Southland Sports News

Entries for the Maxis Projects 6+6 Adventure Race open February 1. Despite the 2020 edition being just the third running of the Sandy Point-based event, the 6+6 has quickly become a much-anticipated date on the local events calendar. Last year nearly 40 teams took part, with the Southland Triathlon

AWS Legal Compliance and Risk Officer Bruce Horwood was on fire earlier this month with a double win at the Target Shooting Nationals in Trentham, Upper Hutt. Bruce conjured up a majestic score of 587 ex 600 on Day 1 to win the Wellington 300m Championship and followed this up by winning the Nationa

A fantastic number of newcomers to surfing took advantage of the Southland Boardriders Association Have A Go Day at Colac Bay on Sunday. Jess Terrill of the Southland Surf School said it was a “massive turnout.” “Plenty of newcomers were in the water surfing and every one of them managed to get up a

It is with great excitement Rugby Southland announce that Tony Lamborn will be returning to the SIT Zero Fees Southland Stags for the 2020 season. Tony was a valued member of the Stags 2018 squad but was unable to commit for the 2019 season because of his commitments at the Rugby World Cup with the

Large fields made for a top weekend of motor racing action presented by Downer at Teretonga Park, Invercargill, this weekend. Steve Ross of Dunedin in his Jaguar XK8 TraNZam was the standout in the OSCA Super Saloons winning three of the four races to top the podium for the weekend with Kris Brown o

The Vantage New Zealand team has won two further medals on the final day of their opening UCI Track World Cup campaign in Hong Kong. The pairing of omnium world champion Campbell Stewart and Tom Sexton won the silver medal in the men’s madison behind world champions Germany, while Corbin Strong won

The Southland Sidecar Championship at Oreti Park Speedway on Saturday night. Jason Harpur and swinger James Dawson winning the main title. Harpur has won the Southland title twice previously as both a rider and a swinger. “It’s been 10 years since I’ve won it but I’ve competed every year,” he said.

The Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel are looking to make their mark at this year’s Super Club, which begins this Sunday in Nelson. Steel join all five other ANZ Premiership teams, along with international club sides Collingwood Magpies (Australia) and Wasps Netball (England) at the tournament, which