Sport + Motorsport

Invercargill speedster Cormac Buchanan was named Junior Solo Rider of the Year at the Speedway New Zealand Awards staged in Wellington last night. It’s the second consecutive year Buchanan, 11, has earned the top national accolade. The 2017-2018 speedway season has proved a successful one for Buchan

Losing shape, conceding penalties, missing more tackles than was comfortable and failing to hold ball all summed up a frustrating All Blacks 26-13 win to claim the Steinlager Series while retaining the Dave Gallaher Trophy over France in Wellington on Saturday. The game was dominated by the sending

Brothers Brendon and Damon Leitch will share the same pit for the first time in four years this weekend, but in separate seats. Brendon will continue to campaign the no.16 ITM MIKE Racing Mercedes-Benz AMG SLS GT3 alongside Christina Orr-West. Meanwhile, Damon will be on the outside looking in as ca

It may have looked like a weird Irish jig but for Southland table tennis it was a special moment. It was a victory dance performed by the Southland under-18 boys’ team of Andrew Fleming, Caleb Duffy and Carl Rodmell. Their quick little shuffle was performed after they completed one of Southland’s fi

PREMIER Woodlands 24 – Marist 17 It was a tough weekend for both Marist senior sides who went down to their Woodlands opponents. Kelvin Hotel Marist Premier started off sluggishly against a Woodlands side who had won their past five matches and who have welcomed back some key players across the park

Southland District Rugby League – 09.06.2018 There was scheduled to be two premier grade games last Saturday . The first game between Winton/City and Cooks ended up being a friendly 9’s game due to Winton/City having a shortage of available players on the day . Mike Lemalie refereed the game. They p

Southern Steel’s unbeaten 2017 campaign scooped three more prizes for the mantelpiece on Friday evening at the 2017/2018 ILT Southland Sports Awards. The Ascot Park Hotel-sponsored team, which won 21 straight games along with the ANZ Premiership and Super Club titles last year, picked up the Team of

There seems to be no stopping Challenge Wanaka athlete and benefactor Garth Barfoot who has his sights set on the full long distance triathlon event in Cairns this Sunday after a less than ideal build up. The veteran of a multitude of triathlons and three hip reconstructions used a hospital wheelcha