Southland Sports News

Get Into Golf Lessons Golf Southland’s free Introduction golf lessons commence next week Monday 28th February until Monday 4th April at Queens Park Golf Club 6pm-7pm. The six week of introduction to golf Lessons cover all the basic skills including on course play. Suitable for all beginner golfers o

Futures Southland Launch Event Golf Southland are excited to announce the launch of their Futures Programme which is being held at Queens Park Golf Club on Sunday 20th February 10am to 2pm. Suitable for young people aged 5-18 of all golfing abilities no previous experience required. Play 6 holes wit

World Tour cyclist Tom Scully had a Polish chef to thank for his fifth appearance in a Grand Tour earlier this year. The 2019 Southland Sportsperson of the Year is home for his first decent New Zealand summer in three years, nabbing one of the final two-week MIQ spots in order to be back in […]

Lessons learnt as one of New Zealand’s most promising long jumpers are standing Sam Colyer in good stead as he leaps into the next phase of his life. The former SBS Bank Academy Southland athlete has been working at SBS Bank’s Invercargill branch since last November as a Service Consultant, learning

Laing Shield Nightcaps retain the Laing Shield in their first challenge of the year defeating Tuatapere 5 1/1 to 1/2 on Saturday 22nd January. Individual results Nightcaps names first Brett Dobbie beat Connor Fowle 4/3 Stu Dobbie square Zack Fowle Ross Mangels beat Rohan Knowler 8/6 Alan Roberts bea

Southland Strokeplay and South Island Strokeplay A high quality field contested the 54 hole Southland Strokeplay and Golf NZ South Island Strokeplay over the weekend at the Invercargill Golf Club played in perfect conditions. Carmeron Harlock (New Plymouth GC) took out the title in a play off with J

Defending champion Daniel Jones and New Zealand trail running star Ruth Croft have completed two of the best finishing times ever recorded to win a delayed 2021 Kepler Challenge in Te Anau today. Traditionally held on the first weekend of December, Covid uncertainty prompted organisers to move the e

WorldTour cyclist Shane Archbold and rising star Ally Wollaston grabbed the honours in the Criterium National Championships in Christchurch on Sunday. Archbold scored his first win back with the Bora Hansgrohe team, saving his run until three laps out and outsprinting the outstanding mountain biker