Spotlight on Southland Sport: Sunday Special
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Rugby Southland setting up for its future Stags
In the coming days, Rugby Southland will reveal its academy group for 2024 and The Tribune understands there have been some significant victories in putting the group together. (READ MORE HERE).
Englishman Dan Gardner wins SBS Bank Tour of Southland
“We had to race our absolute hearts out as a team, and even in the time trial it came down to the small details where we were busy in the bike shop talking to PRV our sponsor and getting handlebars sent in so we could pull every trick out of the book.” (READ MORE HERE).
Southland driver's impressive CV continues to grow
Southland’s Alex Crosbie is the first Kiwi confirmed for the 2024 Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship. Hot on the heels of 2019 champion Liam Lawson’s impressive debut run in Formula One, Crosbie is aiming to be the next Kiwi name on the big stage and he’s bringing an impressive racing CV to his first campaign in the New Zealand-based international FIA series. (READ MORE HERE).
Four wickets, four balls... Not a bad start to season
Invercargill-Old Boys’ Blake Buttar-Scurr lifted the curtain on the 2023-2024 ILT Premier Southland club cricket season in impressive fashion on Saturday. While it was Buttar-Scurr who was the star of the show with the ball, over at Miller Street in Invercargill it was Ryan McFaul (Waikoikoi) and run machine Shaun Fitzgibbon (Marist) who set that game alight with the bat. (READ MORE HERE).
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In case you missed it….
Injury: Winton stayer Tiger Fire will miss the remainder of the season after suffering a suspensory ligament injury. Trainer John Phillips said Tiger Fire would need to be out of work for seven or eight months. (READ MORE HERE).
Club cricket: The 2023-2024 Southland club cricket season is underway. Five teams will this season contest the ILT Premier League competition. The Metropolitan Cricket Club - for the first time in 33 years - is not fielding a team in the senior competition. The Tribune too a look at just how the five teams are shaping up for what is expected to be another intriguing summer of cricket. (READ MORE HERE).
