Southland Sports News

Two familiar faces will join the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel when the team gathers to start preseason duties in Invercargill on Monday. Dynamic midcourter Ivari Christie has been promoted as a replacement for Shannon Saunders, who is expecting her first child, and former defender Courtney Elliot

A marathon introduction to senior representative cricket has fuelled young ‘keeper Nick Brown’s dream of reaching higher honours. The 16-year-old Southland Boys’ High School gloveman made his full Hawke Cup debut for the Southland men’s team against Canterbury Country in Rangiora last weekend. It wa

Invercargill’s popular Southern Pro Wrestling are set for a huge return after a 15 month hiatus due to COVID-19! Before COVID-19 swept the world, SPW, also known as ‘’Wrestling on the Edge of the World’’ were featured on TVNZ and had regular sold out events including record breaking numbers at ILT S

The Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel has added an international element to its preseason preparation in the form of the New South Wales Swifts. The southern franchise will host their Australian counterparts from 4-7 February at ILT Stadium Southland, along with the Te Wānanga o Raukawa Pulse. Boastin

Southland’s Josh Burnett has ridden the hardest 15km of his life to put himself in with a chance of making history on the 2022 Tour of Southland. The 22-year-old, riding his home tour for just the second time, could become the first Southlander to win New Zealand’s most prestigious stage race since

Southland teenage motorcycle racer Cormac Buchanan will compete in the 2023 JuniorGP World Championship in Europe. Buchanan, 16, has re-signed with leading Spanish team AGR Racing and is excited at the prospect of a full campaign in the sport’s elite international ranks. Based in Spain since March,

Australian Carter Bettles has climbed his way into theTour of Southland’s yellow jersey with an outstanding ascent of the Remarkables today. Bettles and his ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast team, which is managed by former Tour de France rider Henk Vogels, were able to execute their plan perfectly, wit

Commonwealth Games silver medallist Ben Oliver has earned first use of the Tour of Southland’s yellow jersey after an impressive ride on day one. The 25-year-old, who finished second behind compatriot Sam Gaze in the cross country mountainbike in Birmingham earlier this year, capped an outstanding d