Age jump no problem
By PHILIP CHANDLER
Despite having just left the under-16 ranks, Queenstown golfer Sumin Kang blitzed the South Island U19 girls’ field in Christchurch last week.
The...
‘Felt like comeback’
By CASS MARRETT
Queenstown showjumper Lucy Olphert and her horse, Beaudie, have taken out the 2021-’22 Matthews Hannoverians 7yo series, a national competition for seven-year-old...
Chris bossed it
By PHILIP CHANDLER
A Queenstown runner says the ‘‘electric energy’’ from the crowd helped him complete the famous Boston Marathon in the United States last...
Two resort skaters on a roll
By LUCY WORMALD
History was made last weekend when Invercargill held its first-ever roller derby tournament.
Skaters from across the South Island rolled into the city...
Pluck of the Irish
By PHILIP CHANDLER
Irish eyes were smiling at Arrowtown’s Jack Reid Park recently as Gaelic sports took over a field more used to witnessing rugby...
Racing ahead
By CASS MARRETT
A Queenstown enduro driver’s ended an exceptional season, placing second overall in
the South Island Enduro Series, and being named overall winner at...
Oliver’s tracking well
By LUCY WORMALD
Queenstown's Oliver Watson-Palmer will compete for New Zealand at UCI Track Cycling Junior World Championships in Tel Aviv this August.
The 18-year-old is...
Big kayak mission for charity
By LUCY WORMALD
Twenty-year-old Brooke Hart’s taking on Lake Whakatipu with nothing but a kayak this weekend, paddling almost 80km from Kinloch to Kingston while...
Runner chasing ‘holy grail’
By PHILIP CHANDLER
For his 24th marathon, a Queenstowner’s this month competing in the ‘holy grail’ of marathons — and also chasing his fastest time.
Chris...
Record score clinches Classic
By PHILIP CHANDLER
Tauranga pro Josh Geary’s pictured with the Sir Bob Charles Trophy after snaring the inaugural two-day Millbrook Classic at Arrowtown’s Millbrook Resort...
Rowers excell
By PHILIP CHANDLER
Wakatipu High’s never been known as a pre-eminent rowing school, but that all changed on the waters of Twizel’s Lake Ruataniwha last...
Aerial combat
By PHILIP CHANDLER
The Eagles’ Josh Shanahan, left, contests the ball with the Bombers’ David Beattie in an Aussie Rules game played at the Queenstown...