Alistair McMurran

Glenn Turner is one of the greatest cricketers to play for both Otago and Worcester.

It was two wins from two tournaments for Sandra Keith (Dunsandel) at the North East Valley green yesterday.

Sandra Keith has bucked the trend. She has forced the national bowls selectors to turn their focus away from youth when selecting national teams.

Sport will sit alongside English and mathematics as the most important subjects in secondary schools, if a new sport and education project succeeds.

Kavanagh College was in dominant form, winning six gold medals at the South Island secondary schools championships last weekend.

Do not ask Columba College pupil Devon Familton (13) to choose a favourite sport.

Black Caps captain Brendon McCullum held 120 Otago secondary school pupils spellbound when he spoke about leadership in Dunedin yesterday.

A promising weather forecast suggests Dunedin will turn on mainly fine weather for the first test starting tomorrow between the Black Caps and England at the University Oval.

Taylor Cumberland made history by scoring a double century for King's High School at the weekend.

Dunedin's Mike Kernaghan intends to follow in the footsteps of his former school teacher in his new role as an Olympic and Commonwealth Games selector. Ossie Johnson was an Olympic Games selector when he was head of physical education at Otago Boys' High School in the early 1970s.

Thomas Heaton (Waves) emerged as one of Otago's most promising younger swimmers when he won his first long-course title in Wellington this week.

Jacob Duffy and Aaron Redmond are in doubt for the one-day match against Canterbury in Christchurch today.