Sport & Motorsport News

Another outstanding year in Southland sport will be celebrated on Friday 8th June at the Ascot Park Hotel, at the 2018 ILT Southland Sports Awards. Nominations for the awards are now open and organisers are expecting them to reflect the traditionally high standard of results achieved by Southlanders

“Racing” Ray Stewart of Cromwell left The Riverside Speedway crowned as the new Southland Super Saloon Champion, and earned himself a tidy pay packet for his efforts. Cando Fishing, Dixon Transport and Cleanways 2003 Ltd all chimed in and placed a $10,000 prize pool up for grabs for the championship

BLUES v STAR The heavy rain of Tuesday morning cleared making it a still and warm night for the first game of the 2018 Go Bus Premier Club Rugby competition. Blues and Star had arguably evenly matched teams both with new additions to their forwards and backs. Star put pressure on Blues early with ca

Rachel Lawrie of Invercargill has become Southland’s latest motorsport champion after the 2018 New Zealand Clubsport Championship in Christchurch recently. Lawrie won the newly instigated Women’s Trophy in her third attempt at the Nationals. Her first was in 2014 at Waimate in what was just her seco

Action photos from the “Oak Tree Inn” Popotunoa Rally Sprint. The event was run by the Eastern Southland Car Club at Popotunoa (Near Clinton) on Saturday March 24th. The event was held in perfect weather conditions. The competitors and their passengers completed 6 runs over the course of the day, ea

A successful and busy time for Southland athlete Sam Colyer is about to get even busier. The talented leaper is preparing to head to the United States at the start of April to compete in three events in as many weeks. Colyer will contest the Arcadia Invitational, a national high school meet, the Wes

Southlands Robert (Bobby) Dowling has won the (NZ) for winning the 375mm WORLD Single Sawing Championship Title at the Royal Sydney Show. This a remarkable comeback from injury Robert says  “Yeah I had to take four years off due to shattering my ankle at a lumberjack competition in Canada. It’s grea

Sievwright Oreti Park Speedway Results – Saturday 24th March South Island Sidecar Championship & Support Classes, congratulations to local riders Aiden Thwaites & Shane Twiss winning the  South Island Sidecar Championship. Peewee Solo – Division 1  1st 29i – Braxton Casey – 16 points 2nd 66i – Kadin