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Scorching round wins tournament for Bakermans
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A nine-under par 63 by Jordan Bakermans, and a 69 by Harry Bateman, enabled the pair to come from five shots back to win the Grant Clements Memorial tournament.Injured Cecilia Cho back on her feet
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While New Zealand golfer Lydia Ko has been hogging the headlines in Australia, classy compatriot Cecilia Cho has been literally cooling her heels back home.Tom Taylor eyes his first Super Rugby cap
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Tom Taylor will be hoping to get noticed more at Eden Park next Friday night than he did at Rainbow's End yesterday.McCaw taking it one less painful step at a time
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Richie McCaw's interviewers changed but the questions didn't.Crusaders' Tony Thorpe heads to Brumbies
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Crusaders manager Tony Thorpe has switched to the Brumbies.
Injuries claim promising rider Cameron Jones
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The mentor of Christchurch motorcyclist Cameron Jones says Canterbury motorsport has lost one of its "most promising and genuinely nice guys".Franchises in battle for hearts and minds
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It is not just rugby's dancing girls who are dusting off their pom-poms.Referees tackle sticky breakdown area
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Super referees are talking tough again.Micah McGoldrick tops classes
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Micah McGoldrick is now a marked rider.Paddon can't wait for Portugal's gravel
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Here we come Portugal. Bring on the gravel.Coast to Coast - tough even for the fittest
OPINION: Psst, Canterbury couch potatoes. Want to know how tough it is to do the Coast to Coast's Longest Day? Ask ex-All Black Dallas Seymour, who was famed for his fitness in his rugby career.
Athlete trailblazes for disabled
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A Christchurch woman has become the first blind person to complete the Speight's Coast to Coast event.Mission accomplished: one down
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Robbie Fruean was the only casualty during the Crusaders' 19-8 victory over the Hurricanes in their hit-and-run mission on Saturday.McCord, van Beek play lead roles
All-rounders Logan van Beek and Ben McCord's individual performances were the highlights of Saturday's Metropolitan club cricket action.
Tactix get back that winning feeling
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The 2012 Canterbury Tactix are the best-balanced side in the franchise's five-year history.Victor couple may quit longest day
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Richard and Elina Ussher gave a strong hint they will not be back to compete in the Coast to Coast one-day races.Dragons still second-placed
Coach Keith Braithwaite regards Canterbury United's draw with Team Wellington as "one point gained for us and two lost for them".
Crusaders' field day
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The setting was unusual for Super Rugby even if the result was no surprise.
Ussher wins fifth Coast to Coast title
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LATEST: Nelson multisporters Richard and Elina Ussher have become the first husband and wife to win the Coast to Coast crowns in the same year.UK league coach searches for Crusaders' secret
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Copping a hiding from Kurt Sorensen was one memory Brian Noble failed to shake when he joined the Crusaders this week.Teen Tom Latham boosts his bank balance
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Teenage Tom could do no wrong and is now a wealthy young man.Canterbury ready to climb off bottom rung
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Every marathon starts with a single step and the Canterbury Tactix take their first of many today as they strive to get back to netballing competitiveness.Keeling puts Coast to Coast faith in new kayak
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Toni Keeling is hoping a new kayak will carry her to the point of success in the women's Coast to Coast two-day individual race today.Canterbury coach promotes Aaron Clapham
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Canterbury United coach Keith Braithwaite believes captain Aaron Clapham is in the best form of his career and is disappointed at his omission from the All Whites.Wyatt Crockett working to shed specialist tag
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Prop Wyatt Crockett has buried an early-season dart into Steve Hansen's hide.Little rest for Tactix players this season
The Canterbury Tactix players will be flat out on and off the court this season.
Surprise Coast to Coast leader hurt on run
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Multisport greenhorn Nathan Bell was a surprise leader of the men's two-day individual Coast to Coast race at the end of the first day.Disabled athlete makes cut
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Neelu Memon qualified for the second leg of the Coast to Coast with only 30 minutes to spare.
