Greatest moments in Otago Sport

Have you visited the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame? If not, shame on you. The hall is one of Dunedin's special attractions, and a place (and organisation) that should be treasured by all New Zealand sports fans.

The football world came to Carisbrook. And it was brilliant.

Few sports have climbed out of the shadows quite as dramatically in recent years as the winter codes.

Audacious, daring, fearless and certainly risky. That is probably the best way to describe Brendon McCullum's unforgettable century in a twenty/20 match against Australia in Christchurch in February last year. It simply defied imagination.

The news was as unexpected as it was exciting. The country's biggest golf tournament, the New Zealand Open, was coming to Otago, to a course few had even seen, let alone realised was good enough to host such a marquee event.

Imports come and imports go in the National Basketball League. Few make as much of an impact as Leonard King.

Rex Smith was a pint-sized flanker, even by Otago standards back in 1977. He enjoyed a beer and a cigarette, and he was not the world's most enthusiastic trainer.

This has been a long haul, but it has also been a lot of fun.

The Otago Daily Times counts down the 150 greatest moments in Otago sport.

No 1: Danyon Loader wins two Olympic swimming gold medals (1996)

The Otago Daily Times counts down the 150 greatest moments in Otago sport.

No 2: Yvette Williams wins Olympic long jump (1952)