Lindsay Beer

Bluff is getting into the Christmas spirit with a full calendar of festive events lined up for December, promising a season full of fun and celebration for all ages. The festivities begin on Sunday 7 December with the much-loved Santa Parade, proudly supported this year by South Port NZ Ltd.

There was a real buzz in the air when ten of the world’s best harness racing drivers came to Central Southland Raceway in Winton to contest a round of the World Driving Championship on Sunday. Drivers representing Italy, USA, Australia, the Netherlands, Canada, Sweden, Germany, France, Finland and New

The 2025/2026 motor race season kicked off at Teretonga Park in Invercargill at the weekend with two eventful days of action. Day & Leitch Win 3 Hour Race At Teretonga ParkSixteen-year-old Matt Day of Auckland and current Lamborghini Pro-Am Super Trofeo World Champion, Southlander Brendon Leitch, won the 3

Sixteen-year-old Matt Day of Auckland and current Lamborghini Pro-Am Super Trofeo World Champion, Southlander Brendon Leitch, won the 3 Hour race in their Lamborghini Huracan GT3 during the second round of the South Island Endurance Series at Teretonga Park in Invercargill on Saturday. Another local driver, Glen Brazier, and his

Several local Southland Sports Car Club (SSCC) members are big contenders for success when Round 2 of the South Island Endurance Series takes place at Teretonga Park in Invercargill on Saturday (4 October). In the feature 3 Hour race on Saturday afternoon club member and current Lamborghini Pro-Am World Champion

New Zealand has produced only a small number of world motor racing champions in various classes over the years and of that number Southland can count one. That driver, Brendon Leitch, is returning to his roots to race a Lamborghini Huracan EVO 1 in Round 2 of the South Island

Another exciting season of motorsport action is inbound at Invercargill’s Teretonga Park motor racing circuit. First up is the annual South Island Endurance Series meeting on Saturday 4 October, supported locally by Brazier Scaffolding, with One-Hour and Three-Hour races planned. The following day, should there be sufficient entries, a

Josh Cooper, formerly of Invercargill but now based in Cromwell where he works for the Paddon Racing Group, is the 2024/2025 Eastern Southland Car Club’s Champion, a feat that was officially recognised at the club’s prizegiving recently. Cooper ended the season with 169 points with Brendon Mitchell