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Rowing: Selection fires up Olympic dream
Tauranga's latest rowing sensation is still coming to terms with making the New Zealand under-21 team to race their Australian counterparts in a two-test series in Sydney in July.
Rugby: Rotoiti set to find if they're real deal
Whether Rotoiti are serious challengers for the Bayfair Baywide title, or just off to a better than usual early season start, will be revealed at Te Puke Sports tomorrow.
Surf Lifesaving: Crews put skill, fitness to test
One last fleeting reminder of what we enjoyed over the summer hits the Bay of Plenty coast tomorrow with The Epic-IRB Long Haul back for its second year.
Rugby: Schools comp kicks off
The Chiefs Wide Secondary School First XV Competition begins tomorrow and will run over four weeks.
Tauranga City v Oratia United Northern League 2nd Division.
The weekend could barely have worked out any better for Northern League Division Two contenders Tauranga City United. Spurred on by a pair of favourable results elsewhere and news the club has secured a new major sponsor, the Blues romped home 5-0 against Oratia United AFC at their Links Avenue fortress yesterday. Their 3-0 lead at the break was built on a steady, unflustered foundation pivoting around captain Sam O'Regan at the back, who time and again picked his targets with a scything left foot.