Despite having a mountain-bike coach as a partner, Rotorua triathlete Lydia Hale will tell you she's not much of a mountain biker.

Rotorua's two best rugby league clubs will meet in round one of the new Bay of Plenty Coastline premier competition.

It's become a painful business watching the season play out for the Blues, writes Gregor Paul.

A niggling injury has potentially thwarted the return of Olympic silver medallist Sarah Walker at the BMX National Championships in Christchurch starting Friday.

Pre-season predictions of Northern Mystics' success in the ANZ Championship often come with caveats.