Southland Power Boat Club

The Southland Power Boat Club AGM will be held at 7:30pm on the 3rd of August 2026 at the clubrooms.

Nominations are open until 31st of July 2026 for all positions.

🏁 Ever Thought About Powerboat Racing? 🏁

The Southland Power Boat Club is looking to grow the sport and help new people get involved.

Whether you've always wanted to race, used to race years ago, or simply want to find out what it's all about, we'd love to hear from you.

We can help with:
✅ Finding a suitable race boat
✅ Getting older race boats back on the water
✅ Understanding classes and rules
✅ Connecting you with experienced racers
✅ Opportunities to try different boats and learn about the sport
✅ Advice on budget-friendly ways to get started

We also have club members with race boats available, ranging from affordable entry-level boats through to competitive high-performance race boats.

Powerboat racing has classes to suit a wide range of budgets and experience levels, and our members are always willing to help newcomers get started.

If you're interested, send a message to the Southland Power Boat Club page and we'll help point you in the right direction.

Please share this post with anyone who might be interested in joining our sport.

🏁 New racers are the future of our club, and we'd love to help you get on the water!

Our deepest condolences go out to the Gibbs/Harvey families today, who are having to farewell one taken too soon.

We will remember Leah Gibbs as a loved friend and member of the wider Powerboat Racing community, our thoughts, prayers and love go out to those closest to her.

With love, The Southland Powerboat Club

🚤 **Good Luck to All Competitors – National Powerboat Championships!** 🚤

The Southland Powerboat Club would like to wish **all competitors** the very best of luck for the upcoming **National Powerboat Championships** on **28th February & 1st March**.

We’re especially proud to see so many of our **Southland members** lining up on the water and representing our club. Your hard work, preparation, and dedication to the sport make us proud every season — and we’ll be cheering you on every lap!

Race hard, stay safe, and most importantly enjoy the racing. We hope everyone has a fantastic weekend filled with great competition, good sportsmanship, and fast, exciting racing.

💥 Bring home some great results — Southland is behind you all the way!

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This is an appreciation post to all those that helped make our regatta happen over the last weekend. Firstly our generous sponsors: Kayes Bakery, Steve Gooding Marine, Fire Protection & Compliance, and the ILT Foundation and with thanks also to our national sponsor: TradeZone New Zealand.
A shout out as well to all the people who volunteered their assistance during and before the event, including Divesouth, the NZPBA rescue team, and our own club members.
To the out of town attendees we thank you very much for making the effort to travel down and make the event great.
Our club is humbled by everyone's efforts and quietly proud of a great regatta, so again thank you all

Results:
South Island Formula 3 title: 1st - Craig Fowler - Whiplash, 2nd - Nick Irons - Badaz, 3rd - Hannah Harvey - The Greyhound

South Island Clubman title: 1st - Hannah Harvey - The Greyhound, 2nd - Mandy Ryan - Tunnel Vision, 3rd - Andrew Railton - Cujo

South Island Series 3000 title: 1st - Andrew Railton - Top Heavy, 2nd - Mark Deam - Interceptor, 3rd - Nick Irons - Badaz

Racing start tomorrow at 1130am water and weather permitting 😎

Calling Entries for upcoming Regatta

We are still awaiting some entries from people wanting to contest in upcoming titles.

So if you have the forms sitting there and not done please get in asap. If you are having trouble reach out and we can help you get it sorted

Remember it's only 2 weeks away now.

We’re getting ready for the South Island S3000, F3 & Clubman Championship Regatta at Southland Power Boat Club.

🏁 Racing across multiple heats
🏎 Action both days (weather & tide permitting)
🍔 Lunch and refreshments available
🏆 Prizegiving Sunday afternoon

📧 Competitors: Entries close Friday 16 January
Email: [email protected]

Spectators welcome — bring the family and enjoy a full weekend of powerboat racing!