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Challenge Wanaka has been recognised for its innovation and ongoing success winning the 2018 University of Otago Innovation in Sport Award at ASB Bank Otago Sports Awards last night.

Te Kakano spokeswoman Megan Williams (left) and local Challenge Wanaka competitor Kelly Good plant a tree together in Penrith Reserve near Beacon Point to celebrate Challenge Wanaka and Te Kakano becoming official partners.

New Zealand's junior track cycling world champions, that includes Southlander Corbin Strong, centre (Team Skoda Fruzio) who won the elite men's race in round four of the Calder Stewart Cycling Series, will go head to head with some of the country's leading professionals as the Calder Stewart Cycling Series swings back into action with the fifth round in Nelson on Saturday after a winter break.

1. Bailey O'Donnell (Team Škoda Racing) beats Michael Vink (Mike Greer Homes Racing) to win Saturdays 162 kilometre CYB Construction Hokitika Classic elite mens race in 3 hours 53 minutes

Southlander Matt Zenovich, winning the first round of the Calder Stewart Series in Dunedin this year, is keen to win the Kiwi Style Bike Tours Timaru Classic for the second year in a row to keep his elite men's series lead over the winter months.

Competitors look on prior to the start of the 2018 Challenge Wanaka

Record sales at last month's Covi SuperShow, the largest motorhome and caravan expo in New Zealand, is a clear indication the RV lifestyle is booming in New Zealand.

Julie French from RV Super Centre accepts the winner of large stand of the year award at the Covi SuperShow

Clark Global is showcasing an Aroha U1550 Unimog that was bought and built in the UK at New Zealand's largest annual motorhome, caravan and outdoor expo, the Covi SuperShow that starts on Friday.

John McKenzie and Angela Richards from enthuse media & events on the red carpet with their sports event of the year trophy at the Nexia New Zealand Canterbury Sports Awards

New Zealand's only wheelchair friendly motorhome will be a feature at New Zealand's largest annual motorhome, caravan and outdoor expo, the Covi SuperShow that opens on Friday next week.

A Bailey Pegasus Rimini that carries a price tag of almost $63,000 will go under the hammer in a no reserve auction at 12pm on Saturday the 17th of March at the Covi SuperShow being held at the ASB Showgrounds in Greenlane Auckland.

Kate McIIroy made in two winning years in a row in the Armstrong Prestige Dunedin Classic yesterday.

Back Country Cuisine Alps 2 Ocean Race mens unsupported winner Brendon Thompson is greeted at the finish line by Event Course Manager John Crombie

Last year's women's winner of the Armstrong Prestige Dunedin Classic Kate McIIroy is racing in the opening round of this year's Calder Stewart Cycling Series on Saturday as part of her build up to next month's Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Aus

Back Country Cuisine Alps 2 Ocean Race leader Australian James Kohler took 10 hours and 54 minutes to complete stage 4, consolidating his lead in the event with three days of racing left.

Bluebridge are the new sponsors of the popular Stop n Stay zone at New Zealand's largest annual motorhome, caravan and outdoor expo, the Covi SuperShow.

Australian James Kohler nears the finish line at Lake Middleton on the shores of Lake Ohau on the second day of the Back Country Cuisine Alps2Ocean Ultra

South African Robyn Owen claimed her first win in today's Kathmandu Coast to Coast World Championship Longest Day

After breaking his leg 18 months ago Queenstown hiking guide Tony Phillips leads the individual two day event after a storming run over Goat Pass that left him with a four minute lead over Oliver Thompson

After breaking his leg 18 months ago Queenstown hiking guide Tony Phillips leads the individual two day event after a storming run over Goat Pass that left him with a four minute lead over Oliver Thompson

If Elina Ussher wins on Saturday she will equal multisport legend Kathy Lynch's women's race record of five wins.

The late entry of two time champion and three-time adventure racing world champion Sophie Hart has added some real spice to an already stacked field for next month's Kathmandu Coast to Coast women's World Championship Longest Day.

