Southland Sports News

Kiwi racer Brendon Leitch reckons he made some big steps forward in Japan over the weekend, despite doing double duty in Asian F3 and the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia. The Invercargill driver came close to winning his first race in the highly competitive Asian F3 championship’s second round at the

You’d be hard pressed to find anyone prouder than Angee Shand when the NZ Men’s netball team lines up against the Silver Ferns later this month. The inclusion of a Men’s Invitational team to contest the Cadbury Netball Series provides a valuable opportunity for the players to showcase their talent a

An exciting new-look shooting combination will feature for the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel in 2020. The franchise has secured the services of Trinidad and Tobago shooting star Kalifa McCollin, adding an unpredictability to the team’s attacking ranks. McCollin, who is 1.80m tall, is likely to par

Finalists from across a wide range of sporting codes have been recognised ahead of the 2018/2019 ILT Southland Sports Awards being staged next month. A fantastic year of sporting excellence has seen athletes and officials from 16 sports confirmed as finalists across seven categories at a function at

Congratulations to Marist Invercargill womens team who took out the womens championship in the final against Invercargill Blues Rugby Club, it was a fast, physical and exhilarating game to watch! Albion Excelsior Rugby Club est. 1899 took out third place with a win over Wakatipu Rugby Club. Woodland

It was a very successful week of racing in Japan for the team, with some impressive performances over four hard days of racing. Corbin Strong showed plenty of consistency with 10th, 6th, 8th and 11th, to finish in 4th place overall General Classification and take out a comfortable victory in the U23

The Southland Sharks have endured a tough 105-82 must-win Thursday Night Lights victory over the plucky Supercity Rangers in an entertaining, yet at times loose game as both teams tried to find ascendancy in a see-sawing arm-wrestle. With plenty of talk during the week centred on Southland’s leaky d

Delivering when it mattered most, the Northern Stars have advanced to the ANZ Premiership Grand Final after upsetting defending champions Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel 56-53 in the Elimination Final in Invercargill on Wednesday. The Stars will meet Te Wānanga o Raukawa Pulse to decide the ANZ prem