Cricket
Wairarapa cricket development co-ordinator Sam Curtis is about to confront a new challenge.
Curtis has been selected by New Zealand Cricket and the Samoan Cricket Association to spend six weeks in Samoa with the aim of growing the game there and readily admits it will be a steep learning curve for himself and those he will be working with.
"Obviously, there will be cultural aspects which I have to pick up on and I guess some of the programmes I will be looking to put into place won't have been done before but it shouldn't be a problem. It's just a matter of everybody working together to make a difference."
With Cook Island and Maori in his ancestry, Curtis has always been interested in the development of the Polynesian races in the sport of cricket.