Australian multi-sport athlete Alex Hunt is back for his third crack at his favourite event the Kathmandu Coast to Coast aiming to repeat his 2016 podium effort in the World Championship longest day event.

Hayden Quinn; Former MasterChef turned Australian television personality Hayden Quinn, pictured on New Zealand's Alps 2 Ocean cycle trial last year is the latest to enter the Kathmandu Coast to Coast to knock the event off his bucket list.

Williams and Livingstone training in the Port Hills for the Kathmandu Coast to Coast in February.

Ainslie Campbell joins team mates Mikayla Sweetman and Rachel Crawford as the first girls' team from Greymouth High to enter the Kathmandu Coast to Coast.

New Zealand's largest annual motorhome, caravan and outdoor expo is gearing up for another record breaking show

Riders taking on the final criterium race on the grounds Parliament in Wellington in the Tour of New Zealand

; Riders get underway in the inaugural Urology Associates Car Park Cannon Ball event that attracted almost 2000 spectators in November last year that is on again on tomorrow.

A new global car park cycling series hits New Zealand for the first time this Sunday.

Oamaru ultra-runner Wendy Fallon gets in some training miles on the Alps2Ocean Ultra course

First time competitor Robyn Dewson battled cancer and then the Kathmandu Coast to Coast while making the documentary Waters Of The Greenstone

Michael Vink won the elite men's race in the final round of the Calder Stewart Cycling series, the Cycle Surgery Hell of the South near Christchurch today.

Gordon McCauley, Jason Allen and Anthony Chapman lead the charge on the gravel in the 2012 series.

New Zealand's largest annual motorhome, caravan and outdoor expo, the Covi NZMCA Insurance Motorhome, Caravan & Outdoor SuperShow, is building for an even bigger show with the introduction of a dedicated accessories hall and marque.

New Zealand's first ultra-staged run the Back Country Cuisine Alps 2 Ocean Ultra will start at the base of New Zealand's highest mountain, Mt Cook and travel 316 kilometres to Oamaru in North Otago

Bikes, beers and burgers at the Urology Associates Car Park Cannon Ball is eight floors of speed and excitement as riders go head to head, two at a time from the bottom to top.

Don't miss the Covi SuperShow, March 16th to 18th 2018, ASB Showgrounds, Auckland.

Team Kathmandu Australia, this year's men's tandem teams winner powering down the Waimakariri River that features 70kms of braids and a stunning gorge on race day

Hokitika's Sharlotte Lucas (Cycle Surgery), pictured won the fifth round of the women's race in Calder Stewart Cycling Series, the CYB Construction Hokitika Classic held today on the South Island's West Coast.

Hokitika's Sharlotte Lucas who won last year's women's third round of the Calder Stewart Cycling Series, the Kiwi Style Bike Tours Timaru Classic, wants to get some racing in before heading overseas to the United States.

Former World Champion swimmer and Olympian Moss Burmester is taking on the massive physical challenge of the Kathmandu Coast to Coast followed by Challenge Wanaka a week later.

A Christchurch central city car park is set to become New Zealand's most unique sporting stadium in late November.

Wanaka's Gavin Mason competing in last year's NZ Club Nationals held in Central Otago

Williams and Livingstone, pictured at the New Brighton finish line, are excited about doing the Kathmandu Coast to Coast together in February.

NZ's first pack rafting and bike packing adventure wins best New Zealand made film at the 2017 New Zealand Mountain Film Festival

Former New Zealand Rugby Union Chief Executive speaks out about the rough deal pork producers face each and every day

Three-time Olympian Kashi Leuchs has his sights set on unfinished business when the Dunedin mountain biker competes in his first Kathmandu Coast to Coast in February.

Southlander Matt Zenovich won the elite men's third round of the Calder Stewart Cycling Series, the Kiwi Style Bike Tours Timaru Classic held at Pleasant Point near Timaru today.

Kate McIIroy won her first race as an elite cyclist in the second round of the Calder Stewart Cycling Series, the Armstrong Prestige Dunedin Classic

Dunedin's Brad Evans won todays Le Race, holding off Team Skoda team mates Connor Brown and Chris Denholm.

Christchurch cyclist Keagan Girdlestone (right) our training in the Port Hills above Christchurch with his father and coach Wayne, takes the next step on his cycling resurrection journey when he races in the second round of the Calder Stewart Cycling Series, the Armstrong Prestige Dunedin Classic, on Saturday.

New level of premium motorhomes to be launched at Covi SuperShow

Brad Evans (middle) returns to racing in the Calder Stewart Cycling Series for the first time since his winning effort in the opening round in February.

The South Island is full to capacity but 20 spots are still free in the North Island for cyclists still wanting to enter this year's Tour of New Zealand.

Defending champion Whakatane's Sam Clark, stormed home in stunning fashion to win this year's Kathmandu Coast to Coast Longest Day, crossing the line in a time of 11 hours two minutes.

Sixteen year-old, Cameron Jones, is off to a flying start in this year's Kathmandu Coast to Coast after dominating the first leg of the two-day event that started today on the South Island's West Coast.

Richie McCaw, who was a late entry in the Kathmandu Coast to Coast, joining his wife Gemma in the 30 kilometre mountain running event today, tackles the boulders.

Competitors in the Kathmandu Coast to Coast two day event get underway on Kumara Beach

South African endurance athlete Robyn Owen says competing in the Kathmandu Coast to Coast is the dream of many Adventure and multisport athletes all over the world

Tony Bain on a SUP on the Hawea River while visiting back in New Zealand last year. He can't wait to tackle the Waimakariri River on a stand up paddle board as part of the two day Kathmandu Coast to Coast event

Frank Haimona and his Time 2 Train crew at the end of another long day as they cycle and kayak 1700 kilometres to be on the start line of the Kathmandu Coast to Coast.

'Clean, green and left just the way they found it', these are aims for the iconic Kathmandu Coast to Coast multi-sport race as it becomes the first event in the country to join forces with Leave No Trace New Zealand.

Sam Clark, who ran away from the field to claim his first Kathmandu Coast to Coast men's World Championship longest day title last year, is keen to make it two in a row but will have a stronger field to contend with next month

Dual Australian Olympian Courtney Atkinson got a taste of what to expect when he takes on the Kathmandu Coast to Coast in February when he went over the course late last year.

: Looking for a fresh challenge after the Rio Olympics Tauranga paddler Mike Dawson has entered the Kathmandu Coast to Coast.

After making New Zealand Cycling history as the first Kiwi to crack the top 10 of a Grand Tour, Nelson professional George Bennett is supporting Christchurch Urology's Movember campaign that also highlights a world first in prostate cancer support.

D&H Steel Construction's Managing Director Mike Sullivan, pictured, participated in this year's Coast to Coast as part of a three person team to gauge whether the event could work as a large team building exercise.

Enrico Gasparotto's won the iconic European spring classic, the Amstel Gold Race, riding for the Cube sponsored Belgian Pro Continental cycling team Wanty-Groupe Gobert

Braden Currie took some time off from his own training for the Kathmandu Coast to Coast while in Christchurch over the weekend to take a group of nine Linwood College students, named the Coast to Coast Rangers, through some exercises

Covi SuperShow; Visitors to the 2017 Covi NZMCA Insurance Motorhome, Caravan and Outdoor SuperShow could win the trip of a lifetime, a four week motorhome holiday in the UK and Europe.

