Multisport News

Christchurch rider Thomas Hubbard has been awarded the BikeNZ U23 scholarship to travel to the USA and join the NOW – MS U25 team based in California for March and early April.

Adventurer, Shaun Quincey, 24, has rowed over 2000km passing the halfway mark on his epic solo rowing expedition from Australia to New Zealand. Celebrations were quickly dampened when Shaun's desalination unit or drinking water machine suddenly failed. Without the ability to create fresh drinking water, Shaun is over 1000km from assistance or rescue potentially putting the crossing in significant risk.

Come rain or shine, the annual Bottle Lake Forest Park Orienteering Day will go ahead on Sunday 21 February. There will be no cancellation or postponement.

Former professional kayaker and award winning documentary filmmaker Polly Green announces her new film project documenting her return to white-water kayaking to pursue a world championship title that has eluded her in the past.

Three kiwi climbers have arrived on the Antarctic Peninsula, only to discover they have been beaten by a French team up the route they planned to take on the remote Mt Parry.

Thirteen cycle trails got the nod today to go through to feasibility studies for inclusion in Nga Haerenga, The New Zealand Cycle Trail project.

The Green Prescription (GRx) team at Sports Canterbury is looking forward to an energetic start for its Be Active 2010 term starting this month after posting an excellent result for its 2009 programme.

Police are trying to find out the identity of a cyclist who was seriously injured in a road crash last night (Monday, 8 February), and locate witnesses who saw the car that collided with him.