Rangitikei company raises $50,000 for Black Sticks' Olympic bidWarwick Smith/Fairfax NZ Ex-Tall Black Nick Horvath, centre, entertains the audience as part of a panel with former All Blacks captain Richie McCaw, compere Lesley Murdoch and Black Sticks captain Kayla Whitelock. A Rangitikei company has collected more than $50,000 for the women's Black Sticks' bid for Olympic gold. John Turkington and his wife Angela Turkington are long-time supporters of the Black Sticks and Manawatu Hockey. Angela Turkington said the night had been a huge success and it was great the whole Black Sticks women's squad had been able to attend. "It was hard to get a date both Richie McCaw and the girls could come."

Source: Stuff July 17, 2016 05:25 UTC