Bell leading two-day individual race
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Christchurch's Nathan Bell is leading the Coast to Coast men's two-day individual race after a brilliant mountain run over Goat Pass today.Food bill hit family
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Braeden Whitelock says he shipped his four sons to boarding school because they were chewing a massive hole in the family budget.Coubrough pushing for title at Coast to Coast
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James Coubrough learned in his Coast to Coast last year the importance of having the right gear.Fleur Pawsey inspired by sitting on sideline
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Watching good friend Sophie Hart win the Coast to Coast women's one-day race stirred Fleur Pawsey's competitive spirit one last time.Wizards internationals out of match
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New Zealand Cricket have blocked the Canterbury Wizards from playing their internationals in next week's festival Twenty20 match.Usshers plan for family double
Richard Ussher makes no secret of the fact that he and his wife Elina would love to become the first husband and wife to win the one-day Coast to Coast.
All Blacks not sole aspirants for Halberg Awards
Controversy is getting ready for its favourite night out, the Halberg Awards.
Rough going for Tactix's English imports
Getting roughed up by their team-mates was hardly the sort of welcome new Canterbury Tactix netball imports Stacey Francis and Jo Harten were expecting.
Argentina trip to chase third rugby cup win
When Argentina's Club El Nacional sought support for an international rugby tournament 13 years ago, the High School Old Boys Rugby Football Club was the only overseas invitee to declare its interest.
Powell still on Olympic course
Leading New Zealand eventer Caroline Powell may have been omitted from the initial 2012 high performance squad but the smart money would be on her inclusion in the Olympic team for London.
Spectators told to seek spot on route
Coast to Coast organiser Robin Judkins is encouraging spectators to secure vantage points along the course because of earthquake damage near the Sumner Beach finish line.
Ex-Coast to Coast champs extol race
Former Coast to Coast champions are convinced the trans-South Island race is as challenging now as it was 30 years ago.
Broken finger puts Brownlie out for month
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Injured Black Cap Dean Brownlie knows he has got no-one else to blame for putting his middle order spot in the test side at risk.First Coast to Coast champion returns
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The Coast to Coast's first champion is aiming to better his original time when he competes in the Longest Day race.Former sevens star steps up for Longest Day
Dallas Seymour had an excellent excuse to behave himself at the Wellington rugby sevens last weekend.
Ticket price hike rejected by Crusaders
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The financially crippled Crusaders have refused to lift ticket prices.Brownlie injury will test batting depth
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Dean Brownlie's dream start to his international career has come to a shuddering halt and left New Zealand coach John Wright with some head-scratchers ahead of South Africa's arrival next week.Proteas real opponents after rickety Zimbabwe
The South African cricket tour of New Zealand starting next week can't come soon enough.
Cash incentive for South Africa
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South Africa have a cash incentive to thrash the Black Caps in the looming three-test cricket series in New Zealand.Crusaders, All Blacks miss Laureus Awards
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The All Blacks and Crusaders were overlooked when the Laureus Award winners were unveiled in London.Stockdale reigns supreme in South Island dressage
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Lynley Stockdale and Komplete Kaos are the new South Island grand prix dressage champions.Schoolgirl the youngest holder of a centre title
Leeston schoolgirl Teaghan Mower, 12, created Canterbury bowls history when she became the youngest player to capture a centre championship title yesterday.
Woman felt sex life was on trial
Speaker refuses extra cash for deaf MP
Red-zoners push up city house sales
Cera urged to 'keep nibbling' at cordon
Wall of silence on Merivale mall
Not angry or bitter over loss of wife
Same red-zone deadline causes stress
Pike River boss tells of job-hunt emails
Safety a priority as cathedral prospects take a rocky turn
Deaf Christchurch MP made to pay
Scammer's no-show 'no surprise'
Barriers didn't protect from falling facades
Did Richie do the right thing to refuse a knighthood?