Sport + Motorsport

Little time is being wasted in adding a spark to Southland’s 2018 Division One competition with two competition heavyweights and fierce rivals to square-off in round one on Saturday. Last year’s finalists, Edendale and Wyndham will clash on Saturday at Wyndham, with Edendale winning last year’s fina

Southland Sports Car Club First Response Officer and Volunteer Co-ordinator, Lenard McLeod, has just returned from Auckland where he attended a Volunteer Commission meeting before staying on to assist at Pukekohe Park Raceway this weekend where the NZ Super Trucks, Formula First, Pirelli Porsche, Pr

After a successful inaugural event in 2017 the Arrow 6+6 Adventure Race returns this year and with more than a month to go until the starting gun sounds the event is sold out with thirty teams ready to face the starter. The race is the brainchild of Arrow International Southern General Manager, Nick

When it comes to signing overseas basketball talent to New Zealand NBL rosters, personal recommendations are vital. So, it helps when one of Australasia’s most respected coaches is the one handing out the plaudits. The SIT Zero Fees Southland Sharks today announced the signing of American import Orl

“Racing” Ray Stewart of Cromwell left The Riverside Speedway crowned as the new Southland Super Saloon Champion, and earned himself a tidy pay packet for his efforts. Cando Fishing, Dixon Transport and Cleanways 2003 Ltd all chimed in and placed a $10,000 prize pool up for grabs for the championship

BLUES v STAR The heavy rain of Tuesday morning cleared making it a still and warm night for the first game of the 2018 Go Bus Premier Club Rugby competition. Blues and Star had arguably evenly matched teams both with new additions to their forwards and backs. Star put pressure on Blues early with ca

Rachel Lawrie of Invercargill has become Southland’s latest motorsport champion after the 2018 New Zealand Clubsport Championship in Christchurch recently. Lawrie won the newly instigated Women’s Trophy in her third attempt at the Nationals. Her first was in 2014 at Waimate in what was just her seco

Competitive cycling racing will make a welcome return to Invercargill’s central business district this week with an inner city criterium to be held. The Vital Signs Tour de Lakes seven-stage cycle race has moved from Central Otago to be based in Southland this Easter, with the prologue stage on Frid