Local Sport

Uproar over farcical end to A grade secondary season

Crouch, touch, pause (take a deep breath and start counting 1001, 1002 ... in anticipation of a lightning strike) then engage because this is one ... More

College Sports Results

Hockey Napier Boys' High School were playing Hamilton Boys' in the playoff for fifth at the Rankin Cup premier national secondary schools tournament in Rotorua today.Yesterday, Napier beat Otago Boys' ... More

Women's champion efforts rewarded

Having Caryn Paewai in any hockey side is a boost, even blokes in the Hawke's Bay will attest to that.But having the former Black Sticks player as player/coach is not ... More

Rugby wasn't the winner

"It's a big fat mess."That's the verdict of Central Hawke's Bay first XV rugby coach Duncan Quinlivan after the secondary schools' competition left players, mothers, coaches and teachers seething this ... More

Putting traditional Maori sport on international stage

Zack Makoare has been helping youth as a mentor, support person and role model in Hawke's Bay for the past 25 years, the last eight at Maori health provider Heretaunga ... More

Hypnotherapy and positive vibes in sport

My usually reliable chipping has been letting me down in my weekly round of golf.To be honest I've been nowhere near the money for at least three months. So when ... More

Swimming: Layton creates no passing lane

Jo-Mari Meyer Greendale club swimmer Julian Layton has smashed a Hawke's Bay-Poverty Bay record and is unrivalled in the region in his age group at the Bay of Plenty Winter ... More

Use track records to pick winning horses

THE first thing to look at when analysing the form for a Group 1 weight-for-age race is what experts like to call "class" - the ability the horses have shown ... More

Hastings basketballers pipped in overtime

Basketball Hastings Boys' High School finished second at the Central Region Secondary Schools junior basketball tournament which ended in New Plymouth on Monday. The Thomas Bartlett-coached side lost 82-79 to ... More

Terrorist threat puts an end to jetski record attempt

The threat of terrorism and piracy has put a stop to a New Zealand-based bid to jetski from London to Auckland to raise funds for cancer research. The group of ... More