
Kaitaia finish prem debut in 5th
It ended as a fairly hapless Saturday afternoon for all five Far North men's sides in action in domestic provincial football competition.
It ended as a fairly hapless Saturday afternoon for all five Far North men's sides in action in domestic provincial football competition.
Anyone remember cult '70s television series, Kung Fu?
There is still a strong representation from the Far North on grand finals day this coming Sunday with the Pawarenga Broncos and Otaua Valleys facing off for the third time this season in the 2015 RLN Championship (lower-tier) grand final.
A number of Kerikeri sailors as well as a couple of former Kerikeri High School students are in Brazil with the NZL Sailing Team campaign preparing to sail in the 2015 Rio Test Event which gets under way this week.
Taj Broughton will certainly be chalking the 2015 winter up as a particularly memorable one.
Taipa Area School will have three netball teams taking the court next season thanks to an ANZ Netball Grant worth more than $3000.
Last Saturday, following the conclusion of the Mangonui senior club rugby finals, Eastern flanker Leon Emery was bestowed with the EJ Thompson Taiaha as the best player over the 2015 domestic season.
The dream of a talented teenage athlete born in Taiwan to represent his adopted country of New Zealand at an elite international boxing championship in Russia in September will now be realised thanks to the kindness of family, friends and strangers.
Well known Far North couple Donna and Paul Scutt were among the latest crop of winners of Sport Northland's Lotto Sport Maker programme.
A record number of 113 gymnasts representing the elite from clubs across the province competed at the annual Kaitaia Gymnastics Club competition earlier this month.
One local league identity impressed with the selection of Brody Tamarua and Te Kahi Nathan for the Kiwis 16s trials in Rotorua this week was Jim Larkin.
Premier division Kerikeri Bay Builders 4 Central Brown 0 (ht 1-0): Sitting second-to-bottom, Central were never likely to give newly crowned NMP champions Kerikeri much trouble, especially at home.
Mangonui's Year 8 and under-15 sides represented their centre with distinction at the Barfoot & Thompson Representative Tournament in Kerikeri at the end of June.
Ancient rivalries between Kaitaia and Eastern in both netball and rugby were rekindled during a day of Golden Oldies sporting action at Taipa earlier this month.
Brooke Ah Sam looks petite and unassuming, but those around her know she is a force to be reckoned with.
Among those celebrating the naming of Waipapakauri-born James Broadhurst in the new All Blacks line-up were grandparents Anne and Graham Broadhurst of Waiharara, affectionately known as "Gran and Grumps" to James and his brother Michael.
Good waves at the local also means good waves at Fiji so plenty of stoke at the sight of Cloudbreak absolutely lighting up for the men's tour of the 2015 World Surf League.
Local knowledge appeared to pay off for the Doubtless Bay Line and Rod Club anglers as they prevailed over their counterparts from the North Shore Fishing Club to reclaim the Youvella Trophy over Queen's Birthday Weekend.
Northland shepherds and their dogs found themselves out of their comfort zone and struggling in the icy conditions which arrived at the start of the national sheep dog trial championships at Taihape during the last week of May.
Local primary schools took an even share of the spoils as various titles went up for grabs at the Kiwi Netball Field Days tournament last month.
A former Northland College student is the latest Far North-based rugby league player to attract the interest of Penrith Panthers franchise.
Terrible weather may have kept plenty away from the Explore Paihia Half Marathon and 12km run/ walk on Sunday, although organisers reported the event was still a well-attended success in spite of the conditions.
This was decent entertainment, as good an advertisement for local women's football as anyone amongst the decent sized crowd who braved the wet and soggy conditions could wish to see.