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Posted at 3:18pm Thursday 23rd Feb, 2012
 Openside flanker Sam Cane will remain a regular face in Bay of Plenty rugby after resigning with the Steamers for the next three seasons.
Sam, an IRB junior player of the year finalist in 2011, originally signed with the BOP Rugby Union in 2009 while still at Reporoa College.
Steamers player Sam Cane has resigned with BOP Rugby Union for another three...
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Posted at 8:18am Thursday 23rd Feb, 2012
 Mount Maunganui beach is hosting the country’s best young surf lifesaving stars today as the Oceans 12 New Zealand Under-14 Championships start.
The four-day carnival beginning today attracts more than 700 athletes from 41 clubs.
Action from last year’s Oceans 11 New Zealand under-14 championships in Mount Maunganui. Photo: Jamie...
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Posted at 8:14am Thursday 23rd Feb, 2012 | By Barry Leabourn
 Bay of Plenty and Northern Spirit all-rounder Anna Peterson has become what is believed to be Bay of Plenty’s first White Fern.
Anna joins the national women’s side to play against England in the two nation series and follows two good knocks for emerging New Zealand players against England.
Bay of Plenty all-rounder Anna Peterson. Photo:Annette...
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Posted at 4:07pm Wednesday 22nd Feb, 2012
 Tauranga is establishing itself as a successful windsurfing centre following success at the National Championships with two local sailors taking out their divisions.
Sailing on a one design Bic Techno board, Mount Maunganui sailor Alex Hart won the hotly contested under-17 division at last weekend’s competition.
Alex Hart with the Lynch Trophy...
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Posted at 3:06pm Saturday 18th Feb, 2012
 The New Zealand secondary schools volleyball championship is set to crown champions on Sunday, after today’s pool play saw the top teams chosen to move to the finals.
Today also marks an special occasion, with the Olympic qualifier being held at Mount Maunganui for the first time.
Ben O’Dea, from Tauranga, spikes the ball in the game against...
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Posted at 8:30am Saturday 18th Feb, 2012 | By Barry Leabourn
 The big match-up in the Williams Cup in recent seasons has been the games between Platinum Pacific Reclad Mount Maunganui and Element IMF Cadets.
This weekend at Blake Park, hostilities will resume when the two Baywide heavyweights again go head to head in battle.
In the last two years, the two Western Bay of Plenty sides have each lifted aloft in...
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Posted at 12:41pm Friday 17th Feb, 2012 | By Barry Leabourn
 Two Bay of Plenty age group cricket players have a shot at playing in a four nations under-19 cricket tournament in Australia during April 2012.
Joe Carter and Sean Davey have been selected to attend a New Zealand under-19 selection camp being held at Lincoln just outside Christchurch from today until February 23.
The best under-19 players in the country...
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Posted at 8:49am Friday 17th Feb, 2012
 Papamoa athlete Sam Durrant has backed up his third place finish at the NZ Triathlon Champs with a silver medal at the National Aquathlon Champs.
The event, in Nelson at the weekend, made for a long day for Sam, with him flying to the South Island early for a midday start.
Mount Maunganui head boy, triathlete Sam Durrant, runs in for a race transition...
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Posted at 11:59am Wednesday 15th Feb, 2012
 Mount Maunganui surfers Jordan Griffin and Mackenzie Christie are heading to Panama to compete at the 2012 ISA World Junior Surfing Championships.
The two surfers were named today in the Rip Curl New Zealand Junior Surfing Team heading to the event in April.
Ella Williams is heading to Panama for the 2012 ISA World Junior Surfing Championships. Photo:...
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Posted at 9:05am Wednesday 15th Feb, 2012 | By Barry Leabourn
 A relook at the Northern Districts Development standings has resulted in the Bay of Plenty Development team being awarded the Basil McBurney Trophy.
This trophy is awarded the winner of the annual ND Development competition.
With uncertainty around the points table, ND declared that while Northland and Bay of Plenty had finished on equal points –...
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