The best Otago Boys' High School rowing eight was smashed in a road accident after the school team's training on Thursday night.
Defending champion University will be attempting to win the club's 10th Middlesex Cup at the outer University Oval today.
Tom Filmer (Nelson) displayed mental toughness when he convincingly won the New Zealand mountain bike championship hill climb in Dunedin last night.
Australian Peter Fowler gives credit to Greg Turner for his survival in the professional ranks when he emerged from a bad patch.
Blenheim doctor Harriet Harper is expected to dominate the women's downhill races at the New Zealand mountain bike championships in Dunedin this weekend.
The Otago University Rowing club achieved a significant milestone when three of its rowers won red coats for the first time.
Val Muskett (Hill City) was the first New Zealand woman home in the national 100km running championships around Lake Taupo at the weekend.
Hamish Bond (North End) capped off an unbeaten year by being named the New Zealand rower of the year at Lake Ruataniwha on Saturday.
It is not yet set in concrete but Lucy Strack (North End) only has to wait for the cement to dry to book a seat for next year's London Olympics.
Todd Swanson (Southland) produced the best triple jump in New Zealand for five years at the Caledonian Ground on Saturday.
Hamish Bond (North End), the iron man of New Zealand rowing, added two more red coats to his collection at Lake Ruataniwha yesterday.
SPARC expects New Zealanders to win 10 or more medals at the London Olympic Games next year.
Windsurfers travel fast on the Otago Harbour but it is child's play compared to the speeds reached in the famous Lancelin race off the Western Australian coast.
World champion Hamish Bond (North End) has the chance to add two more red coats to his CV at the national rowing championships at Lake Ruataniwha today.
The Otago Harbour has been a happy hunting ground for Gareth Wood, who has won three New Zealand windsurfing titles in the last four years.
The Dunedin Ice Stadium will host the potential decider in the three-match ice hockey series between the United States and Canada being played in New Zealand in July and August.
The pressure will be on defending champions Annie Crombie (Christchurch) and Gareth Wood (Dunedin) when the New Zealand windsurfing slalom championships begin on the Otago Harbour today.
Jim Scott joined an elite band of five Dunedin bowlers when he won his 20th Bowls Dunedin title in the fours on Sunday.
Aleisha Ruske is a water baby. She learned to swim at the age of 3 and joined Punch Tremaine's training squad when she was 9.
Defending champion Lucy Strack (North End) gained a confidence boost when she gained the fastest heat time in her specialist event at the New Zealand championships on Lake Ruataniwha yesterday.