A new adventure race aimed at anyone from adventure experts to the adventure curious and everyone in between is being launched in Invercargill. The Arrow Adventure Race, run by Arrow International and the Southland Triathlon and Multisport Club, will be a two-day 12 hour challenge involving mountain
Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel firmed their position as title favourites with an eye-catching outing when overpowering WBOP Magic 72-59 in Invercargill on Monday. Back in front of their home faithful for the first time this season, the Steel showed the familiarity of their well-seasoned line-up wit
KartSport Southland will host this year’s KartSport New Zealand National Sprint Championships at Sandy Point in Invercargill this weekend (April 14-16). The KartSport Southland club regularly bids for major national meetings and has hosted the annual sprint championships twice in the past 12 years (
The 29i sidecar duo of Luke Thwaites and Neville Chalmers are no strangers to the podium – it’s just top rung which has eluded them in recent years. The drought finally ended on Saturday night with the pair dominating proceedings to secure the Ronnie Tree Memorial trophy at Oreti Park Speedway. “We
For the second year in a row, Maui’s Zane Schweitzer has been crowned The Ultimate Waterman, prevailing in a test of skill, strength and spirit that has seen eight athletes tackle eight disciplines in nine days, throughout the Southland region of New Zealand. Needing to finish no worse than fourth i
The Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel take on the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic at ILT Stadium Southland in Invercargill tonight (April 10), in the team’s first home netball game in round 3 of the ANZ Premiership. Team captains, Wendy Frew (Steel) and Casey Kopua (Magic), believe the intensity lifted in
The Ultimate Waterman contestants head indoors to Splash Palace today (Saturday, April 8) with an underwater strength run and swim. Athletes will jump into the pool, grab two 25kg weights and run 25metres along the bottom of the pool to a 1metre wide zone, with the aim not surfacing for air. They wi
The SIT Zero Fees Southland Sharks are set to play the James Blond Supercity Rangers on Saturday (April 8) in game five of the National Basketball League at ILT Stadium Southland. The Sharks return home after two games on the road. Since 2013 the Sharks have been dominant at home with a 29-9 record.
