Southland Sports News

Invercargill men Todd Blackmun and Andrew Kennedy are having a ball competing in entry level motorsport events run by the Southland Sports Car Club. They compete in a 1999 Ford Ka that cost just $75. After purchasing the car they discovered $10 in the ashtray so in reality as they share the car at e

After months of infighting last night Riverside Speedway held their AGM and appointed a new executive. Here’s to a great season of speedway action. The club wishes to thank all those who attended the AGM last night, it was a fantastic turnout with a positive vibe. Special thanks to Speedway New Zeal

Premier Pirates Old Boys 25 – Marist 21 Both Kelvin Hotel Marist and Pirates Old-Boys went into Thursday’s clash down on players with both sides suffering several injuries and unavailabilities over the past couple of weeks. Marist started the better of the two when Jack Nally popped a nice offload u

After suffering several close losses, the Silvermoon Tactix reversed the trend to pip the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel 53-52 in a thriller in Dunedin today. Ironically, the last time the pair met two weeks ago, it was the Steel who prevailed with the exact same scoreline. With their experienced h

Bauer & Scully take TT 4th-5th as Roglic wins Tour of Slovenia New Zealanders Jack Bauer and Tom Scully have finished fourth and fifth respectively in the final stage of the 2018 Tour of Slovenia. The stage was won by Primoz Roglic of LottoNL-Jumbo who took back-to-back stage wins and with them the

A dominant third quarter helped push the SKYCITY Mystics up the points table after they posted an important 62-57 win over the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel in Auckland tonight. Playing their first game in 10 days after beating the table-topping Te Wānanga o Raukawa Pulse in their last outing, the

More North American based drivers are being sought for next summer’s Castrol Toyota Racing Series. Series Manager Nicolas Caillol is about to head to race meetings at Road America and Mid-Ohio tracks on consecutive weekends to encourage drivers in the junior single seater classes – USF2000, Pro Mazd

Action photos from racing at last weekend’s first round of Kart Southland Club Winter Series. Results and winners named below. Photos: Dave Loudon Photography.