Skiing: Calder heads NZ ski bid

Tauranga's well-performed Katie Calder will lead the New Zealand cross-country ski team on its Northern Hemisphere campaign.

Calder, overall winner of this year's Australia New Zealand Cup, has achieved the A qualification for next year's Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.

The other team members include Andrew Pohl of Dunedin, Nat Anglem of Christchurch, American-based Ben Koons and Andrea Fancy, who is based in British Colombia.