Southland Sports News

PREMIER Woodlands 24 – Marist 17 It was a tough weekend for both Marist senior sides who went down to their Woodlands opponents. Kelvin Hotel Marist Premier started off sluggishly against a Woodlands side who had won their past five matches and who have welcomed back some key players across the park

Southland District Rugby League – 09.06.2018 There was scheduled to be two premier grade games last Saturday . The first game between Winton/City and Cooks ended up being a friendly 9’s game due to Winton/City having a shortage of available players on the day . Mike Lemalie refereed the game. They p

Southern Steel’s unbeaten 2017 campaign scooped three more prizes for the mantelpiece on Friday evening at the 2017/2018 ILT Southland Sports Awards. The Ascot Park Hotel-sponsored team, which won 21 straight games along with the ANZ Premiership and Super Club titles last year, picked up the Team of

There seems to be no stopping Challenge Wanaka athlete and benefactor Garth Barfoot who has his sights set on the full long distance triathlon event in Cairns this Sunday after a less than ideal build up. The veteran of a multitude of triathlons and three hip reconstructions used a hospital wheelcha

Some of New Zealand’s burgeoning young track cyclists impressed in the first round of the new Subway National Track Series at Invercargill over the weekend. The competition at the SIT Zero Fees Velodrome was the first of three in the new Subway National Track Series with two further rounds to take p

Congratulations to four young Southland cyclists who finished the Rolling Plains Mini Tour with Jaz McLeod 1st (U15 Girls) and fastest female TT of the day u17 and down. Jack McLeod 2nd (U13 Boys), Boys Ronan Shearing 3rd (U15 Boys) and Hunter Gough 3rd (U17 Boys)  and with little Cooper Gough havin

Rebounding from a disappointing previous outing, the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel held their nerve when it mattered to snatch a 63-61 win over the Northern Stars in Invercargill on Sunday. In a close and evenly contested match throughout, both teams had their opportunities in a tension-filled fin

What a Rippa of a day! with two hundred kids battling it out today at Rugby Park stadium  for the trip to Wellington to the national rippa championship 2018 Rippa Rugby Championship Hauroko v Limehills School for a trip to Wellington for Rippa Nationals. Source: Rugby Southland