Spotlight on Southland Sport: Friday Edition
Enjoy your Friday Southland sports read.
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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Silver Ferns victory: That one is for you Robyn
“We knew after two losses that bringing [Australia] to Invercargill would scare them a bit and the crowd certainly produced. It was the eighth person out there on court with us.” (READ MORE HERE).
Japanese track riders to take on SBS Tour of Southland
The 2023 SBS Bank Tour of Southland will have a Japanese flavour attached to it. Four Japanese endurance track riders are set to line up in New Zealand’s premier road cycling race. (READ MORE HERE).
Magic Moment: From Wyndham to Aussie Champion
Jane Muir has had many magic moments in a long career as Southland’s most accomplished sprinters and one of New Zealand’s best ever. Included are two Commonwealth Games, a world championship, world junior champs and 18 national championship titles. (READ MORE HERE).
75 wonderful motorsport years to be celebrated
It was April 28, 1948 when a group of motoring enthusiasts gathered in Invercargill in response to a newspaper advertisement and the Southland Sports Car Club was formed. (READ MORE HERE).
Leitch looking forward to Le Mans Cup finale in Portimão
Southland driver Brendon Leitch heads to Portugal this week for the final round of the 2023 Michelin Le Mans Cup (LMC). With usual co-driver Gerhard Watzinger side-lined with an injury, Leitch will be joined by Gregg Gorski competing in the #70 Crowdstrike Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO for the round at Algarve International Circuit, Portimão. (READ MORE HERE).
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(Out & About)
Tuapeka Cup - Race 8, 3.45pm - Ascot Park Raceway, Invercargill
Can Robyn’s Playboy win his fourth Tuapeka Cup having won it previously in 2019, 2020 and 2022?
The horse also finished second in 2021.
Head along to Ascot Park Raceway on Sunday to find out.
(On the Couch)
All Blacks v Argentina World Cup semifinal - 8am, Saturday - Sky Sport
Tune in and watch Southland’s very own Ethan de Groot take down the Argentinian forward pack. That sounds like a good way to start your Saturday, doesn’t it?
In case you missed it…
Jersey change: Tour of Southland officials have ditched the traditional yellow tour leader’s jersey and replaced it with a new orange jersey for the 2023 race starting on October 29. Race director Glen Thomson said they had decided on the move to honour the support it had received from the event’s major sponsor SBS Bank. (READ MORE HERE).
Invercargill test: Take a moment and ponder this. Invercargill will host a New Zealand-Australia netball test tonight [Thursday]. It is a glorious anomaly in modern-day sport. It’s something Southlanders ought to reflect on proudly. It is also a major win for regional New Zealand. (READ MORE HERE).
