Another day, another rising Otago star cracking a ton.
They do it for love, not money, and readers of the Otago Daily Times sports pages over the past few decades should be thankful for that. They are the long-serving ''stringers'', or contributing writers. In the final of three profiles, sports editor Hayden Meikle talks to tennis identity Dennis Radford.
Andrew Sloan's profile on the Balmacewen Intermediate website refers to him as an ''endurance sport junkie and fitness freak''.
Hello again. Trust you all had a pleasant Christmas-New Year and have not been too distressed by the weather (from obscenely hot to grey and drizzly) or the performance of the Black Caps.
Sports editor Hayden Meikle has suggested 12 must-read sports books, and a bonus 12 to fill those quiet summer days. He also asked some others for their favourite sports reads.
This weekend is the 10th - and, sadly, last - national sevens tournament in Queenstown. Steve Hepburn and Hayden Meikle look back over a decade of memories from the event.
A great book is a great book, no matter the subject. So why do sports books often get such a bad name? Sports editor Hayden Meikle - who answers his own question by acknowledging the sports book market has more dross than most - names another 12 sports books you simply must read.
A great book is a great book, no matter the subject. So why do sports books often get such a bad name? Sports editor Hayden Meikle - who answers his own question by acknowledging the sports book market has more dross than most - names the 12 sports books you simply must read.
Citius, altius, fortius - why not add dartsius? Sports editor Hayden Meikle, inspired by the recent world championships, gives eight reasons why feathered flinging should be at the Olympics.
A great book is a great book, no matter the subject. So why do sports books often get such a bad name? Sports editor Hayden Meikle - who answers his own question by acknowledging the sports book market has more dross than most - names the 12 sports books you simply must read.
A great book is a great book, no matter the subject. So why do sports books often get such a bad name? Sports editor Hayden Meikle - who answers his own question by acknowledging the sports book market has more dross than most - names the 12 sports books you simply must read.
They do it for love, not money, and readers of the Otago Daily Times sports pages over the past few decades should be thankful for that. They are the long-serving ''stringers'', or contributing writers. In the final of three profiles, sports editor Hayden Meikle talks to football guru Rab Smith.
THE RUGBY WAR Peter Fitzsimons
PROVIDED YOU DON'T KISS ME Duncan Hamilton Published: 2007. Sport: Football.
A great book is a great book, no matter the subject. So why do sports books often get such a bad name? Sports editor Hayden Meikle - who answers his own question by acknowledging the sports book market has more dross than most - names the 12 sports books you simply must read.
A great book is a great book, no matter the subject. So why do sports books often get such a bad name? Sports editor Hayden Meikle - who answers his own question by acknowledging the sports book market has more dross than most - names the 12 sports books you simply must read.
Published: 1995. Sport: Cricket. Sample: ''Cricketing agnostics habitually accuse us of using the game to blot out the more painful and difficult aspects of life. But what can be more painful and...
Time to play the ABC game. Sports editor Hayden Meikle looks back on the year, with an A to Z of sport in 2012.
They do it for love, not money, and readers of the Otago Daily Times sports pages over the past few decades should be thankful for that. They are the long-serving ''stringers'', or contributing writers. In the first of three profiles, sports editor Hayden Meikle talks to golf guru Bill Trewern.
Sample: ''For reasons I've always found difficult to explain, the Springbok rugby tour of 1956 has stayed in the dark at the back of my mind and haunted my memories.