School to host paddock golf event
If you can chip into a toilet bowl, slice it up and over a truck, lob it into a car boot, or bogey it...
Pair looking to set up women’s rugby team
JACK.CONROY@cluthaleader.co.nz
Two rugby players from the Otago-Southland region are trying to put together a women's rugby team encompassing all levels of experience.
Tegan Hollows and Isla...
Girls take up Cook Strait Challenge
john.cosgrove@cluthaleader.co.nz
Four teenagers from Lawrence were excited but very tired after swimming the equivalent of Cook Strait.
The biggest challenge the girls had so far faced...
How to swim Cook Strait without leaving home
JOHN.COSGROVE@cluthaleader.co.nz
Swimming across Cook Strait sounds daunting enough but staying at home and swimming 880 lengths of the local Lawrence pool sounds just as ambitious.
Next...
How to swim Cook Strait without leaving home
john.cosgrove@cluthaleader.co.nz
Swimming across Cook Strait sounds daunting enough but staying at home and swimming 880 lengths of the local Lawrence pool sounds just as ambitious.
Next...
Kaka Point life-savers win Vote the Boat competition
JACK.CONROY@cluthaleader.co.nz
A group of real-life heroes got their time in the spotlight at the 2019 South Otago A&P Show.
The Kaka Point Surf Life Saving Club...
Blade-shearer Jordan has the winning edge
JOHN.COSGROVE@cluthaleader.co.nz
A Balclutha shearer who only took up the blades last year has won the intermediate blade-shearing championship at the New Zealand Corriedale shearing and...
Latta ready for second tilt at Super Cross title
JOHN.COSGROVE@cluthaleader.co.nz
Life on the road competing on a national level can be especially hard for any amateur sports person.
They are usually self-funded – parents and...
Night games ahead for Owaka
The Owaka Rugby Club is looking forward to being able to host night games in the Catlins.
New lights will soon be turned on at...
‘Stoked’ with selection
JACK.CONROY@cluthaleader.co.nz
South Otago High School pupil Keely Hill has been selected for the Otago under-18 women's rugby team.
The 16-year-old said she was "pretty stoked" to...