Sport & Motorsport

Titles were spread around the South Island when the McLeod Diesel KartSport New Zealand National Schools Championship honours were decided. Hosted by KartSport Southland, titles were up for grabs in Cadet ROK, Vortex Mini ROK, 125cc Rotax Max Junior and 125cc Rotax Max Light at the Invercargill Oil

The Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel has retained the bulk of its squad and added international calibre midcourter Sam Winders to the mix for the 2023 season. After nine years with the Splice Construction Magic, Winders, 27, ventures south to link with the Steel for next year’s ANZ Premiership and jo

Following the huge success of the Toyota 86 Championship in 2022, the dates for the 10th anniversary 2023 season have now been confirmed. Its big birthday season promises to be better than ever before for the most popular one make racing series in New Zealand. The biggest field ever is expected to b

More than 1200 people are convoying to Invercargill this week for the 2022 New Zealand Gymnastics Championships, at ILT Stadium Southland. 870-odd athletes have qualified their way to the championships where they will be battling it out over the next four days for national titles in aerobics, men’s

National Formula Ford champion Alex Crosbie had his first taste of Castrol Toyota Racing Series power recently when he tested the current Toyota FT-60 as part of his prize as champion. The Southland Boys High School pupil took the wheel for the first time on a challenging day of weather at Hampton D

Black Ferns sevens star Alena Saili is the 2022 ILT Southland senior sportsperson of the year.  The 23-year-old former Southland Girls’ High School student and two-time Southland junior sportsperson of the year became the first Southland woman to win an Olympic Games gold medal, as part of the New Z

Liam MacDonald of Invercargill took the Southland Sports Car Club Champions Trophy for the ninth time at the club’s 2021/2022 prizegiving at Teretonga Park on Monday night. MacDonald had another successful season in both ClubSport and Race Championship events to take the club’s top honour. He won hi

It was as great weekend of racing both on and off road, with Cycling Southland’s winter road race season kicking off on Saturday, followed by the third round of the Southland MTB Club’s winter cross country series on Sunday. Saturday saw just over 50 racers gather in near perfect conditions for the