Sport + Motorsport

Courtney Dempster of Invercargill was the big winner of the Invercargill Harness Racing Club’s major promotion at their annual Diamonds Day race meeting at Ascot Park Raceway in Invercargill on Sunday. Dempster left the course with a Diamond Ring valued at $7400 courtesy of Coats & Schuck Jewellers

Defending champions the MG Mystics held their nerve to triumph, 61-52, over a hugely improved Ascot Park Hotel Steel in the cauldron of ILT Stadium Southland.  Although the Mystics were clinical notching up their second win from two, the Steel were within three goals in the third quarter and didn’t

Southern motocross riders punched well above their weight at the national championships in New Plymouth at the weekend, with a new Under-19 title for Jack Symon. Southland Motocross MX rep Brent Scammell said this was the first time someone had won a senior national title from the club in a long tim

The premier meeting of the southern harness racing season – Diamonds Day –will take place at Ascot Park Raceway in Invercargill this Sunday (21 April). Diamonds Day is a massive day on track with feature races including theprestigious Group 1 Diamond Creek Farm 2YO Classic which carries a stake of$1

Cycling New Zealand has selected a 10-strong teenage team to compete in the UCI Track Cycling Junior World Championships in China in August. It is the first time the championships have been staged in China, set for the historic city of Luoyang with a civilisation history dating back 5000 years. The

The Academy Southland’s 2024 Foundation Year has begun, introducing a larger-than-usual group of 14 promising young athletes from various sports backgrounds. This decision reflects the exceptional pool of applicants this year, as explained by Academy Manager Jason McKenzie. “This year’s cohort was p

Add Kennedy Taylor’s name to the list of talented young Southlanders whose sporting ambitions have helped them gain a place at United States universities. Morgan Hunter, Charlotte Muschamp, Greer Alsop, Atipa Mabonga, Jordan Rackham, Jack Beaumont, Hannah Miller, Sammy Murrell, Mary Fraser, Michael

The call is out for the 2024 ILT Southland Sports Awards nominations, marking an impressive 70-year milestone. As New Zealand’s longest-standing sports celebration, these awards, spearheaded by the Southland Amateur Sports Trust and brought to life by Active Southland, aim to ignite the community’s