Sport + Motorsport

Southlanders could well be watching a future Formula 1 star or two when they attend this weekend’s SpeedWorks Events Motorsport New Zealand Premier Championship race meeting at Teretonga Park. Over the past few years drivers such as Daniil Kvyat of Russia, kiwi Brendon Hartley and Canadian Lance Str

It’s official: the 2018 Farm Jam rider line-up is now the biggest and best ever, with FMX and freeriding legends Tyler Bereman (USA), Josh Sheehan (Australia), and Jimmy Hill (USA), as well as mountain bike icon Carson Storch (USA) confirming their attendance to New Zealand’s premier two-wheeled eve

Soaring temperature on Saturday didn’t stop speedway fans from the Riverside Speedway to watch the largest field of six-shooter sprint cars participating in the Southland Championship. Riverside Speedway promoter Dean Miller said the club had embraced The six-shooters grade was introduced a few year

Open Wheel classes will run for championship glory as The Riverside Speedway kick off their first meeting of 2018. The Southland Title will be on the line for Modified Sprints, a title vacant due to not being contested last season, and it would take a brave man to pick a winner with the mixed bag […

Talk about the ultimate sporting juggle. Gifted Southland racquet sports youngster Finn Holden is set to achieve a rare national feat to underline his unique all-round ability. Finn, 14, will play in the New Zealand Junior Tennis Championships and then the New Zealand Table Tennis junior team traini

Invercargill driver Liam MacDonald is keen to extend his record of success at Mike Pero Motorsport Park at Ruapuna in Christchurch when Round 3 of the BNT V8’s Championship takes place at the circuit on the outskirts of the South Island’s largest city this weekend. MacDonald has only paid three visi

Rugby Southland General Manager, Andrew Moreton, has resigned and will be leaving the organisation at the end of February 2018. Moreton joined Rugby Southland in mid-2015. Rugby Southland Board Chair Jason Franklin said today “Andrew has led the organisation well since he joined in mid-2015.  He joi

Southland racer Brendon Leitch will be aiming squarely for the title in the biggest domestic single seater series in his country – the Castrol Toyota Racing Series – when he takes part in his sixth straight campaign in the championship in 2019. Leitch (23) of Invercargill, won races in the category