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Interview - Steve Knowles |
 Steve Knowles gives his predictions for top 5 women and men for this
year's Coast to Coast coming up on 12th & 13th Feb. "Those who
have given the most time & committment to their training will have got
the best build up"... to this legendary race.
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Large Australian presence in NZCT International women's cycling tour |
Sydney-sider Rochelle Gilmore is expected to be very much to the forefront among a powerful Australian contingent in the NZCT Women's Cycling Tour of New
Zealand from February 24 to 28.
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Athletics Test Team Announced |
 Athletics New Zealand has named the team to contest the Trans Tasman 21 Test Match against Australia on Saturday 20 February at Douglas Track & Field in Waitakere, Auckland. The test match for athletes twenty one years
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Police try to ID cyclists |
 Police are trying to find out the identity of a cyclist who was seriously injured in a road crash last night (Monday, 8 February), and locate witnesses who saw the car that collided with him.
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Mt Lyford Challenge - Go in the draw for a free entry... |
 The Mt Lyford Challenge, includes
the Vasque - Mt Terako Extreme Challenge "New Zealand's most challenging adventure run" There are walking or running categories with 5 Races
to choose from. Why not make a weekend
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Students Preparing for Tough Hillary Challenge Qualifier |
 In just over a week's time 240 secondary school adventure racers will descend on the Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Pursuits Centre at Tongariro National Park for the 2010 Genesis Energy Hillary Challenge Qualification event.
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 Athletics round up of Kiwi's racing both locally and on the international scene - Nick Willis started his 2010 international racing season in fine style winning the Boston Indoor Games mile for the second year in a row. US Indoor Alice Taylor ran 17m 9.49s...more
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Top Women Sprint Back to Christchurch |
 New Zealand record holder Monique Williams will return to Christchurch for the 200m event at the International Track Meet on March 18th, the same meet where she set a New Zealand resident record for that distance in 2009.
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Hot Weather and Hot Racing in the Bay |
 Round Four of the RaboPlus NZ MTB Cup was completed over the weekend in Rotorua and Tauranga in hot and muggy weather conditions. Racing in Saturday's Downhill, held in Rotorua's Whakarerwarewa Forest and Sunday's Cross Country at the
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Moodie improves as Eckstein dominates ironman series |
 Reigning champion Shannon Eckstein climbed back into the winner's circle in today's fourth round of the Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Ironman Series at Alexandra Headland, Queensland, while New Zealand's Daniel Moodie grabbed a couple more big scalps.
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Father & Daughter Circumnavigating South Island in Charity Quest |
 The idea of a charity quest sprang to mind from discussions around the camp fire during a famly trip around Fiordland. Father and daughter team Max and Melanie Grant...
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Dodds And Samuels Victorious At National Sprint Triathlon |
 It was a day of celebration for Wanaka athletes as Taupo turned on a stunning day for the latest round of the Contact Tri Series at Kinloch with victory going to southerners Nicky Samuels and Tony Dodds. Racing doubled as the National Sprint Distance Championships
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Emotional win for Titahi Bay surf boat crew |
 Titahi Bay scored an poignant win at the North Island surf boat championships in Waihi Beach yesterday and in doing so, secured the national series title with a round to spare. In 2000, three teenagers from the club were killed in a car accident when their car
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Tourist tramper saved by Txts |
 At about 9.00pm on Saturday Police were advised of a Greek tourist missing on Mt Ruapehu. The tourist, a 30 year old male, Marios Symeonidis had become separated from his companion at about 6.30pm and had not been seen since.
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Sprint Distance Triathlon titles |
 National Sprint Distance Triathlon titles go on the line at Kinloch tomorrow with the U19 and U23 athletes given the opportunity to race shoulder to shoulder with the elites over the 750m swim, 20km bike and 5km run distance.
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Trampers airlifted from slip face in Ruahine Ranges |
 At about 10.00am the Police received notification of two trampers in difficulties in the Ruahine Ranges. The trampers (a male and a female) had requested Police assistance through a text message to a third party. The third party had rung Police.
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Gordon Walker is the men's defending champion for this year's Speights
Coast to Coast, having won it in 2007 and again last year. He's not
sure of top contenders who could knock him off his perch, as there's
always a few surprises.
