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Michael Vink will arrive in Invercargill for the 2019 SBS Bank Tour of Southland armed with one vital piece of knowledge – how to win New Zealand’s most prestigious stage race. The lanky, likeable Cantabrian finally saw his name etched onto the winner’s trophy last year after nine attempts, includin

Highly-rated New Zealand road cyclist Tom Scully has been named the ILT Senior Sportsperson of the Year at a gala awards night in Invercargill tonight. Scully was unable to attend the ILT Southland Sports Awards at the Ascot Park Hotel due to the not insignificant matter of his second appearance in

In the lexicon of cycling, Bruce Ross will do one final ‘lap on the front’ as race director for the 2019 SBS Bank Tour of Southland before sitting in the back of the bunch for future races. It’s the end of an era. Bruce remembers watching stage finishes in Bluff as a young child, he […]

Entries are now open for the 2019 ICC Surf to City. The largest event on the Sport Southland calendar, the ICC Surf to City attracts about 3500 entrants and will this year be held on Sunday, March 10. Naming rights sponsor the Invercargill City Council has again put its support behind this iconic ev

Watching her Dad come home exhausted from his first training rides had almost put Lauren Richardson off the idea of cycling, but now she is preparing to take on the bike legs of the Kathmandu Coast to Coast. A systems innovator with Sport Southland’s Healthy Families Invercargill team, Lauren and co

The opportunity to follow in the footsteps of Southland’s top sporting achievers is now available with applications for the 2019 Academy Southland foundation athlete intake now open. Six Academy Southland graduates represented New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast last year. “The A

Rower Shakira Mirfin and mountainbiker Josh Burnett have been recognised for a superb 2018 at the annual Academy Southland celebration evening on Wednesday (November 28). The two talented athletes have picked up the trophies for outstanding overall performance and commitment for Year One (Mirfin) an