Sport

Success for social netball team

The Wānaka Lakes Health Centre social netball team are please to announce that they won the adults social B grade this season. The team, mostly made up of staff from the health centre, played against Mountainside in the final.  Team member Heather...... Read More

World-class sports speakers in town

Upper Clutha Sports Community’s (UCSC) has announced its line-up for their speaker series on September 24. ‘Mind over matter: success in the face of adversity’ is the theme of the talks evening, which aims to create a forum for local...... Read More

Special Olympics on now at Cardrona

Yesterday, September 18, Special Olympics New Zealand kicked off the 2019 national winter games at Cardrona Resort. The games are hosted for around 50 athletes with intellectual disabilities and a passion for snowsports, particularly snowboarding and...... Read More

Local girl hops to third in Australia cross-country race

A Wānaka girl has placed third in one of Australasia’s biggest long-distance, cross-country ski races. Twelve-year-old Olivia Helmore raced in the Kangaroo Hoppet 2019 in Falls Creek, Victoria, Australia, on August 24; she came in third in the...... Read More

Braden Currie booked for 2020 World Ironman Championship

Wānaka’s Braden Currie announced he will take on the 2020 World Ironman 70.3 Championship in Taupō; his placement was guaranteed after his win at the Ironman 70.3 Sunshine Coast last Sunday.  With a race finish time of 03:44:47 last weekend,...... Read More

That’s a wrap for Winter Games NZ

Day 16, the day of the Trans-Tasman Challenge and FIS Freeski World Cup Halfpipe Finals, which took place last Saturday at Queenstown Ice Arena and Cardrona Alpine Resort respectively, marked the end of QRC Winter Games NZ 2019, fuelled by Forsyth Barr.  Participants...... Read More

Season ends with victory over Queenstown

Wānaka hosted Queenstown Rovers in their final game at the Wānaka Recreation Centre. Wānaka had the experienced trio of Carmichael, Hodgson and Grehan returning to the starting 11 along with young goalkeeper, Britton Dowling. The opening 20 minutes...... Read More

Hockey season comes to a close

Upper Clutha Senior Reserve B (under 15 years old) took on the unbeaten Cromwell Red team in last Thursday’s (August 29) final. The first half saw Upper Clutha play exceptional hockey. Defenders Maggie Dougherty, Henri Fenn, Caitlin Curtis, Zoe...... Read More

Premiers climb to second place

Wanaka Premiers were under pressure early on at Dunedin’s Ellis Park last Saturday, but debutant goalkeeper Victor Meija produced two crucial saves in the opening minutes to keep Roslyn Wakari at bay. Wanaka responded in 10 minutes when striker...... Read More

Farewell to netball stalwarts

There was a somewhat poignant moment at the Upper Clutha Netball Awards event last Thursday evening (August 29) when Yvonne Brew and Teresa Alexander ‘retired’ from the Netball Upper Clutha executive team and committee. Between the two, they...... Read More