Steve Hepburn

It would be fair to say Queenstown cricketer Amrit Gossal had his eye in over the weekend. He managed to hit 45 sixes — 270 runs went over the rope from his bat.

The Otago Volts started their twenty20 campaign almost a month early in New Plymouth last night.

Otago has failed to make it through to the top four playoffs at the national provincial championships in Auckland.

The New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame may close in five weeks if it does not get significant funding.

Women's golf these days — it is all about teenagers, who live and breathe the game and have been playing since they were knee-high to a grasshopper.

Otago has gone to the top of the table in its division but nothing is for certain at the national provincial championships in Auckland.

Top sides in the South have applied for, and are waiting to see if they get, approval to bring in overseas players.

The climax of the provincial season takes place this weekend with the finals of the Mitre 10 Cup. Rugby writer Steve Hepburn looks at the two finals.

Josh Ioane has played for the All Blacks and the Maori All Blacks.

The new Highlanders coach will go up against the former one when the Maori All Blacks take on Moana Pasifika in Hamilton early next month.

Horse numbers are up by more than 60% and, although the club received only half what it wanted, it is planning on a successful day.

Otago bagged two wins from two matches yesterday, surviving a wet and mucky day in Auckland at the national provincial companionships.

Otago once again fell at the semifinal stage. The season had looked so promising a month before. Rugby writer Steve Hepburn looks back at what happened and why.

Otago will be hoping to finally get over the line when the national provincial championships start in Auckland today.

The weekend did not make it any easier to stomach Otago’s loss on Friday night.

Ah well, it was probably going to be meaningless anyway.

Otago coach Tom Donnelly did not hide his emotions after tasting defeat last night.

Mosgiel driver Chris Hey made every post a winning one at the Battle of Jacks Ridge event in Auckland last weekend.

The chairwoman and deputy chairman of the Otago Rugby Football Union have been appointed to a new advisory group to work on and developing a new plan for the sport at secondary school level.