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Pāmu To Host Sacha Bond’s Double World Record Shearing Attempt In Southland
Wed, 29 Nov 2023 13:57:19 +1300 | Joint Press Release
19th December 2023: Women’s 9-Hour Solo Strong Wool Lamb Shearing Record 14th February 2024: Women’s 9-Hour Solo Strong Wool Ewe Shearing Record Pāmu farm Centre Hill Station near Te Anau is going to be buzzing in December with the first of New ...More >>
Robbie Maddison Accomplishes The World’s Highest Motorbike Bungy In New Zealand - While Breaking His Own Record
Tue, 28 Nov 2023 15:38:44 +1300 | AJ Hackett Bungy New Zealand
This morning the legendary Australian motorbike stunt performer Robbie Maddison was the first ever to do a motorcycle bungy in Queenstown, New Zealand off the infamous AJ Hackett Bungy New Zealand Nevis Bungy. Not only has Maddison claimed the highest ...More >>
Black Fins Break Records At German Cup
Tue, 28 Nov 2023 14:18:10 +1300 | Surf Life Saving New Zealand
The Blacks Fins had an incredible showing at the International German Cup, breaking eight New Zealand records. The two-day pool rescue competition is an annual event that serves as a platform to test the skills and expertise of surf lifeguards. Athletes ...More >>
TAB Trot Slot Holders Confirmed
Tue, 28 Nov 2023 13:45:16 +1300 | TAB
Eight slot holders for Australasia’s first slot race for trotters, the TAB Trot Slot, have been confirmed. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2311/7d3cb0ff3ad0b56f2848.jpeg" width="720" height="480"> TAB Trot Slot holder Aldebaran ...More >>
Changes For Stags In Grand Final Rematch
Tue, 28 Nov 2023 12:12:24 +1300 | Central Districts Cricket Association
Bayley Wiggins and uncapped Curtis Heaphy have joined the Central Stags' Ford Trophy squad as the team touches down in New Plymouth for tomorrow's 2023 Grand Final rematch with Canterbury at Pukekura Park. The Stags swept aside Canterbury to win 2023's ...More >>
NZCT Supports Aktive Game Plan AKL
Tue, 28 Nov 2023 10:37:49 +1300 | Aktive - Auckland Sport and Recreation
The NZCT has awarded Aktive a grant of $100,000 for Game Plan AKL a new initiative that will give select young people living in Auckland the opportunity to engage in sport and recreation activities of their choice. “We believe in the power of giving ...More >>
Back To The Future: Former Central Stags Captain To Coach Cd Under 19
Tue, 28 Nov 2023 10:13:54 +1300 | Central Districts Cricket Association
Excitement is brewing for the first national age-group cricket of the season, the NZC Gillette Under 19 men’s tournament that begins on Saturday in Lincoln, Canterbury. It’s the same place Kieran Noema-Barnett played his own Under-19 cricket back in ...More >>
Eight Weekends Of Show Shearing Competitions In The North
Mon, 27 Nov 2023 14:14:13 +1300 | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The annual round of eight A and P show shearing competitions kicks-off this Saturday with the Whangarei A and P Show. The competition, a shearing-only championships which was revived in 2020 with the opening of an impressive, new open-sided board, will ...More >>
Doing The Miles - 400km Each Way To Shear At Nelson Show
Mon, 27 Nov 2023 09:37:01 +1300 | Shearing Sports New Zealand
North Canterbury shearer Blake Crooks showed all the grit of a champion when he drove close to 400km each way to compete at the Nelson A and P Show on Saturday. With three senior wins behind him this season, including last-start victory at the ...More >>
Jones Returns To Kepler Challenge After Breakthrough Year
Mon, 27 Nov 2023 09:04:59 +1300 | Kepler Challenge
Five-time Kepler Challenge winner Daniel Jones running in last year's race. Photo: Kepler Challenge. With the potential for a record-equalling sixth Kepler Challenge mountain race title on Saturday, top New Zealand ultrarunner Daniel Jones is as interested ...More >>
