By Andy McGechan, www.BikesportNZ.com

The 2020 New Zealand Enduro Championships will wrap up their abbreviated season near Bulls this coming weekend.

The top seeds have won through to the finals of the major age groups at the North Island Junior Champs at the Hamilton Squash and Tennis Club on Monday.

With 170 players taking part the tournament made a big impact of the squash calendar after lockdown.

Te Wānanga o Raukawa Pulse continued to set the pace after safely negotiating their double-header weekend with a dominant 51-30 win over Splice Construction Magic at the Auckland Netball Centre on Sunday.

Apprentice jockey Maria Sanson kicked off her career in fine style at Awapuni on Saturday when she picked up her first career victory on her raceday debut.

Apprentice jockey Maria Sanson kicked off her career in fine style at Awapuni on Saturday when she picked up her first career victory on her raceday debut.

Trainer Gary Vile was to the fore on his home turf at Awapuni on Saturday, picking up a pair of wins from the team of six runners he had entered for the meeting.

Leading rider Jason Waddell had two reasons to celebrate a successful return to racing at Te Rapa on Saturday.

Marcus Armstrong has made a sensational start to his FIA Formula 2 campaign with ART Grand Prix team, fighting back from a frustrating 13th - fastest in qualifying to finish second in the opening race of the season at the Red Bull Ring in Austria.

The Battle of the South went to the most southern team in the 2020 Sal’s NBL Showdown, with the Nuggets downing the Canterbury Rams 87-77 at Trusts Arena tonight, ending a two-game losing streak but confining the Rams to back to back losses.

Team Rogerson started a big day at Te Rapa on Saturday in fine style with a victory by promising two-year-old filly De La Terre.