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Southland teenager Corbin Strong gave further evidence of his emerging talent with a courageous win in the omnium on day three of the Vantage National Track Championships in Cambridge. Strong, 19, was recently named as the young member of the Vantage Elite team for next month’s world championships w

Variety is the spice of life and there is plenty of variety at this weekend’s Speedworks Events Motorsport New Zealand Premier Championship Series racing at Teretonga Park. D1NZ bring the Valvoline D1NZ Drifting Championship to Teretonga Park for the first time ever which means some of the country’s

A fantastic entry of fifty-seven competitors contested a grass autocross event organised by the Southland Sports Car Club at the property of Nigel King at Rakahouka on Sunday. While it was a non-championship clubsport event it was extremely closely contested with Roger Laird of Gore taking the overa

Sport Southland is seeking more diverse views in a bid to address the region’s poor activity rates. According to national research data, Southland adults have the worst rates of physical activity in the country and the region’s youth are active for less than an hour each day, which is below recommen

Southern track success continued for the two-tier Yamaha Motor New Zealand team, as four out of the five riders finished the New Zealand Superbike Championship’s second round on the podium. Invercargill’s Cormac Buchanan once again demonstrated he is a future star in the making – dominating the Supe

Cycling New Zealand’s Vantage elite track riders enjoyed outstanding success at the New Zealand Cycle Classic that finished in Masterton. Congratulations to Corbin Strong (New Zealand National Team) who took out the U23 classification at the New Zealand Cycle Classic over the weekend. Strong was als

Five Southlanders form part of a 17-strong Cycling New Zealand squad competing in the UCI Track World Championships in Germany next month. Eddie Dawkins, Nick Kergozou, Corbin Strong, Natasha Hansen, and Kirstie James will make their way to Berlin in what will be a litmus test for the Vantage elite

Yamaha Motor New Zealand riders were in it to win it last weekend at the 2020 New Zealand Superbike Championships’ season opener in Christchurch. Cormac Buchanan, a 13-year-old Southland rider with support from Yamaha and local motorcycle dealership Rogers Yamaha, picked up three for three in the Su