Southern Showdown contenders Suzanne Edington and Grant Williams meet patient Edna Layther at the Otago Community Hospice in Dunedin yesterday. Photo by Linda Robertson.
Patient Edna Layther (87) was floored when two boxers, rather than nurses, delivered her dinner yesterday.
''Do you think you could smuggle some vodka in?'' she joked with contenders Suzanne Edington and Grant Williams.
The hospice is the nominated charity for this year's Southern Showdown.
''Coming here for a visit was an idea the contenders came up with,'' event promoter Doug Kamo said yesterday.
''There's a real connection for a lot of the contenders with the hospice.
''A few of them have lost grandparents and parents here.
''One contender lost her partner in the hospice.''
