Sport

Big assignments for Tauranga boxers

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Four Tauranga Boxing Club members have big assignments in the coming days, as they put their reputations on the line at the re-scheduled 2020 Boxing New Zealand...... Read More

Sid's thoughts on up-coming club rugby season

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz With the second half of the local club cricket season kicking-off last weekend, Sideline Sid's thoughts wandered to up-coming club rugby season in March. While...... Read More

Cricket captures nations attention

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Cricket has had Sideline Sid's attention, left, right and centre, since the Boxing Day Test kicked-off at the Bay Oval. 'Build it and they will come'...... Read More

RIP DES FERROW

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Desmond Joseph Ferrow passed away in early December 2020, aged 87 years of age, after a life well lived. While Des Ferrow was a very well known Western Bay of...... Read More

The development of professional sport

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Sideline Sid had a small grin on his dial after reading reports that Olympic-bound Kiwi heavyweight boxer David Nyika is scheduled to have a professional fight on...... Read More

Black Cap batsman eclipses previous record

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Black Cap batsman Glenn Phillips smashed two centuries in six days at the Bay Oval, to bring further attention to one of the best international cricket grounds in...... Read More

Shining a light on NZ volunteers

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Volunteers are the backbone of this great country. The commitment of hundreds of thousands of unpaid workers gives our nation one of the highest standards of living...... Read More

Tauranga Domain's picturesque cricket ground

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz There are few more picturesque cricket grounds in the country than the Tauranga Domain number two field. With plenty of trees providing spectators with shade and...... Read More

Curling in the South Island

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Sideline Sid and Mrs Sid are away in the South Island for some much needed R&R after the stresses of the last six months. The durable duo have spent a few days...... Read More