Now that's impressive . . .

Anendra Singh
A S AMERICAN country singer Shania Twain would ask: "So you think you're something special, then?"
You know, dropping off and picking up the kids from their sports venue, driving the non-sporty spouse home from work, then making a mad dash through red traffic lights to that rugby league, cricket or softball match.
Well, read about Bronson Meehan's life in the fast lane and you be the judge of whether "it don't impress you much".
The 18-year-old doesn't think he's Brad Pitt or anything, but he will wear three caps in the space of 13 days.
Tomorrow, the New Zealand Under-19 indoor cricket representative will head off to Auckland to play three tests against Australia, from Thursday through to Saturday.
From there, Meehan arrives home on Sunday, October 5, in time for dinner with his parents, Michael and Cherie, and little brother, Zeb, at their Napier home before piling into a minibus the next morning with his Hawke's Bay under-19 golf representative team members for the annual New Zealand Amateur Interprovincial Tournament, to be staged in Cambridge from Monday, October 7, to Friday, October 10.
"We'll play 36 holes each day after a practice round on Monday," the teenager told SportToday following a late night session of umpiring at the indoor cricket facility at Pandora Pond, in Napier.
At the conclusion of the golf tourney that Friday night, Meehan will make a beeline for home but dinner with his parents at an earthly hour will be out of the question.
He'll have to chuck his golf clubs in the garage and pull out and dust his outdoor cricket equipment from last season for the first match of the 2008-09 season for his Napier Technical Old Boys premier team on Saturday, October 11.
So how does he do it?
"Oh, I've done it in cricket before. Now and then, I've played for the Central Districts Under-17 team then returned in time for a school trip for back-to-back matches," he said yesterday.
"Should be all right as I'm pretty fit - oh, at least I'd like to think that I am."
In between working for Craig Findlay's Kelly Sports outfit (providing outdoor sports activities for children), Meehan packs in Tuesday and Thursday outdoor cricket training sessions with CD age-group coach and former New Zealand international Mark Greatbatch.
Weekly Napier Tech club practices at Whitmore Park also have to be pencilled in.
"I put in a couple of hours of putting and chipping practices once a week, too," the one-handicapper from Maraenui Golf Club said.
Having left Napier Boys' High School this year, Meehan credits his school for his mental and physical fortitude.
"They were good that way. We were the Super 8 cricket champions this year and, in golf this year, we created history for Napier Boys by winning the Super 8 golf tournament against Rotorua Boys' High School when we won by one shot," he said.
Meehan, who was a prefect, said touring to the United Kingdom last year with the school team was also an invaluable experience in coping with a life out of suitcase.
So what will take precedence between cricket and golf when things come to a head?
There's no hesitation as the top-order batsman for CD Under-19 and Tech plays an educated offdrive close to his bat/pad: "I have more of a future in cricket with the New Zealand age-group training and camps as well as the New Zealand indoor cricket selection after I was named the player of the tournament [at the national championship in Christchurch in late July]."
A right-arm offspinner, Meehan sees his career highlights last season as taking four scalps for the CD under-19s against Canterbury in Lincoln and grafting his way to 151 runs against Auckland at Nelson Park, Napier.
He credits CD development officer Scott Briasco and Tech stalwart Findlay for his cricketing prowess with Greatbatch and the Bay senior men's coach, Dale Smidt, making contributions as of late.
"Golf is more of a passion thing. I'm a solid Bay junior and, hopefully, next season I'll be in the senior men's side."
Spurning invitations from mates over the years to play video and electronic games, Meehan considers himself an "outdoorsy person".
It's a trait he gets from his horticulturist father who was former age-group rugby player.
"I used to play a little rugby in school but I was too small and there's a lot of big fellows out there these days so I quit," Meehan said.