The Southland Tribune; Edition #348
The gruelling preseason Manson will never forget | Thirsty Thursday: Bras and Broligarchies... | The Pantry to end majority of grocery, retail operations | Plus More
The gruelling preseason Manson will never forget
“We got tested with that at the end of a big week of training. I think it was equivalent of playing 16 games in one week. That's how big our training load was. And then at the end of the training, the whistle goes, and we get told to get on the line. We didn't know what we're doing and just the anxiety.” (READ MORE HERE).
Thirsty Thursday: Bras and Broligarchies...
“When did I start bruising like an elderly woman? And when did I start banging my knuckles and it immediately starts bleeding? And have my heels always looked like that?” (READ MORE HERE).
Sarah McCarthy’s Thirsty Thursday column is brought to you each week thanks to Invercargill-based law firm Mee & Henry Law
The Pantry to end majority of grocery, retail operations
Representatives of The Pantry - a community owned and run café and bulk grocery store - say the past few years have been challenging for retailers, and they haven’t dodged that. (READ MORE HERE).
Bikers' multi-million-dollar gift to Southland
Check out this 2023 Southland Tribune article which deleved into how the initial expectations of an event featuring hundreds turned out to be bike enthusiasts in the thousands migrating to Southland for the first Burt Munro Challenge in 2006. (READ MORE HERE).
2025 Burt Munro Challenge schedule…
Thursday, Feb 6: Star Insurance NZ Hill Climb, 10am at Bluff Hill
Thursday, Feb 9: Indian Motorcycle Twilight Drag Racing, 6pm at Teretonga Park.
Friday, Feb 7: Indian Motorcycle Beach Racing & NZ Champs, 2pm at Oreti Beach.
Saturday, Feb 8: Super Seller Shelley Speedway, 3pm at Oreti Park Speedway
Friday, Saturday, Sunday Feb 7, 8, 9: E Hayes & Sons Teretonga Sprint Races & Star Insurance NZ Superbike Championships, Teretonga Park
Collier to make New Zealand return with Sharks
Rangiora’s Hayden Collier is the newest Southland Shark with the 2.1-metre forward signing for the 2025 Sal’s New Zealand Basketball League season. Collier comes to the Sharks after seven years in North America where he spent his final two years of high school in Wyoming followed by a five-year span at University of Regina in Canada. (READ MORE HERE).
What’s on in Southland…
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There’s plenty happening in Southland this week, including some big events coming to town - notably the Burt Munro Challenge and Highlanders-Crusaders preseason Super Rugby game.
Quick Quiz… (Highlanders special)
Which retired Southland player has played the most games for the Highlanders?
Who is the Highlanders’ front of the jersey sponsor?
The first Super Rugby game was played at Rugby Park between the Highlanders and Chiefs in what year?
Which Southland musician will perform at halftime of the Highlanders-Crusaders preseason game at Rugby Park?
In what year did the Highlanders beat the Hurricanes to win the Super Rugby title?
Answers: 1. Jimmy Cowan (108) 2. SBS Bank 3. 1996 4. Lachie Hayes 5. 2015
In case you missed it…
Rugby Park return: Steven Hayes is well accustomed to playing at Rugby Park in Invercargill. He was once a wiry Southland loosehead prop who famously was a thorn in the side for an all All Black Auckland frontrow of Craig Dowd, Sean Fitzpatrick, and Olo Brown. On Thursday he will be back playing at Rugby Park, this time alongside son Lachie in a different capacity. (READ MORE HERE).
‘People power’: Invercargill Mayor Nobby Clark is pleased with the Government’s Dunedin Hospital announcement believing it should help avoid similar problems that the Southland Hospital has faced. (READ MORE HERE).
