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The Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel has retained its powerful midcourt trio for next year’s ANZ Premiership title defence. Forming a vital nucleus, captain Wendy Frew and Silver Ferns Shannon Francois and Gina Crampton are the first roster signings announced by the southern franchise which won both

10 August 1984 – a powerful day in NZ’s Olympic history with Ferguson and MacDonald putting in a blistering performance to win gold in the Mens K2 500 Love the commentator’s line “he’s here to win gold medals, not muck around” referring to a shot of Ferg giving it everything. Mal https://www.youtube

The fire service team has confirmed they’re the fast emergency service in Invercargill, with victory over the police team at the annual corporate cycling race held on Sunday. Nineteen teams took to the boards in the 12 th Architecture Unlimited Corporate Pursuit, which pits businesses against each o

The benefits of an intensive week of training and development were visible at the Cycling Southland Mid-Winter Track Carnival held in Invercargill last week. More than 30 track cyclists from around the South Island took part in a development camp, run by Cycling New Zealand regional performance hub

The SIT Zero Fees Southland Sharks have taken an early and key step in their planning for the 2018 National Basketball League by re-signing Head Coach Judd Flavell for a further two years. Being able to retain Flavell, who is also an assistant coach at the New Zealand Breakers, was a “no-brainer” ac

The South Island Teams & Canterbury Open Table Tennis Championships were held in Christchurch recently. Junior teams were selected to represent Southland in the U18 Boys, U18 Girls, U15 Boys and U13 Boys age groups at the event which had the largest entries for many years with a total of 37 junior t

New Zealander Tom Scully won his first race in GreenArgyle on Sunday, when he took the final stage of La Route du Sud, giving Cannondale-Drapac its second victory in as many days. Pierre Rolland won the race’s queen stage on Saturday. Scully, 27, rode for Drapac Professional Cycling Team last season

The Silver Ferns have received a boost ahead of the 2018 Commonwealth Games and Netball World Cup 2019 with ANZ joining the team as a major partner. The partnership is a significant one for women’s sport in New Zealand, with the Silver Ferns one of the leading sporting brands in the country. ANZ joi