Mount Maunganui's Bay Oval was the supreme setting for two Twenty20 women's international cricket matches over the weekend between the White Ferns and the West Indies. Photographer ANDREW WARNER captured the atmosphere.

Top young cricketers from Tauranga Intermediate School enjoyed some personal coaching from Tauranga-based Northern Knights batsmen Joe Carter and Bharat Popli at Pemberton Park. The players took the boys through some skill-based training and some one-on-one batting tips. PHOTOS/ANDREW WARNER

Tauranga Girls' College Year 12 student Jessica Bitcheno created history at the Bay of Plenty Secondary School Championships, held at the Tauranga Domain on Tuesday.

New Zealand's foremost mountain goat is among the field for Saturday's The Goat Goes Bush Kaimai event.

Young footballers with a strong link to the Western Bay were in action for the All Whites and Football Ferns yesterday morning.

Williams Cup competition leaders City Sports Bar Te Puke have an eight point break on the other contenders.

The Bay of Plenty Secondary School Athletics Championships was at Tauranga Domain yesterday. The best athletes are to represent the Bay of Plenty at this year's secondary school nationals. Photographer John Borren was there to capture the action.

ASB Arena hosted the first wheelchair rugby matches of the year over the weekend. The action was typically fast and furious in the second division competition between teams from Tauranga, Waikato and Auckland. PHOTOS/ANDREW WARNER

The highlight of the equestrian year in the Western Bay came to an end yesterday after four days of competition. The Bayleys Tauranga Show Jumping Championships began on Thursday at Mills Reef and culminated with the Tauranga Grand Prix on Sunday afternoon. PHOTOS/ANDREW WARNER