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Golf Southland News
Golf Southland News
News   -   Feb 04, 2021

One of Southland’s oldest charity golf tournaments is set to tee off again on February 10, and this year it will raise funds for the Hawthorndale Care Village. The ILT/Liqourland Charity Golf Tournament has been on the calendar for more than 30 years and is a remnant from the SBS Invitational – an e

Sharks add Young Talent in Helu
Sharks add Young Talent in Helu
News   -   Feb 02, 2021

The SIT Zero Fees Southland Sharks added another young talent to its National Basketball League roster with former Junior Tall Black and Wellington College prodigy Sione “Johnny” Helu signing for the 2021 Sal’s NBL. The 21-year-old guard is the partner of one of Southland’s favourite sporting export

Big Interest as Re-Booted Mainland Kart Series Kicks Off This Weekend
Big Interest as Re-Booted Mainland Kart Series Kicks Off This Weekend
Sport/Motorsport   -   Jan 01, 2021

It’s a case of ‘what a difference a year makes’ as far as KartSport’s Mainland Series is concerned with over 60 karters signed up to contest the three weekend/six-round HSD Building Contractors Ltd-sponsored sprint kart racing series which kicks off at Invercargill and Dunedin this weekend. After st

Busy Time for Harness Racing Over Holiday Season
Busy Time for Harness Racing Over Holiday Season
Sport + Motorsport   -   Dec 19, 2020

It will be a busy time for the harness racing code over the upcoming holiday period. The Wairio Trotting Club meeting at Central Southland Raceway in Winton on today (Saturday 19 December) leads off with a day that will feature the Otautau Four Square Supermarket Wairio Trotting Cup over 2400m. Ther

Kelman-Poto First Sharks’ Signing For 2021 NBL
Kelman-Poto First Sharks’ Signing For 2021 NBL
Sport + Motorsport   -   Dec 12, 2020

The SIT Zero Fees Southland Sharks today confirmed their first signing for next year’s Sal’s National Basketball League season with Dom Kelman-Poto set to return for 2021. Kelman-Poto was a key member of the Sharks’ recent title-winning 3X3 combination and said it was an easy decision to return. “I’

Season-opener Sees Yamaha Team Riders Top Three Classes
Season-opener Sees Yamaha Team Riders Top Three Classes
Sport/Motorsport   -   Dec 09, 2020

The Yamaha Motor New Zealand road racing teams aced their first 2020/2021 season’s competitive outings, with three of the four riders topping their classes at the Suzuki International Series yesterday. It’s been a long time between laps for the Yamaha Racing Team’s (YRT) Alastair Hoogenboezem (YZF-R

Ricky May Leads Men’s Team to Title
Ricky May Leads Men’s Team to Title
Sport + Motorsport   -   Dec 03, 2020

Mid Canterbury reinsman Ricky May was in dominant form at the Downbytheseaside Battle Of The Sexes Drivers Challenge at Ascot Park Raceway in Invercargill last Wednesday. The Invercargill Harness Racing Club has been running a driver’s challenge with the support of Woodlands Stud since 1989 and in a

New Faces at ClubSport
New Faces at ClubSport
Sport/Motorsport   -   Nov 29, 2020

Interest is growing in entry level motorsport in the south and it continued to show at Round 4 of the 2020/2021 Evolution Motorsport ClubSport Championship at Teretonga Park on Sunday. Four new faces contested the Motorkhana, held in the morning, and they included 15-year-old Carter Dougherty who dr

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