They are experienced gymnasts and represented New Zealand at the Australian championships at Perth last year.
The two-day championships have attracted 135 participants from Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch in individual and group events.
This event alternates between Dunedin and Christchurch and it will be the last competition this year that athletes can use to gain entry to the GymSport New Zealand championships in Auckland at the end of July.
At the New South Wales state championships in Sydney earlier this year they won a silver medal for their group routine.
Brooke Hastie (Greater Green Island) has also performed consistently this season and will be one to watch in the level-10 event.
The standard of the competing gymnasts is high, and there will be some fierce competition as they vie for selection into the regional representative teams for the national championships.
International level gymnasts attending from Auckland and Christchurch bring a wealth of experience with numerous New Zealand champions as well as Pacific Rim, world championship and Commonwealth Games representatives.
Otago has sent teams of more than 30 gymnasts to the national championships for the past five years and will be expecting a similar number of gymnasts to qualify for the 2011 event.
The routines used are the ribbon, rope, hoop, ball and club.
There will be two full days at the Caledonian Gymnasium from early in the morning and into the evening today and tomorrow. One of the Otago coaches is Luciana Blaga who was head coach of last year's New Zealand team.
The other Otago coaches are Sonya Hooper and Keita McGowan.
