Spotlight on Southland Sport: Friday Edition
Enjoy your Friday Southland sports read. We'll be back in a couple of days with our Sunday sport special.
Welcome to The Southland Tribune’s Spotlight on Sport: Friday Edition offering. We’ll be back with our Sunday Sports Special in a couple of days.
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Review underway: Who will coach the Southland Stags in 2024?
The Southland Stags’ sights have quickly switched to 2024 which will include sorting who will coach the team next season. The Stags finished its NPC season with a 37-12 victory over Manawatu which meant its 2023 record sat at one win-one draw-eight losses. The season reviews have started this week. (READ MORE HERE).
Phillips’ long association with Winton Jockey Club
Trainer John Phillips has been on the Winton Jockey Club's committee for more than 30 years and on Sunday, he hopes to win the WJC's cup race with Midnight Runner. (READ MORE HERE).
The Roaring Pen: The Golden Antlers edition
It's the pod you've been waiting for it. Welcome to the 2nd Annual Golden Antlers as we announce our Rookie, Big Mover, Forward and Back of the Year, together with a split decision for the prestigious Golden Antler, the supreme award of the season.
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Magic Moment: Quinn Hartley's sublime 2019 display
Southland athletics has produced many magical moments so as part of a new Tribune series we are recalling some of them. Today we turn the clock back to December 2019 when Quinn Hartley was a star at the National Secondary School Championships. (READ MORE HERE).
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Remembering the knock at door that led to successful rally combo
Geoff Lange was an experienced co-driver who had driven in National Championship rallies before he met Barry Robinson and their rallying combination was born. Geoff will be coming from Queenstown for the Wyndham Rally, named after Robinson, to watch Chris drive it as the Double Zero car. (READ MORE HERE).
(Out & About)
Southland Festival of Running - Sunday, Oct 8 - Stead St Wharf start
Southland Harriers will again bring you the Southland Festival of Running on Sunday, 8 October 2023.
With the Ascot Park Hotel Southland Marathon, Shoe Clinic Invercargill 10 Mile, Southland Harriers 10km Run/Walk, and Ronald McDonald House 5km Run/Walk we have something to suit everyone in the family.
All events start and finish at the Stead St Wharf, Invercargill.
Distance/Events
Run/Walk: 5km, 10km
Run: 10 Mile (16km), Marathon
In case you missed it…
Stag of the Year: Blair Ryall has cleaned up at the 2023 Southland Stags end-of-the-season awards evening. The ever-improving loose forward was on Wednesday night named both the Southland Stags Player of the Year and the Rugby Southland Supporters Club Player of the Year. (READ MORE HERE).
Take that Auckland: The province’s leading under-16 girls players were the talk of Southland football on Wednesday. The Southland United Under-16 team claimed a South Island title in Dunedin. (READ MORE HERE).
Squash alert: For a little club, Squash City does big things. The Invercargill sports club is known for rolling up its sleeves and delivering for both its members and the wider city. That will again be highlighted this month. (READ MORE HERE).
