Sport & Motorsport News

Athletes and coaches from a wide range of sporting codes have been included in the first year intake of Academy Southland’s 2018 programmes. Ten codes are represented across the Academy Southland athlete programme and coach development programme, including Menzies College pupil Beth Scott, the first

Fresh from victory at the Oceania Rugby U20 Championship, Head Coach Craig Philpott has named the squad including Southlander’s Flynn Thomas & Jay Renton that will travel to France to defend the World Rugby Championship later this month. The squad is: Forwards: John Akau’ola-Laula – Auckland Sione A

The 17-match winning streak of the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel has come to an end, toppled by pre-season favourites Te Wānanga o Raukawa Pulse, 62-51, in Palmerston North. The Steel could find no answer for the Pulse’s young shooting duo of Aliyah Dunn and Tiana Metuarau, who showed an incredibl

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