Southland Sports News

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

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