Sport + Motorsport

The New Zealand men’s team pursuit will take on Russia for the bronze medal after the opening day of competition at the UCI Junior Track World Championships in Germany. The women’s team pursuit squad qualified second fastest as they move into the first round on day two, looking for a place in the fi

The Southland Sports Car Club’s Evolution Motorsport Clubsport Championship got underway at Teretonga Park on Sunday with excellent numbers contesting both the Motorkhana and Autocross events. A record number of forty-six entries tackled the three motorkhana tests in the morning with the youngest co

A collaborative approach will see a new South Island provincial netball tournament launched next month. Netball South and Netball Mainland have joined forces to develop the initiative, allowing provinces to field representative teams at senior level to provide a competitive platform to further enhan

Garet and Gemma Thomas of Darfield won the Catlins Coast Rally on Saturday in a dramatic finish. The husband and wife team only took the lead on the final stage in a Subaru WRX Sti. The duo had cause for double celebration as their victory also gave them the Mainland Rally Series drivers and co-driv

Garet and Gemma Thomas of Darfield won the Catlins Coast Rally on Saturday in a dramatic finish. The husband and wife team only took the lead on the final stage in a Subaru WRX Sti. The duo had cause for double celebration as their victory also gave them the Mainland Rally Series drivers and co-driv

Southland teen Cormac Buchanan will head to Spain in October to pursue his goal of competing on the world stage. Currently racing in Australia’s bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup, Buchanan is one of two riders from the academy programme to be nominated to attend the prestigious Red Bull Rookies Cup selecti

A massive entry of eighty-eight cars will start the 2019 Catlins Coast Rally on Saturday. Defending champion and four-time winner Andrew Graves of Gore is once again the top seed in his venerable Mitsubishi EVO 3. Graves’ wins have come in 2010, 2013, 2017 and again last year. He has twice been runn

Southland racer Brendon Leitch has recorded his strongest performance of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia series so far, taking a win and a second in the Pro-Am class and an overall podium result at the Yeongam circuit in South Korea over the weekend. The Dayle ITM and Lamborghini Auckland driver w