Southland Sport

Invercargill driver Alex Crosbie faced a tough weekend as he competed in the opening round of the 2025 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship (CTFROC) at Taupō International Motorsport Park over the weekend.  Driving his Castrol Toyota FT-60 at a circuit he excelled at last year, the 18-year-old Southlander, recorded

Eighteen-year-old Invercargill racing driver Alex Crosbie lines up at Taupō International Motorsport Park this weekend as he begins his campaign in the 2025 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship (CTFROC). The series attracts some of the best up and coming motor racing talent from around the globe and Crosbie will

Southerners are in for a treat when Round 5 of the Repco NextGen NZ Championship comes to Teretonga Park in Invercargill over the weekend of 1st & 2nd February. The Ascot Park Hotel Teretonga Park International will host top-class international drivers as the Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship (CTFROC)

He’s done it there, now he’s going to try to do it here. Again. With his maiden Group One win secured at Addington, Nathan Williamson will attempt to dominate another of Southland’s biggest days in harness racing. With his Group One winning filly Captains Mistress heading his

Don’t miss it! The Invercargill Harness Racing Club’s Christmas meeting featuring the Group 1 Ascot Park Hotel Invercargill Cup is on this Friday (20 December).  With a quality field ready to take on the Cup over 2700m with a stake of $100,000 it is a great day

Two Southland marching teams cleaned up at the South Island championships at the weekend, The Hokonui u18s defending their titles for the third year in a row. Hokonui u13 and Hokonui u18 teams were part of a six-strong Southland contingent attending the champs in Christchurch. Marching Southland publicity and promotions

A group of Southern women masters rowers took their skills overseas in November to tackle the Head of the Yarra race in Melbourne. Jacqui van Dam, Cecilia Russell, Katrina Allan, and Virginia Sweney teamed up with their original coxswain Paula Burke from back in high school, to enter their first

Two days of motor racing at Teretonga Park in Invercargill provided plenty of excitement over the weekend. Conditions ranged from warm and dry to a small number of wet races early on Sunday but no matter what the conditions the racing was superb. Steve Ross of Dunedin in his Jaguar