Southland Sports News
Marist & Blues: The storm is over, at least for Division 1. Both Premier and Ack Soper Shield grades have made it through storm week, with 3 games in the space of just 8 days. Ack Soper division one now have five weeks of regular season play, along with all grades bar premier who have […]
Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel shooter Georgia Heffernan will be sidelined for the rest of the year following a serious knee injury. Scans have confirmed a ruptured ACL (anterior cruciate ligament), MCL (medial collateral ligament) and meniscus damage to her right knee after she landed awkwardly du
Corbin Strong’s outstanding first year as an elite cyclist has been recognised with the ILT Senior Sportsperson of the Year award. The senior award was the culmination of a week-long virtual celebration of Southland sport presented by Sport Southland on behalf of the Southland Amateur Sports Trust.
Mirfin sweeps up second prize at ILT Southland Sports Awards World junior rowing champion Shakira Mirfin has claimed her second award on the penultimate night of the 2020 ILT Southland Sports Awards. A member of the New Zealand quadruple sculls crew which won gold at the world junior rowing champion
The third night of the 2020 ILT Southland Sports Awards included an emotional tribute to long-standing Southland tennis coach Peter White, along with the Southland Kia Team of the Year and Ricoh Southland Coach of the Year awards. White was diagnosed with motor neurone disease earlier this year and
Sport Southland hosts the annual celebration of sporting achievement on behalf of the Southland Amateur Sports Trust and is presenting the Awards online for the first time. It was a great outing for the athletics community with Te Anau policeman Dwight Grieve winning the NZME Masters Achievement of
Southland rugby great Leicester Rutledge, world junior rowing champion Shakira Mirfin and Invercargill physiotherapist Karl McDonald have been honoured on the opening night of the 2020 ILT Southland Sports Awards. The awards are being presented digitally for the first time this year, with a total of
After a quick turnaround, Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel held their nerve to post a hard-fought 49-47 win over a tenacious Robinhood Northern Stars at the Auckland Netball Centre on Sunday. In unfamiliar territory at the bottom of the table, the Steel had to wait until their fourth match before sec