra Keith (Dunsandel) has a point to prove at the North East Valley Bowling Club next week.
Johannah Kearney (Oamaru) is one of seven rowers from Otago who will be given a New Zealand trial at Lake Karapiro next week.
Women's sprinting in Otago has livened up since the arrival of Aucklander Brooke Cull in Dunedin.