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The racing was intense from the first race until the last when Southland hosted the 2023 New Zealand Junior Motocross Championships at the weekend. The MotoSouth, KTM and Kawasaki-sponsored annual school holiday event was run over three days, from Friday through until Sunday, at The Sandpit track on

Denzil Travers of Wanaka won the annual A1 Auto Services 1 Hour race at the final meeting of the 2022/2023 motor racing season presented by Downer at Teretonga Park in Invercargill on Sunday. Travers, driving an Audi LMS3 TCR car, took the race in a dramatic finish which saw comfortable leader, Jord

The Robinhood Stars were pushed all the way before returning to winning ways when posting a heart-stopping 49-47 win over a resurgent Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel in Auckland on Saturday. Still searching for their first win in an injury-challenged season, the Steel had their best outing to date,

The final meeting of the Southland Sports Car Club’s 2022/2023 motor racing season at Teretonga Park in Invercargill takes place this Sunday, 16 April. The meeting, presented by Downer, will see cars and motorcycles combined on the same programme for the first time in many years. Admission will be f

You could describe Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel manager Dayna Kaio’s debut ANZ Premiership netball game as a baptism of fire. In fact, it was her first gig ever as a team manager. Testament to her logistical prowess and resilient work ethic, she will rack up her 100th match with the franchise aga

There is little to celebrate on Te Pūkenga’s third birthday this week, National’s Tertiary Education spokesperson and Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds says. “After three years, it is shameful that the Government’s polytechnic mega-merger still doesn’t have an operating model and as a result, has no di

A big day is being planned for Southern Harness Racing’s premier day of the season, Diamonds Day, due to take place at Ascot Park Raceway in Invercargill on Sunday 23 April. The Invercargill Harness Racing Club are pleased to announce that, after the success of last year, one lady will take home a b

The Pork Pie mini’s have started leaving the south to head back home, with $411,000 raised so far since the fundraising journey began last week. Co-organiser Kev Hollamby has been involved in running the event since 2013, which he put on his bucket list, and has since “inherited” it. Highlights of t