Southland Sports News
The Southland Sharks have announced the first player signing for the 2023 Sal’s NBL season, with Brayden Inger confirming his return for a third season in orange. Inger, who rose to prominence in 2021 with an outstanding debut NBL season, is eager to help the Sharks bounce back after a challenging s
This weekend, Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel will host two ANZ Premiership sides, the New South Wales Swifts and the Te Wānanga o Raukawa Pulse at ILT Stadium Southland. This marks the first time the Swifts will play against the Steel and Pulse since the two teams’ domestic leagues replaced the tra
Award-winning administrator Sonya Fleming has been appointed chief executive of Netball South Zone Inc and the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel franchise. Fleming, an integral part of the organisation for the past 15 years, replaces Lana Winders at the helm. “It is an honour and a privilege to now le
The Altherm JCR Yamaha road racing teams performed stunningly at the country’s southernmost track to cover all spots on their class and overall New Zealand Superbike (NZSBK) Championship podiums. Racing in uncharacteristically sunny weather at Teretonga Park, the three riders Alastair Hoogenboezem (
After a six-year hiatus, the New Zealand Superbike Championship (NZSBK) returns to Teretonga Park this weekend. With two rounds of racing already complete in the five-round series, round three in the deep south could prove pivotal to championship hopes. Southland Motorcycle Club president Andy Under
Altherm Yamaha Racing Development Team’s (YRDT) Cormac Buchanan displayed all the talent he has been honing overseas in the off-season, at the first round of the New Zealand Superbike Championship (NZSBK) at the weekend. The Invercargill-based youngster has recently returned from racing in Europe, a
Southland’s Corbin Strong showed his class as the cream rose to the top in the elite men’s omnium championship on day two of the Aon Cambridge 3-Day cycling competition. Strong, a world championship medallist in the elimination race, was impressive to edge out his fellow Commonwealth Games gold meda
When Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel shooter Georgia Heffernan was named Aspiring Silver Fern at the New Zealand Netball Awards tonight, you can bet no one was prouder than her twin sister Kate. And the roles were soon reversed with Kate announced as the Silver Ferns Fan Favourite – cementing the pa