Sport + Motorsport

Kepler Challenge debutantes Nancy Jiang and Daniel Jones have taken out the 60km mountain run in Te Anau today, while a race record which had lasted for a decade was smashed in the Luxmore Grunt. Jiang, who was 15th at the world mountain running championship earlier this year, was a comfortable winn

A big weekend of motor racing action presented by Downer is underway at Teretonga Park in Invercargill. Today (Saturday) saw qualifying and one race for each class and in the popular OSCA Super Saloons it was championship leader Laine Etwell of Rolleston who took the spoils in his Pontiac GTO. Local

Two days of motor racing action presented by Downer are in store at Teretonga Park in Invercargill this weekend. OSCA Super Saloons head the action while the SS Cup makes its first visit to the circuit. The South Island F1600 Class is hard fought this season while the Noel McIntyre Drainage Club Sal

The Executive Committee is delighted to announce that Invercargill woman Nicola Wills, currently business development manager at Craig’s Design and Print, has been appointed Cycling Southland general manager. Nicola will start on January 14. Cycling Southland president Reece McDonald said a robust p

Rower Shakira Mirfin and mountainbiker Josh Burnett have been recognised for a superb 2018 at the annual Academy Southland celebration evening on Wednesday (November 28). The two talented athletes have picked up the trophies for outstanding overall performance and commitment for Year One (Mirfin) an

Olympic rower Hamish Bond has scooped first place at the BDO Lake Taupō Cycle Challenge’s elite mens race with Southlander Corbin Strong coming in third. More than 5700 people raced in the event’s 13 road and mountain bike races over two days on Friday and Saturday. Slogging out the 160-kilometres H

On Sunday Southern Dragways hosted another club meeting at Teretonga Park, the weather was perfect and there was a great turnout of keen spectators. Photos by Dave Loudon Photography.

Think running the 60km Kepler Challenge mountain race through some of Fiordland’s most beautiful and demanding scenery is hard – how about doing it in full firefighting gear? That’s the prospect facing Ashburton volunteer firefighter Sam Cullimore on Saturday (December 1) as he looks to raise funds