Sport & Motorsport

The Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel will launch its ANZ Premiership campaign on Monday celebrating a significant milestone for a loyal trio. When they take the court against Splice Construction Magic in Dunedin on Monday night, co-captains Gina Crampton and Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit will join head

Southland’s rich cycling history gets a further boast with New Zealand’s leading team based cycling series being held in the region for the first time. The opening round of the Calder Stewart Cycling Series, the Wensleys Cycles Southland Classic, is being held in Wyndham, eastern Southland, this Sun

Young Southland racing driver Jordan Michels will line up as part of a star studded grid at the Australian Grand Prix meeting at Albert Park in Melbourne this weekend. Michels will drive a S5000 car in one of the support races at the event. The cars are Australia’s fastest race cars based around the

Two riders from both ends of the spectrum picked up their fourth gold medals on the penultimate day of the Vantage Age Group Track National Championships in Invercargill. Multiple Masters world champion Erin Criglington from Southland picked up her fourth medal and third gold of the championships, w

Liam MacDonald and Andrew Lawrie were the winners at Round 6 of the Southland Sports Car Club’s Evolution Motorsport Clubsport Championship at Teretonga Park on Sunday. It has been a hard-fought season and this round was no exception with MacDonald winning the Motorkhana in the morning from Gregg Co

The Masters riders were in record-breaking form on day two of the Vantage Age Group Track National Championships in Invercargill. Local veteran Neil Familton along with Auckland’s Penny Pawson and Waikato’s Julie Graddon all broke national records at the SIT Zero Fees Velodrome. Familton took out th

Tickets have gone on sale for this month’s big weekend of motorsport at Teretonga Park in Invercargill. The New Zealand Super Trucks and Mobil 1 Mainland Muscle Cars are two of the most popular motor racing categories in the country and they will both take to the 2.64 kilometre Teretonga Park track

Success both on and off the golf course was celebrated on Wednesday 12 February, with the Southland Golfer of the Year presentations. The Golfer of the Year presentations, which recognised Southland’s top female, male and junior golfers, highlighted a positive 2019 year for Southland players, which