TRAINING HARD: Rotorua mountainbiker Sam Shaw has been training six days a week to get ready for the Youth Olympic Games which start on August 14. ANDREW WARNER 290710AW10 Teen rider amped for youth Olympics

Sam Shaw can't wait to represent New Zealand at next month's Youth Olympic Games. The 17-year-old Rotorua Lakes High School student has been spending endless ...
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Rotorua may lose status in series

Rotorua is in danger of losing its mantle as the Mecca of mountainbiking claims the man who built the forest's first trails. Mountain Bike New Zealand last week revealed which ...
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Avery gets trial with Armstrong's cycle team

Rotorua cyclist Clinton Avery is one step away from achieving his professional contract dreams. The 22-year-old national under-23 road and time-trial champion has been signed up to Lance Armstrong's Team ...
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Public can help locate last pieces in rugby puzzle

  Brent Drabble's passion for Bay of Plenty rugby has taken him into libraries, cemeteries, newspapers and clubrooms all over the country. Now the Rotorua historian has taken his search ...
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Public can help locate last pieces in rugby puzzle

Brent Drabble's passion for Bay of Plenty rugby has taken him into libraries, cemeteries, newspapers and clubrooms all over the country. Now the Rotorua historian has taken his search to ...
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Indians delighted to draw with favoured CBD

It's said that football is a funny old game but after three Midlands Intercity hockey matches on Saturday, the analogy could be transferred to that ball sport. On paper Rotorua ...
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Ngongotaha move into grand final

CLUB LEAGUE "I'm off to the grand final," were the words of celebration from Ngongotaha captain Joe Nuku after their team won a tough semifinal over Pikiao 30-28. More than ... More

 
Convincing wins put Bay Masters on course for shot at national title

Bay of Plenty Masters have kept their national badminton title hopes alive with convincing wins against Taranaki and Waikato. The Bay team competed against the two regions in the championship ...
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Braid gets best of both worlds with Blues deal

That was one of the things I got from the end of season review at the Chiefs - that maybe I had some more to learn about the No 7 ...
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Penalties cost women rafters gold medal

    RAFTING by Kelly Exelby sport@dailypost.co.nz Rotorua-dominated New Zealand teams have been among the medals at the world rafting championships, with the men grabbing bronze in the gruelling downriver ...
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