Classic", a cycling event that lays claim to the longest continuing open cycling event in South Australia. The event held annually by the Mount Gambier Cycling and Triathlon Club.
Mount Gambier Gift
The 120m Mount Gambier Gift held annually on the first Saturday in December at Vansittart Oval is the 2nd richest professional footrace in South Australia. Resurrected in 2001 the athletic carnival includes races from 70m to 1600m and attracts athletes from all over Australia, mostly from South Australia and Victoria. Of the eleven Mount Gambier athletic carnivals held to date, three Victorians have won the 120 m Gift. On 3 December 2011, 21-year-old Wallace Long-Scafidi won the Gift for the second year in a row.
Winners
� 2011 Wallace Long-Scafidi (SA)
� 2010 Wallace Long-Scafidi (SA)
� 2009 Shaun Hargreaves (Vic)
� 2008 Aaron Rouge-Serrett (Vic)
� 2007 Dale Woodhams (SA)
� 2006 Keith Sheehy (SA)
� 2005 Keith Sheehy (SA)
� 2004 Andrew Steele (SA)
� 2003 Chris Burckhardt (SA)
� 2002 Matthew Callard (Vic)
� 2001 Shane McKenzie (SA)
Notable persons
� Kasey Chambers (born there in 1976)
� Dave Graney (born there in 1959 and lived there until 1978)
