Athletics
Wairarapa's leading field eventers are in for a busy time over the next few weeks.
Five of a squad being mentored by one of the country's top throws coaches, John Quinn, will be competing at the Sola Power competition in Wellington on Easter Saturday as a final rehearsal for the North Island Secondary Schools Championships in Masterton seven days later. And three of the squad have been invited to compete at the New Zealand hammer throw festival in Hastings early next month.
The Sola Power event is being hosted by a man described as a "throws icon", Samoan Olympian Shanka Sola, who these days runs a training academy in the Hutt Valley.
Representing Wairarapa will be Katie Smith in the shot put and discus, Emma Kruszona in the hammer and discus, Tim Girling-McLean in the shot put and brother-and-sister Tom and Grace Quinn, both in the hammer throw.