Sport & Motorsport

Matt Summerfield of Christchurch is the provisional winner of the twentieth edition of today’s Catlins Coast Rally in his Mitsubishi Mirage AP4. Summerfield and co-driver Jared Christofferson won four of the six Special Stages and took the lead after the third stage of the event extending their lead

It is a special year for the Catlins Coast Rally this year as the Eastern Southland Car Club hold the 20th edition of the event on Saturday 8 August. Amongst the eighty-four entries are two drivers, Andrew Graves of Gore and Barry Mills of BaIclutha, who have competed in every single one – with a […

The Catlins Coast Rally celebrates twenty years of action this Saturday and the spectacular entry list of more than eighty competitors is appropriate for such a momentous occasion. Spectators will see some of the biggest names in New Zealand rallying with no less a driver than Hayden Paddon running

Spectators at this year’s Catlins Coast Rally on Saturday will get a rare treat as Hayden Paddon makes an appearance at the event at the wheel of his Hyundai i20 AP4. Paddon is the only kiwi driver to ever win a World Rally Championship event having won 2016 Rally Argentina. He was the 2011 Producti

With such a large entry it is inevitable that there will be some interesting back stories among the competitors in the twentieth running of the Catlins Coast Rally on Saturday. Jeremy McIlwrick and Bradley Dawson’s first rally together was the Wyndham Rally of 1998 and they competed together in the

The Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel are excited about the chance to play in front of home fans during the next two rounds of the ANZ Premiership. After seven weeks on the road due to the centralised COVID-19 season restart, the Steel are set to host back-to-back matches in Invercargill this Friday a

Tears flowed freely from relieved Splice Construction Magic players after they pulled off their first win since the opening round of the ANZ Premiership way back in March. But they waited until the final seconds to do it, keeping the home crowd at Claudelands Arena in Hamilton holding their breath,

The Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic pulled off their first win since the opening round of the ANZ Premiership way back in March by beating the Southern Steel 37-36 in Hamilton last night. They finally finished on the right side of a tight game, having had two draws and a one-goal loss this year. After [