Sport & Motorsport

From the Sports Desk. Hi there team. Another supa-dupa weekend of top level sports ahead of us and there’ll be an early start for many tomorrow (Sun) Possibly the biggest deal will be the Rugby League World Cup final between Samoa and Australia. That game is being played at The Old Trafford, Manches

Southland Sports Car Club Patron and Life Member, Barry Keen, won a race at the very first race meeting at Teretonga Park in Invercargill on 30 November 1957. On Sunday he was back at the wheel of Jordan Michels Ford Focus V8 as the club celebrated 65 years of motorsport at the circuit. Keen had […]

From small town Otautau to Michigan USA, 20-year-old ice dancer Isabelle Guise could be the next Torvill and Dean with her partner Ethan Alday. Interestingly enough, the brother of one of their skating coaches (a former Britain elite representative), plays the male lead skating role in the Torvill a

Te Anau was abuzz with car enthusiasts over  last weekend. The kick start to the weekend was the “Friday Night Cruise” with “Lets Go Cruising” attracted over 80 vehicles plus motorcycles. Organiser Nathan Botting said “It was great to see so many people out on the streets watching the cruise. Very p

Wow, and double Wow! Is this going to be the biggest sporting gig on our soil this year?  Reckon so. Tonight it’s the Rugby World Cup Women’s final between our Black Ferns and England, the Red Roses. One thing is a cert, it’ll be a double dip cracker. Eden Park is sold out with 40,000plus […]

Proud Southland company Creation Signs – MitoQ have backed the region and Tour of Southland for many years, with this year sponsoring local cyclist and Tour of Southland winner Josh Burnett. Burnett made history claiming victory as the first Southlander to win the Tour of Southland since 1994, and C

Te Anau is looking forward to hosting the inaugural Te Anau Motorama – 1st Annual Te Anau Car & Bike Show this Saturday 12 November 2022 to be held at the Te Anau Rugby Grounds on Dusky Street Te Anau. Nathan Botting Organiser said “The event was originally scheduled for 12 February 2022 and the […]

Maks Butensko is new to the Southland Sports Car Club’s Evolution Motorsport ClubSport Championship at Teretonga Park this season and he has embarked on quite a journey to get there. Maks was born in Ukraine but moved to Israel when just 11-years-old. After spending time in Army service in Israel Ma