Sport + Motorsport

Last year’s Catlins Coast Rally winner, Garet Thomas of Darfield, returns to tackle the roads again this year. Thomas, with wife Gemma co-driving, won the event in dramatic fashion last year. The duo went into the final stage in third place, thirty-three seconds off the lead but when problems befell

The Catlins Coast Rally reaches a major milestone this year with the 20th edition of the event set to take place on the roads of the Catlins area on Saturday 8 August. Always a popular event, already seventy entries have been received for the rally with some of the biggest names of New Zealand rally

Entry level motorsport is booming in the south and the Southland Sports Car Club hosts its first event of the new season – the Evolution Motorsport ClubSport Triathlon at Teretonga Park in Invercargill on Sunday 26 July. This is a non-championship event which replaces the traditional end of season T

Bevan Gerrard became the most recent Life Member of the Southland Sports Car Club after the organisation’s 72 nd AGM last week. Gerrard, originally from Winton and now based in Invercargill, has been involved with the club for over 45 years after good mate Ray Galt got him involved initially. “Car t

Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel shooter Jennifer O’Connell has been ruled out for the rest of the reason with a ruptured ACL and torn MCL in her left knee. Scans this week confirmed the extent of the injury which she suffered late in the fourth quarter of her side’s Round 5 match against Central Pul

The Northern Stars have proven too strong for an injury-hit Southern Steel outfit, easing out to a 48-39 national netball premiership win in Auckland. Already missing goal attack Georgia Heffernan to a season-ending knee injury last week, the Steel lost key goal shoot Jennifer O’Connell in Friday’s

Progress is being made towards the removal of toxic mould at Rugby Park, despite delays due to structural concerns and the COVID-19 lockdown. Councillor Nobby Clark was surprised to learn the work would cost $100,000, but pleased it was getting done. In February, Invercargill City Council resolved t

The struggles continue for the Southern Steel after 40-37 loss against the Central Pulse in the ANZ Premiership and the loss of a second goal shooter to injury. The Steel pushed the defending champions for a closer result than the seven goal difference when these two teams met six days ago, but in t