A capacity field of 30 will face the starter in the fourth annual Otago-Southland secondary schools water ski championships, at Perkins Pond, Miller Flat, on Sunday.
Matthew Glassford wanted to become an elite international swimmer and came to Dunedin from Alexandra six years ago to fulfil his dream.
Olympian Sarah Walker will hold a coaching session for girls in Dunedin later this month.
Experienced Dunedin martial arts coach Geoff Todd is critical of the decision to dump wrestling as a core sport for the 2020 Olympic Games.
Queenstown swimmer Molly Law was unbeatable at the Otago championships but her ability will be tested in Wellington this weekend.
Otago rugby league officials are eagerly anticipating the pre-season match between the Warriors and the Broncos later this month.
Christina Ashton (Taieri) loves horses and enjoys eventing. She also shows athletics talent when she gallops over the hurdles.
Gareth Wood's explosive start made the difference and was the key to his sixth national windsurfing slalom title.
The McGregor brothers' windsurfing was put on hold two years ago after the February earthquake in Christchurch.
Dunedin's Aidan Lusby was beaten but not disgraced at his first Professional Bowls Association final in the United Kingdom.
Jim Rodgers is a semiretired Auckland dentist with a passion for windsurfing.
Dunedin throwing coach Raylene Bates is the first New Zealander to be appointed to a prestige international Paralympic coaching committee. Bates (48), the manager of the New Zealand track and field team at the London Olympics, has been appointed to the seven-strong International Paralympic Committee's athletics coaching advisory croup.
English coach Mike Weinstock believes the gymnastics facilities in Dunedin need to be upgraded to advance the sport.
Last week Kavanagh College pupil Zoe McBride (Otago) soaked up the sun at Purakaunui. Yesterday she turned the heat on her opponents at Lake Ruataniwha.
It is too soon for Mike Henderson to weigh anchor. He still has much of the world to explore.
Top British gymnastics coach Mike Weinstock is holding three days of clinics in Dunedin at the weekend and on Monday.
There is a lot at stake for Otago's elite rowers when they compete at the South Island championships at Lake Ruataniwha this weekend.
It is back to the old. The format for the Commonwealth Games bowls in Glasgow has been changed.
Internationals Anthony Ritchie and Chris Shilling are expected to dominate the elite events at the Otago championships this weekend.
Otago's top female middle-distance runner, Rebekah Greene, hopes to be fit for the Brian Taylor Memorial 3000m in Christchurch on Saturday.
