The start of the summer beach volleyball season attracted 100 teams and perfect weather to the Mount main beach on Saturday. Andrew Warner snapped the action.

The Bay of Plenty Blind Cricket Festival Day is to be held at the Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui on Sunday.

Two Bay Blokart Club sailors earned podium places at the Auckland Blokart Championships, held at Ardmore Airport last weekend.

Bay of Plenty driver Ant Pedersen will team up with fellow Kiwi driver Andre Heimgartner and the Super Black Racing team to contest Bathurst on Sunday.

Maybe even more influential than the absence of Corey Webster was what else the Breakers were missing in their season-opening defeat.

For the first time, all league players are expected to undergo a heart scan next NRL season before they take the field.

Coach Stephen Kearney is confident Issac Luke and Adam Blair will flourish in their roles as Kiwis co-captains for the four match tour of England.

The new Baywide cricket season is set to begin tomorrow, with seven teams chasing premier honours in the Baywide Cup, Twenty20 and Williams Cup.

Belvedere Tauranga City United's promotion to the Northern League Premier league opens up opportunities for the best young talent to stay put in the Western Bay.

Papamoa Surf Club is looking to secure a rare hat-trick of titles at the 2015 New Zealand Pool Championships to be held in Auckland.