Southland Sports News

The competitors and cars have all gone home, but the winners of the ENEOS North Island Endurance Series opener have yet to be decided. Reigning champions Wet & Forget Racing dominated proceedings at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park in the Three Hour race. Drivers Chris Hanley and Simon Evans ran a near

Nick Cassidy got the better of former Formula One World Champion Jensen Button on his way to third place in the Suzuka 300 kms Super GT race in his Lexus LC500. With co-driver Ryo Hirakawa, the pair have now moved up to third overall in the series after three of the eight rounds. After qualifying […

Big congratulation to Erin Criglington, named Masters Female Track Cyclist of the Year at the Cycling New Zealand annual awards at the weekend. A great acknowledgement of the hard work she’s put in and her commitment to the sport. Erin was also appointed vice president of the Road & Track Council –

It was an extremely wet day, but was good to see the competitors stick it out. Some of the clubs Southland are heading up to Nelson and Blenheim at Queens Birthday weekend to complete in the ‘Sunbelts’ race meeting. This meeting along with three other meetings in Invercargill/Dunedin (18th 19th Augu

Congratulations St Mary’s Maroon taking out the 2018 INC Men’s Netball League title 33- 27 and what a battle it was, also Well done Collegiate Titans our runners up who fought hard. St Mary’s Blue finished off in third place 53-49 over the hearty Makarewa boys. Well done to both teams you put on a [

Games played at Invercargill on Saturday May 19 2018 The first game of the day  was between Dunedin Bears RLC and Cowboys RLC . The referee was Mike Lemalie. Photos by Dave Loudon Photography. Cowboys got off to a great start scoring a try in the opening minutes of the game and converted the try. […

Challenge Wanaka has been recognised for its innovation and ongoing success winning the 2018 University of Otago Innovation in Sport Award at ASB Bank Otago Sports Awards on Friday night. The Otago Sports Awards were held at the Dunedin Town Hall with the best of the province’s sporting talent all o

ITM MIKE Racing will sport a striking new livery for the winter season of endurance starting this weekend at Hampton Downs. Brendon Leitch, 22, and Christina Orr-West, 30, will race in a similar guise to Leitch’s Castrol Toyota Racing Series FT50 featuring the signature ITM yellow. The Mercedes-Benz