Southland Sports News

Hundreds of Tiwai staff and their families will take off the high vis and put on their running shoes, to take part in the annual ICC Surf to City on Sunday. About 300 people have signed up from the New Zealand Aluminium Smelters’ Tiwai site, a mixture of staff and their families. It’s believed to […

The Vantage Elite women’s team pursuit produced a courageous performance to claim the bronze medal on the second day of the UCI Track World Championships in Poland. Three of the pursuit team had succumbed to illness that has affected a number of the squad, but they edged their way into the medal rid

After a promising start, the opening day of the UCI Track World Championships proved a disappointment for the Vantage Elite New Zealand team in Poland. The New Zealand men’s sprint team impressed to be third fastest in qualifying in 43.388s but they could not find the same level of execution in the

Rebounding in decisive fashion, the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel sent out a clear message when outclassing The Good Oil Tactix 66-46 in Christchurch on Tuesday. Slipping to an upset loss in their opening match on Sunday, the defending champions were quick to redress the balance with a clinical se

Sunday 24th February was the fundraiser for mental health Drive4Life at Teretonga Park. Organisers Bree Nutsford and Sam Hole were pleased how the days events went smoothly and was well supported by the community for such an important and current topic. Its been a big few weeks for mental health awa

New Zealand cyclists will be looking to this week’s UCI Track World Championships as an important litmus test on their progress towards next year’s Tokyo Olympics. The 17-strong Vantage Elite team face a five-day competition starting on Wednesday at the BNP Paribas Arena in Pruszkow, Poland. Injurie

The Northern Stars held on to open their account with an upset 66-64 win over defending champions Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel to kick-start Super Sunday’s opening round in Hamilton on Sunday. With the return of two greats of the game in midcourter Temepara Bailey and defender Leana de Bruin, the

Riding for new team Ridge Homes Batt had an impressive climb to claim his first win in the series, also grabbing the series’ under 23 leaders jersey, winning in three hours and twenty minutes with last year’s winner Matt Zenovich finishing second one minute behind, followed by his Transport Engineer