Elite men's series leader North Otago cyclist Rush (Mike Greer Homes) MIDDLE was just beaten to the line in an exciting final sprint by Michael Vink (Modus Construct) RIGHT, who won the 155 elite men's race in three hours and forty nine minutes

North Otago cyclist Tim Rush keen to back pay his team mates for their efforts that have him at the top of the elite men's standings of the Calder Stewart Cycling Series

Jones wins inaugural Aoraki Mount Cook Classic Cycle Race

Ollie Jones looms as the favourite in the 100 kilometre inaugural Aoraki Mount Cook Classic Cycle Race, being held on the shores of Lake Pukaki this Sunday 9th of October.

Three time Calder Stewart Series women's winner Sharlotte Lucas will line up on Sunday as the favourite in the women's race alongside former NZ Sportswoman of the Year Kate McIlroy.

Sharlotte Lucas from the Benchmark Homes Cycling team won in Dunedin

Kathmandu and Coast to Coast join forces to give young athletes a chance to compete

Adam Bull had the best climbing legs to win the elite men's race in the fourth round of the Calder Stewart Cycling Series, the Armstrong Prestige Dunedin Classic, riding away on the final climb to win in three hours and fifty three minutes.

Tim Rush was second in the elite race in the opening round of the Calder Stewart Cycling Series, the Kings Electrical Hanmer to Kaikoura Classic, in February. Rush is hoping for his first win in the series on Saturday in the Armstrong Prestige Dunedin Cla

Alex Frame made a winning return to New Zealand racing after missing selection for the Rio Olympics, winning the elite race in the third round of the Calder Stewart Cycling Series, the Nelson Classic, today.

Ben Robertson of Christchurch was an impressive winner of round two of the elite race of the Calder Stewart Cycling Series, the Kiwi Style Bike Tours Timaru Classic, in Pleasant Point near Timaru in March.

Kathmandu to help school teams race to the Coast to Coast start line

New Zealand cross country Under 17 mountain bike champion Cameron Jones has the happy winner of a free entry into Februarys Kathmandu Coast to Coast, won at last week's 3D Rotorua Multisport Festival.

Training on the Revbox Erg just got more challenging and entertaining as the stationary trainer is now supported by some of the world's leading cycle training online websites.

New Zealand's largest annual motorhome, caravan and outdoor expo, the Covi NZMCA Insurance Motorhome, Caravan & Outdoor SuperShow, will be even bigger next year with more marquee space and more travel and destination information.

Young kiwi professional cyclist Hayden McCormick is the latest athlete to sing the praises of the Revbox Erg, a revolutionary stationary trainer building a reputation for being the best of its kind in the world.

Hayden is the current New Zealand under 23 Time Trial Champion and a former national Under 23 Road Race and criterium champion

Kathmandu Coast to Coast to help boost tourism numbers in Canterbury

Kathmandu Climbs Onboard with Coast to Coast.The two biggest names in adventure have joined forces to put race on the global map

Hayden Roulston leads Callum Gordon over the Hill Top climb.

World Champion Linda Villumsen has added some more star power to tomorrow's PlaceMakers Le Race with a late entry.

Hayden Roulston trains on part of the route Le Race will take on Saturday, the Summit Road, high above Lyttelton Harbour

Holidaying in motorhomes and caravans is making a serious comeback in NZ. The Covi SuperShow show attracted over 18,000 people last year

Completely rebuilding the interior - utilising sustainable resources - has been a big undertaking for the Sturrocks and their sustainable converted bus

Top ironman athlete Gina Crawford has no hesitation to say the Revbox Erg is the best stationary trainer she has used, stressing it has taken her training to the 'next level.' .

Tom Hubbard repeated his 2013 effort to win the elite race of the opening round of the Calder Stewart Series, the Kings Electrical Hanmer to Kaikoura Classic today.

Nelson's Elina Ussher won her third women's longest day title in 13 hours, 32 minutes, 41seconds after catching Myriam Guillot-Boisset from France in the second half of the race.

Sam Clark backed up his pre-race confidence to run away from the field to claim his first Coast to Coast men's World Championship longest day title today.