Up and running again
The Balclutha Association Football Club’s five-a-side soccer tournament continued after its holiday break last Tuesday evening with 14 mixed teams and 14 men’s teams...
Ready to race
After many members of the Kaitangata Black Gold BMX club showed good form over the summer break racing in championship races around the South...
Golf effort in rain raises thousands for charity
JOHN.COSGROVE
@cluthaleader.co.nz
The start of the race was a quiet but sodden affair.
Torrential rain belted down as the two golfers played their first drives off into...
Racing a way of life for rising star
JOHN.COSGROVE
@cluthaleader.co.nz
You sit there all alone.
It’s cramped and you’re surrounded by steel bars. The noise and the smells are intense.
No! You are not in jail...
Motocross riders complete series in slippery conditions
The final of the 42nd Southern Series motocross drew a big crowd of competitors and supporters to the Balclutha Riverside Reserve track at the...
Preparation key to churning out talent
JOHN.COSGROVE
@cluthaleader.co.nz
The secret why South Otago keeps supplying the Otago junior touch representative sides with talent is preparation, South Otago junior touch convener Emma Pune...
Kaitangata BMXer gains NZ ranking
JOHN.COSGROVE
@cluthaleader.co.nz
She did it. . . Aida Begg (10) brought home the Kaitangata Black Gold BMX Club’s first national ranking, and it has only taken...
Marathon approaches
JOHN.COSGROVE
@cluthaleader.co.nz
With less than a month to go, runners are out pounding the pavement, preparing for the Balclutha half marathon.
The event, organised by Cross Recreation...
Reds versus the blues
The South Otago U14 Red team faced off in a home game against the OBHS U14 Blue team in Balclutha last Saturday. The final...
Bond leads locals on Catlins rally
JOHN.COSGROVE
@cluthaleader.co.nz
Balclutha rally driver Dean Bond was happy with his fourth place at last weekend’s 20th anniversary Catlins Coast Rally.
“It was a well›earned fourth place....