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Speedway: Tauranga's Chris Cowling scores grand prix hat-trick at Baypark 18 Jan, 2021 12:38 AM 3 minutes to read Bay of Plenty Times Chris Cowling threaded the needle on a drive from mid-pack to complete a New Zealand Super Saloon Grand Prix hat-trick at Baypark Speedway on Saturday night. Cowling, from Tauranga, started 11th in the 25-lap Grand Prix final and, after moving forward to join the lead battle, he leapt from third into the lead with a single move. Nelson's Ian Burson and Tauranga's Scott Hayward were swapping the lead when Cowling split the pair. "I'd started to run the middle. '...

Baypark extends unrivalled record of producing Super Saloon champions 14 Jan, 2021 08:09 PM 3 minutes to read Peter Dickson, 2021 New Zealand Super Saloon Car Champion. Photo / Supplied Bay of Plenty Times Baypark Speedway has extended its unrivalled record for producing Super Saloon Car champions with Tauranga's Peter Dickson racing to victory in the 2021 New Zealand Championship. Dickson moved past Cowling Motorsport teammate Chris Cowling 10 laps into the 30-lap final at Auckland's Waikaraka Park last Saturday and stayed in front to clinch his second national title. At the time of his firs...

Tributes to much-loved Fife darts player who died from Covid-19 at Christmas © Supplied by Facebook Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Tributes have been paid to a much loved Fife darts player who lost his fight with coronavirus over Christmas. Craig Abercrombie, of Cardenden, passed away at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy on Boxing Day having tested positive for Covid-19. He was 54. Friend of the family John Gilfillan, who is also the funeral director arranging the memorial service, said: “Craig fought covi...

Speedway: National champions on show at Baypark 29 Dec, 2020 08:51 PM 3 minutes to read Peter Dickson raced to victory in Baypark Speedway's 20-lap Super Saloon Car Gold Cup on Tuesday night. Photo / Stuart Whitaker Bay of Plenty Times Three former national champions hit winning form at Baypark Speedway on Tuesday night. The big winner on the final race night of 2020 was Tauranga's Peter Dickson who won the 20-lap Super Saloon Car Gold Cup in his experimental US-style Super Late Model racer. The car had shown glimpses of pace earlier in the season and as the track became slicker, Dickson foun...

Michaela Strachan: My memories of The Hitman and Her at Flicks in Brechin © ITV/Shutterstock Pete Waterman and Michaela Strachan. Michaela Strachan has told how she couldn’t stop giggling when she watched a re-run of The Hitman and Her from Flicks nightclub in Brechin. From 1988 to 1992, Michaela starred as ‘Her’ in the cult ITV late-night clubbing show after a presenting career which began on TV-am and The Wide Awake Club. The Hitman was Pete Waterman, then riding incredible levels of success and best known as one third of the hugely successful music production and song-writing partne...