Sport & Motorsport News
The Altherm JCR Yamaha road racing teams performed stunningly at the country’s southernmost track to cover all spots on their class and overall New Zealand Superbike (NZSBK) Championship podiums. Racing in uncharacteristically sunny weather at Teretonga Park, the three riders Alastair Hoogenboezem (
After a six-year hiatus, the New Zealand Superbike Championship (NZSBK) returns to Teretonga Park this weekend. With two rounds of racing already complete in the five-round series, round three in the deep south could prove pivotal to championship hopes. Southland Motorcycle Club president Andy Under
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