Spotlight on Southland Sport: Sunday Special
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World record broken: Determined southern shearers get job done
Five shearers new to tackling shearing records have smashed a world record by 326 lambs in Southland today [Sunday]. The Forde Winders Shearing crew of Trevor Holland, of New Plymouth, Max Winders, of Colac Bay, Trent Hewes, of Tuakau, Ben Boyle, of Invercargill, and Josef Winders, of Tussock Creek, sheared a new world five-stand eight-hours strongwool lambs record of 3236. (READ MORE HERE).
Ten weeks out: How are the Southland Sharks shaping up?
There’s been a flurry of signing activity as the Sal’s National Basketball League teams go about putting together their rosters for the 2024 season starting at the end of March. Today we take a look at how the Southland Sharks are shaping up at this point. We outline the publicly confirmed signings and departures. (READ MORE HERE).
Hawke Cup: Bowlers lift Southland to outright victory
Southland has notched up a confidence-boosting outright victory over North Otago in the southern zone Hawke Cup cricket fixture played in Oamaru at the weekend. Southland went into the showdown with North Otago on the back of two disappointing first innings losses to Otago Country and Mid Canterbury before Christmas. (READ MORE HERE).
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Sevens death: The national provincial sevens rugby tournament was cancelled in 2020 because of Covid and what has followed since is a quiet death of the once-popular summer fixture. It hasn’t been staged again, and there’s been no discussion about its return. Only the ghosts of the tournament’s past exist. (READ MORE HERE).
Race honour: The Gore Racing Club is naming a race at its meeting next Saturday after one of the town's best trainers. The Rex Cochrane Memorial will be a rating 75 race over 1800m. (READ MORE HERE).
National title: 2023 was a golden one for the sport of bowls in Southland - one of the most historic to be frank. But the start of 2024 suggests that wasn’t a flash in the pan with the string of Southland bowls success stories showing no signs of slowing. (READ MORE HERE).
Sporting predictions: Another sporting year is here and it’s a big one, from the Olympics to Southland’s three pro teams trying to rectify their poor 2023 seasons. We take a stab at six Southland sporting predictions for the next 12 months. (READ MORE HERE).
