Wayne Parsons

NEV pair triumph in trying conditions

North East Valley pair Bronwyn Stevens (left) and Sarah Scott discuss options on the head as...

NEV pair triumph in trying conditions

Conditions were brutal and the North East Valley pairing of Sarah Scott and Bronwyn Stevens unforgiving on their way to winning the Dunedin Centre champion of champions women's pairs title at...

Allan sticks to game plan on Coast to Coast

Dougal Allan is aiming to win the Coast to Coast for a second time. Photo: Wayne Parsons

Allan sticks to game plan on Coast to Coast

Wanaka's Dougal Allan appears ready to pounce in the world championship of multisport Longest Day race at the Kathmadu Coast to Coast.

Two Green Island fours contest final

Lyn Rance (left) looks on as Sarah Ibbotson readies to deliver her final bowl of the second end...

Two Green Island fours contest final

There was an extra shine to the gold on the Green Island ladies’ club uniform when the Lyn Rance skipped ladies four went back-to-back with the Dunedin Centre women’s fours championship title at St...

McIlroy goes back to back for fifth win

North East Valley 10,000 winner Shannon McIlroy delivers a bowl in the final against Andrew Kelly...

McIlroy goes back to back for fifth win

Dragging the jack into the ditch to score three shots broke the deadlock and set up world singles champion Shannon McIlroy for an unprecedented fifth title at the North East Valley 10,000...

Big guns fall by wayside in section play

Taieri bowler Andrew McLean in action at the North East Valley 10,000 bowls tournament yesterday....

Big guns fall by wayside in section play

Reputations counted for little in section play of the North East Valley 10,000 over the weekend.

Six weeks of total rest key as Bathgate returns in style

Competitors at the start of the Otago 10km road championships yesterday. Nic Bathgate (Leith) won...

Six weeks of total rest key as Bathgate returns in style

Nic Bathgate (Leith) made a triumphant return to competitive running yesterday when he won the senior men’s 10km Otago road title on the harbour basin course.

Grigg beats defending champion

Lee Grigg (Green Island) is in her delivery stride as Beth Brown (Taieri) looks on anxiously....

Grigg beats defending champion

Nagging line-and-length delivery from Lee Grigg (Green Island) helped unseat defending champion Beth Brown (Taieri) in the champion of champions women's singles at the St Clair Bowling Club on Sunday.

Fleming fights emotion to win title with Wilson

Men's champion of champion pairs winners Steve Wilson (left) and Steve Fleming, of Forbury Park,...

Fleming fights emotion to win title with Wilson

Forbury Park skip Steve Fleming overcame a mixture of emotions to win the Bowls Dunedin champion of champion pairs with lead Steve Wilson at the Taieri Bowling Club greens on Thursday night.

Taieri wins with final bowl

Jan Barclay and Shona Morrison after winning the Dunedin Centre champion of champion women's...

Taieri wins with final bowl

It was so near, yet so far, for the Andersons Bay pair of Tracey Penty and Ruth Williams when Taieri skip Jan Barclay let rip with a heartbreaker to clinch the Dunedin Centre champion of champion...

Eathorne dominant in final win

Andersons Bay Bowling Club junior champion of champions for 2020 Shannon Eathorne (nee King,...

Eathorne dominant in final win

A dominant performance from Shannon Eathorne (Andersons Bay) enabled her to defeat Annette Stratton (Mornington) 21-6 to win the Bowls Dunedin junior women’s singles title on Thursday night.

Mason’s triple ties up title

Former Otago rugby player Dave Callon delivers a shot for the Oliver Mason-skipped Forbury Park...

Mason’s triple ties up title

It was tight, it was tense, it was triples at its best.

Dunedin too good for northern powerhouses

Winners of the recent women's quadrangular tournament in Christchurch are (from left) Malia...

Dunedin too good for northern powerhouses

It was a feat of David and Goliath proportions when the Dunedin Centre women’s team won the annual quadrangular tournament in Christchurch earlier this month.

Finishing this time, Lines leaves demons in his wake

Cromwell’s Nigel Lines leads Invercargill’s Cameron Rogerson over the Taipo River bridge on the...

Finishing this time, Lines leaves demons in his wake

Cromwell businessman Nigel Lines finished the Coast to Coast over the weekend.

Fresh tack, new ideas pay off

Fresh tack, new ideas pay off

A fresh approach and new ideas have led to the Coast to Coast bouncing back over the past five years.

Heartbreak for Maier, Allan

Dougal Allen (right) congratulates winner Sam Clark at the finish line. Photo: Getty Images

Heartbreak for Maier, Allan

There were tears and heartbreak for Wanaka’s defending world champions of multisport in the Coast to Coast Longest Day on Saturday.

Clark’s win hard-fought

Sam Clark (Whakatane) kisses the world cup of multisport after winning the 243km Longest Day...

Clark’s win hard-fought

After a year away, Sam Clark made a storming return to win the Coast to Coast event on Saturday.

O’Donnell’s nerves give way to elation

Corrinne O’Donnell raises the women’s world cup of multisport and the champagne to loud applause...

O’Donnell’s nerves give way to elation

The number four proved a lucky one for Corrinne O’Donnell, as she won the open women’s one-day event at the Coast to Coast on Saturday.

Clark takes early lead in Coast to Coast Longest Day

Dougal Allan works his way through a stream at last year’s Coast to Coast event. PHOTOS: WAYNE...

Clark takes early lead in Coast to Coast Longest Day

Defending champion Dougal Allan, of Wanaka, has a 9min deficit to make up on race leader and three-time champion Whakatane's Sam Clark coming off the alpine section of the Kathmandu Coast to Coast.

Build-up agonising for determined competitor

Dunedin expat Josh Harris (second from right) and Coast to Coast tandem teammate Dave Slater ...

Build-up agonising for determined competitor

Despite damaging his back in a training accident, former Dunedin man Josh Harris still made it to the start line to contest the Coast to Coast tandem team section with good mate David Slater.

Dairy farmer chases down race favourite on the line

Kieron Ingram (Alexandra, second left) shares the load with Josh Payne (Whanganui; red top),...

Dairy farmer chases down race favourite on the line

Markus Woutersen (Cambridge), pipped race favourite Bevan Jones (Christchurch) on the line to steal first-day honours in the two-day section of the Kathmandu Coast to Coast yesterday.

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