A Wānaka woman along with her two teammates snagged first place at Spring Challenge Cromwell lafter racing nearly non-stop for a little more than 10 hours. Wānaka’s Emily Watson, Maketu’s Anna Dean and Christchurch’s Laura Pattie...... Read More

The Mitre 10 Wānaka Festival of Sport and Recreation 2019 hosted a record number of booth holders during its sixth annual event on September 15. Event organisers said 40 local sporting clubs and businesses, along with 30 interactive booths, came together...... Read More

Last Wednesday evening I had the joy of attending the weekly badminton session at Wānaka Recreation Centre (WRC)—and discovered that it’s better to have loved and lost than to have never played at all.  The badminton sessions have...... Read More

The Central Otago representative under 13 Hatch Cup boys hockey team are travelling to Palmerston North next week to compete in the national Hatch tournament. The representative team will be playing against teams from across the country in the tournament,...... Read More

A small group of trampolinists from Wānaka had some great results recently in Christchurch. Jem Pendlebury, Paige Boomsma and Zoe Waddington competed in the recreation level badge grades and each of them did really well.  In yellow grade: Zoe...... Read More

Three young, hardworking Wānaka gymnasts who have been training at Aspiring Gymsports Gymnastic Club will be competing in the New Zealand Gymnastics Championships in Auckland this October, as a result of their incredible local achievement. Jessica...... Read More

Otago Fish & Game is expecting the region’s waters to be in excellent condition for fishing when the season opens on Tuesday (October 1). It is reported that rivers are typically high with colour during this time of the year; however, recent...... Read More

2019 was a year of firsts as Wānaka Premiers were a last-minute addition to the Otago Daily Times Southern Premier League. Driven by the merge of the established Wānaka junior club with the unaffiliated three men’s teams, both parties sought...... Read More

The first major women’s bowls tournament of the new season was held at the Wānaka Bowling Club on Thursday September 19 in brilliant sunny weather. The Wānaka Ladies ‘Spring into bowls’ tournament is held annually, with visiting...... Read More

Bridge club players from Wānaka and Cromwell clubs came out on top in the Wānaka intermediate pairs bridge tournament last Sunday. Mark Harry and Marc Simmonds, both from Wānaka, won the tournament with an average score of 60.36 percent across the...... Read More