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Tournaments Etc by City
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Sporting event to be held in Wanganui between 5-13 February 2005 and in Dunedin in February 2006; organised by the Wanganui Games Trust; events include athletics, equestrian, cycling, cricket, golf, rowing, shooting, line dancing, sheep shearing etc
Competition held near Lake Wankaa; events include tipping over a 110 kg ram, fitting a set of snow chains, digging in a fence post, backing a trailer with a load of hay, blowing a dog whistle, opening a bottle of Speight's without a bottle opener etc
International chess tournament to be held in Queenstown from 15-24 January 2009
Premier international auto hill climbing event; starts from the floor of Cardrona valley in the heartland of central Otago and runs uphill for 15 kilometres through 137 corners to the top; held every Easter; next one from 15-16 April 2006
24-hour adventure racing competition on 4-5 November 2006 involving running, paddling, mountain biking, rafting and kayaking around Lake Wanaka and Queenstown
