Southland Sport

Guided by an almost perfect shooting performance by Maia Wilson, the Robinhood Stars have taken a stride closer to the ANZ Premiership Finals Series with a 58-47 victory over the winless Ascot Park Hotel Steel in Invercargill. Wilson continued to produce a career-best shooting this season with a 98

It was a few short weeks before the start of the 2021 Sal’s New Zealand National Basketball League. After the aborted season the previous year due to Covid, hopes were high that the squad the Southland Sharks had assembled had a real chance to challenge for another national title. Alex Pledger knew

A final quarter squeeze by the AVIS Magic has denied the Ascot Park Hotel Steel their first win of the season, with a 52-45 victory at home in Hamilton. It was the Magic’s first win in five matches – and the desperation of both sides to claim victory was obvious from the outset. The Steel […]

There was plenty of banter as a generation game challenge loomed at Teretonga Park in Invercargill ahead of the annual A1 Auto Services 1 Hour Endurance race recently. It is a race Boyd Wilson won in a Ford Falcon alongside Jordan Michels in 2018 while in 2021 Boyd and son Harry finished third in th

Cycling New Zealand has selected a nine-strong group of promising teenagers to compete in the UCI Track Cycling Junior World Championships in South America in August. The eight endurance riders and one sprinter show the spread of cycling talent throughout New Zealand with riders from Southland, Otag

The Southland Sharks finished their first road double-header weekend with a win and a loss after a withering second half comeback saw the southerners claim a 97-89 victory over the Hawke’s Bay Hawks on Sunday afternoon. After being soundly beaten on Friday night at Cowles Stadium in Christchurch by

Te Wānanga o Raukawa Pulse managed to clinch a fifth straight win but had to wait until the final four seconds before pinching a 44-43 win over a brave Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel in Invercargill on Saturday. In rare territory, the home side took a five-goal lead into halftime, the Pulse recover

Southland’s family friendly two day automotive event was a success over the weekend, with at least 2500 people attending the Hard Park Takeover Festival. Organiser Troyden Findlay said even the weather didn’t deter people from coming, however it did make for some interesting moments. “Thanks to ever