Southland Sports News

A focus on cost reduction and the hosting of two national championships has helped Cycling Southland move back into positive territory and turn around a significant loss from 2017. The organisation has reported a profit of $46,990 for the year ending March 2018, a noticeable improvement on the $52,0

Kiwis Dave Holder and Jason Farmer secured a ninth place class finish in their first-ever run on the famed high speed special stages of Rally Finland. While the pair had hoped for a stronger Finnish result in the FIA Junior World Rally Championship category they are contesting for the first time thi

Kiwi rally driver Hayden Paddon and his British co-driver Seb Marshall have secured a well-deserved fourth place at Rally Finland, their best ever result at this iconic World Rally Championship event, which ran 26-29 July. For his ninth run in Finland, Paddon’s pre-event goal was to be in the top fi

More than a decade of dedicated service to Cycling Southland has been recognised with the bestowing of life membership on former president Lindsay Jordan. The honour was presented to the sport administrator at the organisation’s annual meeting last week. Cycling Southland general manager Mark Hotton

Estonian Ott Tänak scored a hugely impressive win on the fastest round of the World Rally Championship in Finland overnight, as the Toyota team scored a double podium with Jari Matti Latvala finishing third in his Yaris WRC. Tänak has climbed to third in the driver’s championship after front runners

Flying their flag with pride, the Northern Stars finished the season in style when posting a well-deserved 65-59 win over the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel in Auckland today. The respective 93 and 92 percent success rates of shooters Maia Wilson and Paula Griffin combined with the growing contribu

Welcome to the New Zealand Boat Marathon Commission website!! The New Zealand Boat Marathon Commission was established in 1972 as an overseeing body to coordinate and promote responsible boating, allowing boating clubs to organise and run events to enabling boat owners to compete in a series of nomi

Southland’s up and coming cyclist Corbin Strong is part of the Team Skoda Fruzio who will take to the start of the Junior Tour of Wales 2018. In just under a month the New Zealand outfit will take on the five stages and over 300km of racing that will comprise the 37th edition of the […]