Southland Sports News

Fernando Alonso celebrated a winning start to his World Endurance Championship career as he and teammates Sébastien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima won the 6 Hours of Spa-Francochamps in their Toyota TS050 Hybrid. In the first race of the 2018-19 WEC they led the vast majority of the race to head home the

On Sunday 22nd April Southern Drags hosted their final day of the season at Teretonga Park, weather did cause some disruptions, otherwise a great day for all involved. Photos by Dave Loudon Photography.

Nick Cassidy lies fourth equal in Japan’s Super GT Series after finishing seventh in the second round, the Fuji 500 kms, on Friday night in his Lexus LC 500. After qualifying ninth, his co-driver Ryo Hirakawa started the race, which was won by former champion Ronnie Quintarelli and Tsugio Matsuda. H

Official Result: Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel 55 defeat SKYCITY Mystics 47 After leading from start to finish, the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel opened their 2018 account with a well-merited 55-47 win over the SKYCITY Mystics in Palmerston North on Sunday. Opening the first of Super Sunday’s th

After only a month back on the bike after fracturing his back in a collision with a car in late January Southlander Corbin Strong won today’s elite men’s 139 kilometre race in round four of the Calder Stewart Cycling Series in Timaru. One of New Zealand’s most promising young cyclists, 18 year old S

It’s a different course but Southlander Matt Zenovich is keen on the same result as last year while women’s professionals Kate McIIroy and Sharlotte Lucas return to the series after missing the previous two rounds due to Commonwealth Games commitments as round four of the Calder Stewart Cycling hits

Her elevation into the elite ranks of the ANZ Premiership may have come as a surprise, but Courtney Elliott is determined to make an impact. Just a few days ago, the Waikato defender was preparing to compete in the Beko Netball League until a phone call from Steel coach Reinga Bloxham changed the di

Renowned for his flamboyant driving style, Andrew Hawkeswood won the NZ Rally Championship at the wheel of a heavily modified Mazda 2 engineered by his own team. One hundred and forty-six tyres is a telling statistic. That’s how much rubber Thames-born Andrew Hawkeswood chewed through during the six