Southland

Try and try again proved to be a winning formula for a 26-year-old Waikato-Bay of Plenty sheep and beef farmer who won the 57th Young Farmer of the Year title on Saturday evening in Invercargill.

The Century Farm and Station Awards committee is ready to receive applications for next year’s ceremony.

The Northern Mystics hung on to beat the Southern Steel 56-52 in Auckland on Sunday night.

I have always trained my own dogs, possibly because I enjoyed the challenge, but to buy a fully trained dog when starting out as a young farmer was a costly outlay.

Happy Days will be Nikoia McKelvie’s 14th time choreographing for Gore Musical Theatre and she is showing no signs of slowing down.

Like most other speedway drivers, champion George Hedley does not practise before a race.