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.
Hundreds of Southland primary school-aged children are expected to converge at Surrey Park Athletics Stadium on Saturday (April 8) for the Southland Primary Schools Athletics Sports championships. The track and field event is scheduled to start at 9.15am with long jump and end with age-group relays
With just three events remaining and 498 points separating the top four, athletes in The Ultimate Waterman will spend the next day preparing for a big final weekend of competition in Southland, New Zealand. Weather conditions and scheduling means a lay day has been called, allowing the Watermen down
Fiordland has turned on spectacular conditions on day four of The Ultimate Waterman, resulting in plenty of change in the overall standings after five of eight events. Defending champion Zane Schweitzer (HAW) has beaten Caio Vaz (BRA) to take out the SUP surfing competition. However, Vaz has jumped
Australian newcomer to The Ultimate Waterman, Jackson Maynard (Currumbin), has triumphed in his first outing at the event smashing his opponents in the Prone Paddleboard discipline today (Saturday 1st April). The Prone Paddleboard is the first of eight disciplines being contested over the next nine
