A good-sized crowd witnessed a great afternoon for two of the three senior Giants softball teams at South Park on Saturday afternoon. Unfortunately the Premier Reserves game was cancelled but the Premier 3’s and the women’s teams played some great softball and each scored fourteen runs to keep the local supporters happy. Bena Moeahu slogs the to the outfield during her team's 14-0 win over Totara Park The women play in the Hutt Valley Women’s Social competition and while the

The region’s top lawn bowlers braved the cloudy and chilly conditions at Carrington Bowling Club on Saturday for their first training session together. Men’s selector Richard Anderson was keeping a close eye on his squad and will announce his team in a week or so for Wairarapa’s annual fixture against Kapiti in November. Women’s selector Tanya Wheeler joined her squad on the greens as they also had their first outing together as a team. Richard says that they’ll probably only

OPINION ‘It should of been a whole lot better’ is how I would describe Wairarapa Bush’s performance in this year’s Heartland Championship. Having watched every home game and read all the reports and comments from their away games, my opinion is that they definitely had the individual skills, the pace, the strength and often the hunger to do a lot better, however they often seemed to lack the ability to work as a complete unit, were guilty of switching off every now and then,

A small but very vocal crowd packed the tiny scaffold-like stand at Howard Booth Park in Carterton on Saturday to watch the Carterton Reapers take on a visiting Birkenhead side. The game, which I’m sure most would agree wasn’t the best technically brilliant football you’ll ever see, was however thoroughly entertaining and funny, and both the players and spectators would have come away happy to have been part of it. Carterton player and spokesperson Rod O’Leary explained that