Women's rugby
Considering we are in a rebuilding phase, things have gone well. We seem to be heading in the right direction. Dennis Dougherty, club stalwart Women's rugby in Eketahuna is alive and kicking.
But it might be a bit much to expect them to be among the front-runners in the Manawatu premier division competition this season.
The transfer of prolific try-scorer and Black Fern Shakira Baker was always going to be a big blow to Eketahuna because of her almost freakish ability to create tries out of nothing.
Her absence has been compounded by the unavailability of star forward Perri Tatana-Williams and injuries to two other key members of their backline, Tatiana Tafatu and Laura Gavin, both of whom are sidelined by broken legs, ironically enough sustained while they were playing touch rugby.