Rugby
Wairarapa-Bush will host defending Meads Cup champions East Coast during their 2013 Heartland Championship rugby campaign.
Their clash is the seventh of eight qualifying round matches for the local side and will be played at Memorial Park in Masterton on Saturday, October 5. Preceding it will be games against North Otago in Oamaru on August 24, West Coast in Masterton on August 31, Mid-Canterbury in Ashburton on September 7, Horowhenua-Kapiti in Masterton on September 14, King Country in Masterton on September 21 and Lochore Cup champions Buller in Masterton on September 28.
After the East Coast clash, it will be off to Paeroa to play Thames Valley on October 12.
All told there are 11 teams in the Heartland championship and those Wairarapa-Bush will not meet in the qualifying matches are last year's Meads Cup beaten finalists Wanganui, Poverty Bay and South Canterbury.