The Kerikeri High School girls' cricket team recorded a historic victory over their arch-rivals in Whangarei this week.

Twenty Northlanders featured among a team of 50 Maori taking in the World Indigenous Games which wrapped up on Sunday in the Brazilian city of Palmas.

Two of the most successful players the Kaitaia Squash Club has produced were on top of their game at the New Zealand Squash Masters Tournament in Hawke's Bay earlier this month.

The annual NAKFA 7-a-side twilight soccer championship kicks off on the Kaitaia College top fields tomorrow evening and once again, organisers were pleased to report all 16 places were filled within two days of entries opening.

Following four successful seasons in charge, Alex Smits dropped a bombshell last week by announcing he was stepping down as general manager of Rugby League Northland.

Having flown home from Sydney to attend the Hokianga Pioneers' end-of-season prizegiving, Louis Katene ended up pleasantly surprised on being presented with the Rookie of the Year title.

Former Black Fern Cheryl Smith - "a woman in a man's world" - is the toast of the Kaikohe Rugby Club after receiving $2000 in sports merchandising vouchers through the "Thank a Sport Maker" programme.

In similar fashion to their rugby cousins in the Taniwha, the Northern Swords concluded their NZRL National Premier Competition campaign without a win or a draw to their name after going down to the Bulls at Toll Stadium in the final round in Whangarei on

History was about to go by the board, spokesman Kevin Briscoe said last week after the Kaitaia Combined Bowling Club's property in Matthews' Avenue Kaitaia was advertised for sale by tender.

At just 30 years of age Boris Jurlina has achieved a rugby refereeing milestone few other Northland Rugby Referees' Association members have equalled - he's refereed his 100th premier game.

The 2015 PIC Coastal Classic race from Devonport in Auckland to Russell in the Bay of Islands on October 23 will be streamed live online at www.coastalclassic.co.nz

The past summer of big gamefishing was celebrated at the Ahipara Gamefish Club's recent annual prizegiving at the Kaitaia Golf Club.

High school students from as far north as Kaitaia College to Maungaturoto in the south of the province represented their schools as individuals and in five person teams at the fifth and final event of the 2015 Northland Fish & Game Secondary Schools Clay

At the halfway point of the 2015 Tanoa Paihia Hotel Rally of the North on Saturday, the field of 43 had already been cut down to 32.

No fairytale ending for the Kerikeri Masters who fell at the final hurdle in their quest to achieve the double and add the Stafford Choat Bowl to the Northland Men's 2nd Division title.

Any neutral motorheads from these parts wondering who to support when the Rally of the North blasts by their gaff on Saturday need look no further than Barry Gibbs.

Shelley Kitchen has made a strong comeback to the squash scene, placing in the top four at the recent New Zealand senior championships in Christchurch.

Home advantage paid off for members of the hosting club at the Northland Residentials squash tournament in Kaitaia last weekend.

The hapless season continues for Northland with their third comprehensive loss on the trot, this one coming in front of a home crowd at Toll Stadium on Sunday.

Mangonui's Clayton Jones earned his first gold star after helping his team to a centre title at the Kaitaia Primary School on Sunday.

Having the average weight set at 7.44kg was evidence of the good fishing enjoyed in the latest Doubtless Bay Line and Rod Fishing Club contest.

A quartet of Kaitaia's elite gymnasts bought back a gold, a silver and three bronze medals respectively after competing at the annual Northland Championships in Whangarei earlier this month.

The Far North Darts Association began its annual post season sixes tournament last Wednesday evening and the first round saw about 11 new players taking to the boards along with the return of past players such as John Hunter.