Southland Sports News

Victory in the final race of the ENEOS North Island Endurance Series has given Jarrod Owens the needed push to go overseas. Owens took out overall honours in the One Hour Series final at Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon last weekend. Despite having never driven at Feilding facility he managed to keep out

ITM MIKE Racing duo satisfied with second in debut season Brendon Leitch and Christina Orr-West say they can’t be too disappointed with their efforts this season despite missing out on an overall title. This year Orr-West, who hails from Whakatane, stepped up to the GT–A division of the ENEOS North

Husband and wife team, Mike and Helen Cameron of Stratford, will bring a fair bit of cheer to the 2018 Catlins Coast Rally hosted by the Eastern Southland Car Club on Saturday 11 August. Co-driver Helen has become known as the Lolly Lady after she saw an official standing in “shitty, wet conditions”

New Zealand has continued to dominate all aspects on rugby on the world stage and the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens is no exception. While the New Zealand Men’s and Women’s 7s teams took out the win at the San Francisco tournament, the competition’s referees were all under the watchful eye of their So

Congratulations to the Gore Bowling Club for being accepted by Bowls NZ as one of the six clubs nationwide to compete in the Bowls3Five competition that will screen live on Sky Sport for six weeks from the 23rd October. The Gore team will include two of Southland’s top men’s players in the form of S

The Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel emerged from the darkness to close out Super Sunday with a convincing 75-58 win over WBOP Magic in Auckland today. Play was delayed after the stadium was plunged into darkness due to a lighting fault, but it had little effect on the defending champions. In a conti

New Zealand’s growing endurance racing scene has been given a boost with the arrival of a McLaren 650S GT3 to the country. The ex-Tony Quinn car is now in the hands of SBT Motorsport owner Glenn Smith. The car will race this weekend at Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon where Smith and co-driver John de Ve

A refreshed SIT Zero Fees Southland Stags team is heading into the season with a great mixture of new and experienced players. With a squad of 26 to begin the 2018 pre-season campaign; 11 are born and bred Southlanders, 20 have made Southland their home and play club rugby, as well as the likes of [