Celebrity cook Annabel Langbein (centre) hosted visiting United Kingdom media correspondents Xanthe Clay (left), food columnist for The Daily Telegraph and food blogger Niamh Shields (right), in Wanaka this week.
Scott Columb (28) has certainly turned a blowtorch of pressure on Hamilton's Darryll King as the pair are separated by a mere point after Sunday's third round of the New Zealand Motocross Championships near Pukekohe.
While defending champion King (43) maintains the slim advantage in the MX2 class, it was Columb who won the day.
Placing an impressive eighth overall with a podium class finish at the Bathurst 12-Hour race was a fine result after an inauspicious beginning for Allan Dippie's team on Sunday.
The Patetonga track, near Morrinsville, has never been one of Scott Columb's favourites, so the Queenstown MX2 ace was happy enough to leave there in second overall on Sunday.
Allan Dippie lines up for the Bathurst 12 Hour this Sunday , in what is hailed as the most international race held at Mount Panorama since the 1987 Bathurst 1000, which doubled as a World Touring Car Championship round.
Hayden Paddon finished off the third day of Rally Sweden in the same position he held after the second day, in fourth place in the Super 2000 World Rally Championship (SWRC) field.
Scott Columb may be hard on himself but the results spoke for themselves at the weekend.
New Zealand's top rally driver, Hayden Paddon will be relying on about 1200 studs to give him some stability this weekend as he tackles the challenges of rallying on snow for the first time.
The F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series has progressed from promising, to perfect scenario, for Dunedin's Steve Ross, as he now holds an unassailable lead after the weekend's penultimate round.
Prospects for Cromwell Motorsport Park were significantly advanced yesterday when Queensland-based Scot, multimillionaire and car-racing enthusiast Tony Quinn bought the company and declared, "This thing will happen."
A group of keen Bannockburn motorcyclists have combined to show their area's on and off-road appeal through the inaugural Bike Week at Bannockburn.
The newly installed engine in Steve Ross' McRae GM1 worked a treat over the weekend, allowing the Dunedin F5000 racer to set a track lap record at the Hampton Downs circuit south of Auckland.
Steve Ross is tired of playing bridesmaid in the F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series and would like to be the one with all the glory come the end of this year's six-round series.
Capturing the New Zealand Supercross Championships MX2 crown has resulted in a mixture of pressure release and relief but also lingering pain for Scott Columb.
Ex-crusty Demon Luke Smith has a dual agenda in hosting his first South Island Big Air Boot Camp at Alexandra on February 10 and 11, after acknowledging "there's some real talent down south".
Queenstown's Scott Columb has proved himself to be the come-back king, winning both rounds of this month's New Zealand Supercross Championships' senior lites (250cc) class, a year after a debilitating knee injury.
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