Sport & Motorsport

Husband and wife team, Mike and Helen Cameron of Stratford, will bring a fair bit of cheer to the 2018 Catlins Coast Rally hosted by the Eastern Southland Car Club on Saturday 11 August. Co-driver Helen has become known as the Lolly Lady after she saw an official standing in “shitty, wet conditions”

New Zealand has continued to dominate all aspects on rugby on the world stage and the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens is no exception. While the New Zealand Men’s and Women’s 7s teams took out the win at the San Francisco tournament, the competition’s referees were all under the watchful eye of their So

The SIT Zero Fees Southland Sharks have confirmed a place in the Final 4 and, in the process, ended the Canterbury Rams’ final hopes with a gritty 88-79 victory tonight at ILT Stadium Southland. The Sharks gave up a ten-point halftime lead with another slow start to the third quarter and had to ride

The Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel emerged from the darkness to close out Super Sunday with a convincing 75-58 win over WBOP Magic in Auckland today. Play was delayed after the stadium was plunged into darkness due to a lighting fault, but it had little effect on the defending champions. In a conti

New Zealand’s growing endurance racing scene has been given a boost with the arrival of a McLaren 650S GT3 to the country. The ex-Tony Quinn car is now in the hands of SBT Motorsport owner Glenn Smith. The car will race this weekend at Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon where Smith and co-driver John de Ve

A refreshed SIT Zero Fees Southland Stags team is heading into the season with a great mixture of new and experienced players. With a squad of 26 to begin the 2018 pre-season campaign; 11 are born and bred Southlanders, 20 have made Southland their home and play club rugby, as well as the likes of [

Bernie, Donna, Lesley, Adine … the list goes on! Souther Steel predecessor the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Sting is back for one game only! Raising funds for the Tania Dalton Foundation to support our young sporting stars, game entry is by donation at the door. Circle July 21 in your diary! As a bonus

One of the big names of a great era in New Zealand rallying will be among the entries when the Catlins Coast Rally, organised by the Eastern Southland Car Club, takes place on Saturday 11 August. Ray Wilson has had a long and successful rallying career and will start his first ever Catlins Rally in