Sport & Motorsport

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

Action photos from the “Oak Tree Inn” Popotunoa Rally Sprint. The event was run by the Eastern Southland Car Club at Popotunoa (Near Clinton) on Saturday March 24th. The event was held in perfect weather conditions. The competitors and their passengers completed 6 runs over the course of the day, ea

Para cycling head performance coach Stu MacDonald has labelled Southland athlete Hannah Pascoe’s international debut as one of the highlights of New Zealand’s track world championship campaign. Blind athlete Hannah Pascoe and sighted pilot Nina Wollaston only came together as a tandem combination la

The race for the 2018 Galbraith Shield title is about to get underway as six teams look to be crowned Southland premier club rugby champions. We take a look at how each of the teams in the Go Bus Senior Rugby teams are shaping up before the first game kicks-off on March 27. Who are […]

A successful and busy time for Southland athlete Sam Colyer is about to get even busier. The talented leaper is preparing to head to the United States at the start of April to compete in three events in as many weeks. Colyer will contest the Arcadia Invitational, a national high school meet, the Wes

“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

Southlands Robert (Bobby) Dowling has won the (NZ) for winning the 375mm WORLD Single Sawing Championship Title at the Royal Sydney Show. This a remarkable comeback from injury Robert says  “Yeah I had to take four years off due to shattering my ankle at a lumberjack competition in Canada. It’s grea