Bay of Plenty rugby supporters will be hoping Split Enz got it wrong when they wrote their hit song History Never Repeats.

Kelcy Ballantyne is used to juggling her two major sporting ambitions.

Unlike the McLean Park streaker, John Bary says he isn't about to fulfil all his naked ambitions on the turf calendar.

Western Bay has two more world champions after day one of the Lifesaving World Championships in the South of France yesterday.

The head-to-head clash between Mark Brown and Josh Geary is set to illuminate next week's Carrus Open at Tauranga Golf Club.

A proud team from a tiny school in Papamoa returned home wearing bronze medals from the fourth annual Rippa Rugby Championship held in Wellington this week.

The agony and the ecstasy of playoffs time hit the NZCT AIMS Games yesterday, with a flurry of semifinals and finals in Tauranga.

It may be Aims Games number 11 for tournament director Vicky Semple but she is just as excited about this one as any over the past decade.

The emotional highs and lows of sport were clear for all to see in a drama-packed afternoon of hockey at the Aims Games yesterday.

Photographers John Borren and George Novak capture the action and speed of students taking part in this year's AIMS Games.