Southland Sports News

Athletes from a diverse range of sports have been included in the 2022 SBS Bank Academy Southland foundation year intake. Eleven sporting codes are represented across the 12-strong intake, which includes several athletes who have already achieved on the national stage. The two-year SBS Bank Academy

The Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel enjoyed the luxury of giving all players court-time after delivering an emphatic season-opening 71-54 win over the Trident Homes Tactix in Christchurch on Sunday. The Steel stunned their neighbours with a comprehensive outing, turning the screws in the second half

It gives Rugby Southland great pleasure to announce SBS Bank as the new Naming Partner of The ‘SBS Bank Southland Stags’ for the 2022 Bunnings Warehouse NPC Season. As part of a wider partnership involving women’s rugby, junior rugby and rugby in the community, SBS Bank will also feature on the fron

Southland-based Nixon Cripps is one of the most travelled karters in the country, and if his continued success in the WPKA Goldstar Kart Series is anything to go by, then he will quickly reach frequent flyer status. The eight-year-old Cripps enjoyed two wins and second place overall, as well as seco

While the threat of unexpected interruption lurks, Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel captain Shannon Saunders is taking a determined approach to this season’s ANZ Premiership from the outset. “You just have to live game by game and when you have your team at full strength you need to be able to perfor

Canterbury’s Andy Beale nearly produced the perfect book-end to a record-breaking week at the Masters Track Cycling National Championships at Invercargill. Beale opened the three-day championship at the SIT Zero Fees Velodrome with a brilliant New Zealand record in the individual pursuit, and after

Mitigating risk as the Omicron virus continues to spread has prompted the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel to change venues for two of its ANZ Premiership home games this season. Steel’s round three fixture against the Robinhood Stars in Dunedin on 27 March and round six clash with the MG Mystics in

It’s an A+ on the report card for Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel’s trio of young training partners. Midcourter Ivari Christie, defender Losa Fifita and shooter Kiana Pelasio have spent the past few months immersed in the Steel’s preseason campaign – something head coach Reinga Bloxham predicts coul