Sporting Pictures of the Week 29 June
Eastbourne tennis It seemed right that the first ever Calder Cup 2nd division handover to anyone in a canucks jersey includes Phil di Giuseppe in the background flipping off the[…]
Tagged: Rowing
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Sporting pictures of the week :- 19 August
The Rio Olympics, and the all-conquering Men’s’ Pair. When you’ve gone eight years unbeaten you’re probably allowed to treat yourself to a Maccas or two. Mahe Drysdale and Damir Martin[…]
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Diary of an Olympian (Watcher) 15 August
By Keith Miller Well, what a weekend. New Zealand scored another Gold medal – in the closest of close calls – and a couple of other medal hopes were on[…]
Diary of an Olympian (Watcher) 10 August
By Keith Miller It all started so well overnight from a NZ perspective. Yet it could be argued that after so much expectation, this was one of NZ’s most disappointing[…]
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Diary of an Olympian (Watcher):- Preview Summary
By Keith Miller So, we are less than three weeks until the world comes together as one under the Olympic banner (unless of course you happen to be Russian, in[…]
Diary of an Olympian (Watcher) Preview – Part 4 of 5
By Keith Miller Modern Pentathlon You’d think an event combining all the elements of fencing, swimming, horse riding, shooting and running, would get more recognition. Surely there’s something in there[…]
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Sporting pictures of the week :- 31 March
Oxford – Cambridge rowing was held over the weekend. Some would see this as elitist, but the Cambridge women’s’ eight completed the race even after being in a spot of[…]
Introducing Jackie Kiddle
In July, Wellington’s Jackie Kiddle, along with Zoe McBride, won the women’s lightweight double final at the under-23 World Rowing Championships in Bulgaria. In doing so they broke the world[…]
