Spotlight on Southland Sport: Sunday Special
Welcome to The Southland Tribune's Sunday sports offering. Enjoy.
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Midlands drop out of premier club rugby competition
In a blow to Southland premier club rugby, the Midlands Rugby Club isn’t expected to play in the 2024 competition. The Winton-based club will instead line up in the second-tier Division One competition next year. (READ MORE HERE).
'Southern Volts' make winning return to Queens Park
For this following article, we are going to unapologetically take the liberty of referring to the Otago Volts as the ‘Southern Volts’. It feels right. (READ MORE HERE).
ILT Premier League: Defending champs continue to lead the way
Defending champions Appleby continues to set the pace in Southland’s 2023/2024 ILT Premier League club cricket competition with a win over Marist in a game dominated by the ball. (READ MORE HERE).
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Parking the stress: Blake Tempero has had to remind himself to park the stress this week and enjoy the moment. At 24, Tempero is young in terms of taking on a head groundsman role at a first-class cricketing venue in New Zealand. He is in his second summer working for the Southland Cricket Association overseeing the Queens Park wicket block in Invercargill. (READ MORE HERE).
Academy celebration: “It’s been said before, but with most codes returning to something more normal after the worst of the pandemic, it’s fantastic to see these young people following their dreams on the national and international stage.” (READ MORE HERE).
Big Week: It’s been a stellar week for Southland’s Brendon Leitch competing in Lamborghini Super Trofeo competitions in Italy. First, Letich won the Super Trofeo Europe series Pro title then went on to finish third in the 2023 Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Finals, a coming together of all three global Super Trofeo series including North America and Asia. (READ MORE HERE).
Pack the Park: January’s final Park the Park promises to be a star-studded thank you to the community as the Southland Charity Hospital draws closer to its official opening. (READ MORE HERE).
Magic Moment: “I first met Derek in 1987 at the Melbourne World masters Champs, where I witnessed his six gold medal triumphs. However, to me, the magic moment of all the magic moments was a race he didn’t win.” (READ MORE HERE).
