Southland Sports News

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

The Tour of Southland has not always been the sole preserve of hardened road racers. Past years have seen the likes of top rower Hamish Bond, and top mountain biker Sam Gaze, shake up the racing and serve notice of their potential on the road. Last year, it was the turn of local mountain bike […]

Schools cycling focussed on the deep south with both the SKODA National Schools Track Cycling Championships and Mountain Bike Championships hosted in Southland. The track over two days was staged at the SIT Zero Fees Velodrome at Invercargill with the mountain bike 30 minutes south at Bluff. North I

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing NZ is hoping both its first post Covid pandemic international Castrol TRS championship and its Toyota 86 series will reach more global viewers than ever before. The 2023 TRS championship, which is already attracting some of the top names in junior formulae motorsport worldwide, b

Three experienced training partners have been added to the ranks of the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel. Defender Kate Hartley, shooter Jess Allan and midcourter Ivari Christie will join the team from November 28 for pre-season commitments in preparation for the 2023 ANZ Premiership. The trio are pr

Southland professional Corbin Strong was rewarded for his bunch riding nous with a silver medal in the elimination race on the final day of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Paris. It left New Zealand with one bronze and two silver medals from the world championships and encouragement tha