The Southland Tribune; Edition #84
Spotlight on Southland Sport: Friday Edition/Funding gaps identified for Bluff rangatahi
Spotlight on Southland Sport: Friday Edition
Funding gaps identified for Bluff rangatahi
Today’s Poll… What’s your favorite Tina Turner song?
Out & About… Harness racing at Winton
Spotlight on Southland Sport: Friday Edition
In today’s Spotlight on Sport we speak to inaugural Southland Sharks coach Richard Dickel about how he found himself coaching new team to the league. We recall the time in 2011 and 2012 when Aaron Smith and Jimmy Cowan ‘butted heads’. We assess the propping options for the 2023 Stags NPC campaign. Our Super Rugby picks panel share their selections. We celebrate Matt Whaanga’s Highlanders call up, and we put a spotlight on champion Southland racehorse Howard Bromac who has just died. Plus more. (READ MORE HERE).
Funding gaps identified for Bluff rangatahi
Te Rourou, One Aotearoa Foundation is set to open its Thriving in Murihiku fund for the second year running since it started work in Southland in 2021. (READ MORE HERE).
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Quick Quiz….
1. In what year’s New Year Honours List was Tim Shadbolt knighted?
2. Vanessa Hughey is chief executive of what not-for-profit Southland organisation?
3. What year was Invercargill’s Splash Palace pool opened?
4. Which NPC team did Jimmy Cowan finish his professional rugby career with?
5. Who are the three people who have stands named after them that surround court one at ILT Stadium Southland?
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Today’s Poll…
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Out & About…
Harness racing - Saturday - Central Southland Raceway
The Winton Harness Racing Club hold its penultimate harness race meeting of the season at Central Southland Raceway in Winton this Saturday.
Nine races are programmed, the first at 12.04pm and the last at 3.54pm.
Admission to the course will be free.
Following this meeting the Winton Club hold its final meeting of the season, Southern Winter Rewards Race Day, on Friday June 30.
In case you missed it….
Potential $1b industry: Aquaculture could be a billion-dollar industry for Southland, but regional leaders say the barrier to making that happen is consent for water space. Aimee Kaio, a co-chair of the Southland Just Transitions project, identified aquaculture as the single greatest opportunity for Southland to build stronger economic resilience. (READ MORE HERE). (Paid subscriber content).
Resignation: Long-time Stadium Southland board member Alan Dennis has resigned from the role. Dennis, who was the board chair, has been involved with Stadium Southland since its inception. In August last year, he had a stand named after him at the venue. (READ MORE HERE).
Quiz Answers….
2019 2. Active Southland 3. 1997 4. Tasman 5. Ray Harper, Alan Dennis, Sir Tim Shadbolt.