Promising Otago middle distance runner Rebekah Greene (Hill City) will test her sprinting skills against two former winners in the 20th annual Time Buster around the Octagon this morning.
Dunedin's Claudia Hay will face tough competition at the South Island show jumping championships in Mosgiel this weekend.
The experienced Dean Bond (Balclutha) will be the driver to beat in the Dunedin qualifying round of the New Zealand hill climb championship this weekend.
A heavier workload paid dividends for Patrick Harris (Queenstown) when he convincingly won the boys aged 13 and under 800m Otago title at Moana Pool last night.
The Queensland floods did not stop Dallas Horne coming to Dunedin for the South Island under-16 teams athletics meeting on Saturday.
Kaikorai, one of the most progressive bowling clubs in the country, will celebrate its centenary in Dunedin next weekend.
Tamsyn Hayes has gained free entry to the Challenge Roth Ironman in Germany in July. That's the good news.
The Bishop brothers did not win many games but they enriched their bowls experience by competing as a team at the national championships.
The Bowls Dunedin selectors have signalled the end of an era by dropping veteran bowler Ken Walker (Fairfield) from the team for the inter-centre event in Invercargill next month.
Gold medals are expected from Tim Prendergast and Kate Horan, who are ranked top in their events next week at the International Para Committee's athletics world championships, in Christchurch.
Bryn Murphy won his first New Zealand open water swimming title on Sunday, but does not intend pursuing his Olympic dream for London in 2012.
Sue Hodges won her eighth Bowls Dunedin title when she skipped the Outram four in a tightly fought final.
Airini Mason (Gisborne) received an early birthday present when she won her second New Zealand open women's surf title in Dunedin yesterday.
Jay Quinn (Gisborne) got one up on his big brother when he won his second New Zealand men's open surfing title at St Clair beach yesterday.
Maz Quinn still has one target to achieve in surfing.
Stella Pearless (North Harbour Bays) did not see her father compete at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984, but she has seen photos and wants to emulate him.
The New Zealand championships are a homecoming for Mahia surfer Richard (Ricardo) Christie, who was born in Dunedin.
Children of former Otago rugby greats Greg Cooper and Brendon Timmins will test their skills against the best in the country at the Colgate Games in Dunedin this weekend.
Richard Christie is returning to his boyhood haunts and keen to win his second New Zealand open surfing title at the four-day national championships beginning at St Clair Beach today.
Bowls New Zealand has been innovative over the past decade and introduced coloured bowls and coloured clothing to the sport. But Kevin Beale wants more.