Suzuki International Series Begins This Weekend
Mon, 27 Nov 2023 09:03:21 +1300 | Bikesport NZ
The moment of truth is fast approaching for the Kiwi motorbike community, with 12 months of hard work all coming to a head when the 2023 edition of the Suzuki International Series kicks off in Taupo in just a few days’ time. The Taupo International Motorsport ...More >>
Yeoman And Parkes Lead Way In Cross-country Champs
Mon, 27 Nov 2023 08:58:55 +1300 | Bikesport NZ
With two rounds now completed and four different race winners emerging, the 2023 edition of the New Zealand Cross-country Championships will go down to the wire at the final round in the Wairarapa on December 10. Round two of three in the Whyteline ...More >>
Former World Champ Bounces Back From Shoulder Operation To Win Taranaki Shears Title
Sun, 26 Nov 2023 14:59:06 +1300 | Shearing Sports New Zealand
Former World and Golden Shears champion Gavin Mutch, recovering from a shoulder operation 12 weeks ago, returned to the old stamping-ground of Taranaki to win the Taranaki Shears Open shearing final at the Stratford A and P Show on Saturday. Now ...More >>
Ngāi Tahu Swimmer Wins Supreme Māori Sports Award
Sun, 26 Nov 2023 14:29:55 +1300 | Maori Sports Awards
Dunedin swimmer Erika Fairweather was named Māori Sportsperson of the Year at the 2023 Māori Sports Awards held in the Bay of Plenty tonight (25 November). Whakaata Māori will screen delayed coverage of the black-tie awards ceremony in a two-hour ...More >>
45 Years Of Pedalling Round The Lake
Sun, 26 Nov 2023 14:19:13 +1300 | Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge
Thousands of riders took to the start line today at the 45th annual edition of the Lake Taupō Cycle Challenge. The atmosphere of New Zealand’s greatest cycling event has been electric as organisers, riders, supporters and the Taupō community celebrate ...More >>
New Coalition Government Moves To Protect Fairness For Females In Sport
Sat, 25 Nov 2023 07:02:38 +1300 | Save Womens Sport Australasia
Save Women's Sport Australasia congratulates New Zealand’s newly formed coalition Government for their commitment to safeguarding fairness for females in sport. With a pivotal focus on ensuring publicly funded sporting bodies support and prioritise ...More >>
George Gautrey Wins Big At 2023 Aon Yachting Excellence Awards
Sat, 25 Nov 2023 07:01:57 +1300 | Yachting New Zealand
George Gautrey was the big winner at the 2023 Aon Yachting Excellence Awards on Friday, winning three awards including the prestigious Orbit World Travel Sailor of the Year. The 25-year-old accepted the coveted Sir Bernard Fergusson Trophy at ...More >>
Michael Maguire Statement 2023
Fri, 24 Nov 2023 15:38:24 +1300 | New Zealand Rugby League
(NZRL) can now confirm that Michael Maguire will be stepping down from his role as Head Coach of the New Zealand Kiwis. “The mana, history and whakapapa associated with the Black and White jersey mean any role in and around the Kiwi team ...More >>
SkyCity Joins Auckland Cricket As Major Sponsor Of The Women's Program
Fri, 24 Nov 2023 09:24:20 +1300 | Auckland Cricket
Auckland Cricket is delighted to announce a two-year partnership with SkyCity, who join as Major Sponsor – Women’s Program. Auckland Cricket CEO Iain Laxon is excited about the opportunities that the partnership presents. “SkyCity is an integral ...More >>
Longest Day Golf Challenge – Teeing Off For A Great Cause
Fri, 24 Nov 2023 09:10:40 +1300 | Cancer Society
The Cancer Society is excited to launch this year’s Longest Day Golf Challenge, which raises essential funds to support people affected by cancer. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2311/778e6558ab52a18c3d72.jpeg" width="720" height="540"> Golfer Joshua Young enjoying ...More >>
