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NZ F1600 Champion, Jordan Michels of Invercargill, says he is still “pretty buzzed” after a test in a Toyota Racing Series car at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park in North Waikato last week.
Recovering from a slow start, the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel showed their class to motor past The Good Oil Tactix when posting a 64-56 win in Christchurch on Wednesday night.
A cracking game on offer between two teams that delivered a ripping game to open the season, on that occasion the Sharks found enough down the stretch to claim a dramatic win.
You’ve probably seen them - a determined stride, various states of bedraggledness. If you get close enough, possibly a little hard on the nose.
There’s a reason the Pulse are expected to win the ANZ Premiership this season, but there’s also a reason the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel are unbeaten at home since the league reverted to a national competition.
In a game that had extra special significance, Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel became the inaugural winners of the Georgie Salter Memorial Trophy when they overpowered the Northern Mystics 69-58.
The Manawatu Jets have recorded the upset of the Sal's NBL season so far by beating competition heavyweights the Southland Sharks 104-100.
The SIT Zero Fees Southland Sharks have moved to a 3-1 record after eclipsing the Taranaki Mountainairs 108-91.
The SIT Zero Fees Southland Sharks have moved to fill the void left by Mitch McCarron’s injury-forced departure this week.
There’s much more than just ANZ Premiership competition points up for grabs when the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel take on the Northern Mystics at ILT Stadium Southland on Sunday.
The Mike Pero Nelson Giants put on a great show first-up at home and toasted a good win against the Airs, but you get the feeling the challenge will go up a level here when the Sharks pay them a visit.
Top New Zealand track cyclist Nick Kergozou is aiming to put the disappointment of missing out on the Rio Olympics three years ago behind him with selection for the Tokyo Games in 2020.
Waihopai Tennis Cub member Halle Faherty took out both the Top Performing Junior Female and ILT Senior Player of the Year titles at the recent Tennis Southland awards.
Following 60 minutes of absorbing netball, it was the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel who firmed their grip on second place after posting a heart-stopping 60-58 win over the Northern Stars in Auckland.
The SIT Zerofees Southland Sharks have shown why they're Sal's NBL heavyweights by earning a 95-92 comeback victory over the visiting Wheeler Motor Company Canterbury Rams.
On a climb midway through the six-lap bike leg, Southland triathlete Jaxon Taylor began to question whether his attacking race plan was about to become his undoing.
The Sharks enter yet another Sal’s NBL season as a competition heavyweight.
A dominant second half pushed Te Wānanga o Raukawa Pulse to an emphatic 66-50 win over the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel in a top-of-the-table clash in Dunedin.
It was New Zealand’s most appropriate nickname. Now it is part of his job description.
