Southland Sports News

Southland Hawke Cup Team departed for Auckland today who play Counties Manukau starting Friday. Logan Savory talks to Southland cricket captain Shaun Fitzgibbon ahead of the Hawke Cup Challenge against Counties Manukau.

The last time a harness race meeting was held on the grass track at Ascot Park Raceway in Invercargill was January 1970. Since that time the code has used an all-weather facility that has served the Invercargill Harness Racing Club and other clubs such as the Northern Southland and Riverton Trotting

Samoan Rugby Union chief Brian Hopley is returning to Invercargill as Rugby Southland’s new general manager. Hopley – who held the Southland role from 2011 to 2015 – will replace Andrew Moreton, who took over from Hopley in 2015. Rugby Southland board chairman Jason Franklin announced the appointmen

Netball South has named its 12-strong squad to contest the 2018 Beko Netball League. The South team, with co-coaches Georgie Salter and former Silver Fern Donna Wilkins at the helm, kicks off its 10-round campaign on May 13 with the aim of featuring in the grand final on July 29. Salter said the cal

If you missed the full on action of the Vantage Windows & Doors Elite & U19 Track National Championships yesterday get alone today for the final day. Thanks to Eugene Bonthuys for the great photos. Get down and support our Southland teams! or watch it live ….. click the link below. Streaming at 2pm

Commonwealth Games-bound Jared Gray has claimed the men’s individual pursuit title on the opening night of the Vantage Windows & Doors Elite and Under 19 track national championships in Invercargill. The Waikato-Bay of Plenty rider despatched Canterbury’s Josh Scott in the final, with 2015 Tour of S

More action shots from the Evolution Motorsport Classic SpeedFest at Teretonga Park last weekend, some classics from the past were on show. Photos thanks to Dave Loudon Photography. PDL Mustang II was a feature of the event and Todd Stewart of Christchurch showed its pace on Sunday in particular, wi

School students will be among those set to reap the rewards of significant ILT Foundation funding for netball. ILT Foundation president Alan Dennis today confirmed funding of $150,000 for Netball South. “We all celebrated when the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel won the ANZ Premiership title last ye