Southland Sports News
The game was a joint fundraiser for Garston School (Funds to fit seatbelts in their school bus) and also to the Blair Vining Foundation. The game was played in great conditions and drew a crowd of about 500. Scotty “ Sumo “ Stevenson commentated the game with a slant on providing a humorous commenta
Road cyclists from as far afield as Canterbury are starting to put their names in the hat to contest bragging rights for the country’s longest-running club road classic race when the Gore to Invercargill Classic returns this weekend. (NB Saturday 6 April) In its 88th year, the 74km handicapped race
The inaugural Vital Signs Fight for Yellow two day tour was held over the weekend of the 30th and 31st of March. The Tour was developed from Mike and Tania of Vital Signs desire to see that a tour was available after the long running Tour de Lakes finished last year. Matt Zenovich was also […]
In another strong move for the Sal’s NBL, two new faces have been added to the National Basketball League Limited (NBLL) Board with Southland Sharks General Manager Jill Bolger and former Tall Black and NBL star Dillon Boucher joining the now 7-member group. “It’s a really good move for the League,
In the faceoff that fans had been waiting six months for, Te Wānanga o Raukawa Pulse have avenged last season’s Grand Final with a 54-50 victory over the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel. It didn’t go the Pulse’s way for the full 60 minutes – the dogged Steel were leading by up to seven goals […]
Nine New Zealand and two Championship records fell on day one of the Vantage Age Group Track Cycling National Championships in Cambridge. Southland’s James Jubb produced a stunning ride to lower the 1000m Time Trial record with a time of 1:07.961 in the men’s masters one category, while Adam Hamlin
A 12-strong team has been selected to represent New Zealand at the UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships in Germany. The team, with six females and six males – all endurance riders – will contest the five-day championships on 14-18 August to be staged in Frankfurt an der Oder on the border of
Cormac Buchanan is a Southland lad with a big dream of racing MotoGP. The determined 12-year-old will take his first significant step towards achieving it when he races in Australia this weekend. Buchanan is the only New Zealand rider selected to compete in the inaugural bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup,