Southland Sports News

Last season’s Rookie of the Year Jordan Baldwin will be back for the 2018-2019 Toyota 86 Championship and the 20 year old has his eyes firmly on the overall title. The former ministock, stockcar, national level kart and BMW E30 racer made the podium on his debut in the Toyota 86 Championship last se

Touch Southland’s Nick Mason & Shianna Templeton are gaining invaluable experience and expertise as they take on touch teams across Queensland and the Gold Coast as members of New Zealand Under-16 Mixed Green & Black teams respectively. The mixed tour follows on from both the Under-16 Boys & Girls t

The favourites all stepped up with Sharlotte Lucas, Paul Odlin and David Rowlands all winning in the fifth round of the Calder Stewart Cycling Series in Nelson today. Riding for PKF Waterproofing Concepts Odlin, who has just celebrated his 40th birthday, won the bunch sprint beating Michael Vink (Mi

A more committed second half against Northland will give Southland something to build on ahead of their Ranfurly Shield challenge against Waikato in nine days time. Southland will be sweating on the recovery of James Wilson and Flynn Thomas after losing the team’s co-captains inside the first half h

Jack Allan knows it sounds a bit cheesy, but he reckons the time he spent in the Academy Southland programme hasn’t just changed his coaching, it’s changed his life. Allan has recently returned from being part of New Zealand under 21 campaigns on both sides of the Tasman, working with a variety of c

Winners, trophies, pressure and relief – Table Tennis Southland’s residential championship tournament had it all. The province’s best and brightest junior, senior and veteran players bashed it out at the Lindisfarne Street stadium in Invercargill on Saturday, with big entry numbers resulting in some

BMW have built a self propelled motorcycle to help improve rider safety. How can we make motorcycling even safer? We know automation is part of your motorcycle safety. To enable us to further develop vehicle dynamics control systems, we conduct intensive research with the aid of prototypes and measu

On Sunday 16th September Kartsport Southland held their Club Day with a fine day with a little wind. Photos by Dave Loudon Photography.