Sophie Winton, of Hawke's Bay, has spearheaded the New Zealand women's under-21 team to a bronze medal at the canoe polo world championship in France.

Indika Senarathne goes a fair way to add credence to that theory after his second stint in Canada.

Matt Berquist can picture himself picking apples with fellow Magpie Jason Shoemark for a job during May next year.

Former first-class cricketer Ewen Thompson is backing the loan system Central Districts is using to ensure promising players from its provinces are on the park for tournaments.

Let it show for the record that George Konia is a pretty eloquent bloke when it comes to facing the media scrum.

It's not a good time to broach fat or skinny issues when people are getting upset about rib-revealing mannequins at fashion outlets.

It's not quite a case of bring back the biff but more mongrel is a must for the Hawke's Bay Magpies rugby team tomorrow.

Back last week from playing cricket in The Netherlands, veteran wicketkeeper Kruger van Wyk says the enjoyment factor is imperative for the Devon Hotel-sponsored Stags.

It's squeaky bum time as protagonists in the country's elite provincial rugby competition start rummaging in the drawers for remedies to fix that twitch in the left eye.