Southland Sports News

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

Four performances in the top seven earned important Olympic qualifying points without podium reward for New Zealand riders on day three of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in France. Closest was Southland’s WorldTour professional rider Corbin Strong who was edged out by millimetres in the f

The New Zealand men’s team pursuit finished a blink away from qualifying for the bronze medal ride on the opening day of the UCI Track cycling World Championships in Paris. After qualifying fifth fastest, they were chasing the fourth fastest time in the first round of the 4000m event to earn a ride

After almost eight years at the helm, Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel and Netball South chief executive Lana Winders is calling full time. Winders will leave the organisation on 30 November to take up a role with family business, Forde Winders Shearing Contractors. “It is a deliberate reduction in w