Hawkes Bay TodayBond offers Stags wildcardAT a cursory glance, it comes across as one former cop advocating another but the word is it's pure chance that Shane Bond recommended 27 Dec 04:00 PM
Hawkes Bay TodaySchool's out, pro riding's in for teenHE's only 16 but Charlie Makea has already made up his mind he's going to spend the best part of his life behind bars ... screech 27 Dec 03:40 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayBlack Caps call up Bruce, Wheeler in T20It was always a case of when rather if Central Districts Stags batsman Tom Bruce would represent his country. Yesterday the 25-year-old 26 Dec 04:50 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayCD leap to top rung of Super SmashJUST as it's a sin in cricket to overstep the bowling crease when rolling one's arm, it's also unpardonable for a team to fail to 26 Dec 04:00 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayRambler upstages elite ridersIT'S called a "tootle", which denotes travelling in a leisurely sort of way, but try telling that to the Hawke's Bay Ramblers Cycling 26 Dec 03:40 PM
SportWatch NZH Local Focus: How to make a cricket batCarving, planing and knocking in. With the summer of cricket upon us, James Laver demonstrates the craft that goes into a hand-made cricket bat. Made with funding from NZ On Air.25 Dec 06:35 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayStags must adhere to game planTHE Central Districts Stags were so gung ho about taking scalps and chasing down runs that they failed to see the match blueprint 25 Dec 04:00 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayCD lose but retain No 2 spotIF winning is a habit then is it fair to assume the Central Districts Stags are slowly drifting off course and desperately need to 23 Dec 04:00 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayHistoric wicket move for McLean ParkMcLEAN PARK in Napier is on track to create history in March when it will become a venue for a drop-in wicket during a domestic men's 23 Dec 03:50 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayHome advantage redefined in elite cricketIt's bad enough they are snapping up marquee properties but now the Aucklanders are going to have a rite of passage to prime real 23 Dec 03:45 PM
Hawkes Bay TodaySevens: Crazy seven months for RuruNATIONAL HONOURS: Jonathan Ruru is eager to stay in the All Black Sevens team and push for Super Rugby honours. PHOTO/PAUL TAYLORSevens IT 23 Dec 03:40 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayHB's strong representation at yearling salesLime Country Thoroughbreds, Hawke's Bay's leading vendor at recent Karaka thoroughbred auctions, will have a nine-horse draft in the 23 Dec 01:00 AM
Hawkes Bay TodayRyder pivotal but fitness imperativeFEARS the injured Jesse Ryder is on track to make another cameo appearance this summer have been put to bed ... for now. "I'm not 22 Dec 04:00 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayJazz in, Navman out against NDIt's Patel for Patel but not like for like in the only change to the Central Districts Stags' playing squad today. "Just Ajaz Patel 22 Dec 03:55 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayReynolds' Davis Cup drive strongHISTORY MAKER: Rob Reynolds helped the Hawke's Bay Lawn team win Tennis Eastern's premier men's interclub title for the first time 22 Dec 03:30 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayNTOB in running for NZ club champsLike a seamer measuring his run up again because of an errant front foot, coach Dale Smidt is taking stock of how he will employ motivational 22 Dec 03:15 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayStags leave Wasp in a spin despite lossTHE Wasp was agitated big time from ball one and the morse code was pretty steady with overs that went something like - 6, dot, 421 Dec 04:00 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayHow about 'The Consequence' of liquor?IT seems some people can organise a grossly indecent piss-up in a brewery after all. I mean if you're inebriated, what the heck does 21 Dec 03:35 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayCycling: Pro contract for Bay's world champWorld TourCycling SUGGEST to Hawke's Bay cyclist Natalie Kerwin she's living the ultimate dream and she nods her head. "Yes it's 21 Dec 03:31 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayFormer Bay star bats for disabledREHAB TIME: Former Hawke's Bay softballer Les Broadman (also inset 13 years ago) continues his recovery after 17 strokes and two heart 20 Dec 03:49 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayGrandpa sinks hole in one againTHE odds of a social hacker rattling the cup with one shot in golf is 12,500 to 1, as opposed to a tour professional who reduces it 19 Dec 04:00 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayStags' game moved from 'unsafe' stadiumPlayer safety is paramount, according to Central Districts Cricket chief executive Pete de Wet after a change in venue in New Plymouth 19 Dec 03:50 PM
Hawkes Bay TodaySpeedway: Fifth time lucky for Bay riderTHE BEST: Hawke's Bay's Bradley Wilson-Dean (also inset) after winning the New Zealand Solobike Championship at the weekend. PHOTO/KENNETH 19 Dec 03:30 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayBruce shuffles up to show worth againHE isn't going to say it because the cult of collectiveness in the Central Districts Stags prevents Tom Bruce from publicly analysing 18 Dec 04:00 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayIll-disciplined Bay United slumpFrom a fan perspective it had all the magical ingredients of a great appetiser for the beautiful game just before Christmas. Ten 18 Dec 03:35 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayCornwall put Tech to swordYOU can count on one hand the number of times an opposition can claim to have beaten Napier Technical Old Boys in any format of premier 18 Dec 03:30 PM
Hawkes Bay TodaySaints pitcher 'safe home' despite outburstFEARS Junior Black Sox softball pitcher Adam Woon, of Hawke's Bay, may miss the first game of next month's national under-19 boys' 18 Dec 03:15 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayWheeler toast of undefeated Stags' winIT was frighteningly much closer victory than the Central Districts Stags would have liked last night at McLean Park, Napier. The 16 Dec 04:10 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayCD home by skin of their teethOKAY with all the talk about rain in New Plymouth who would have ever guessed sunstrike, of all things, would hold up play for about 16 Dec 04:00 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayNZSS role takes coach back to rootsIT'S just one of those days for Charissa Barham, fulfilling her obligations with the Woodford House prizegiving ceremony only the 16 Dec 03:45 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayBay striker plays game between earsIT'S just you and the goalkeeper with all the time in the world to plant that flaming ball into the net after inheriting a pearler 16 Dec 03:38 PM
Hawkes Bay TodaySparks fly as bosom buddies battleThey were bosom tennis buddies from the time they attended a primary school of about 30 in Crownthorpe but as Albert Rocard and Andrew 16 Dec 03:10 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayRyder batting but bowling ruled outTHE music was blaring from a ghetto-blaster, the batsmen were humming as they launched shots into orbit but the nearby residents at 15 Dec 04:00 PM
Hawkes Bay TodayLoss hard lesson for Bay U17sTHEY came agonisingly close but it was not to be as Hawke's Bay boys lost by 29 runs to their Taranaki counterparts in the final of 15 Dec 03:39 PM
