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Negotiations for a naming rights sponsor fell through so Dale Long is funding the inaugural Hawke's Bay Ocean Swim Series himself. Photo/Paul Taylor

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HB ocean series pet project of stockbroker

3 Nov, 2018 7:00am
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Tasmanian-born Dale Long shares love of ocean with inaugural swim series in Hawke's Bay.

Alex Coull (left), Kal Walker, Saili Fiso, Taine Murray, Hadley McDougall and Austin McDougall are on the New Zealand v Samoa card in Hastings this month. Photo/Duncan Brown

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HB boxers to face Samoa's elite amateurs

2 Nov, 2018 7:00am
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New Zealand v Samoa international amateur event signals start of boxing renaissance in HB.

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CD Stags moving on after loss to Canterbury Kings

28 Oct, 2018 6:37pm
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Central Districts Stags lose toss and Ford Trophy match at Pukekura Park, New Plymouth.

Bay United substitute striker Paul Ifill threads the ball past Canterbury United defenders who arrive too late to shut him down for the added-time equaliser in Napier today. Photo/Warren Buckland

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Bay United draw against Canterbury Dragons in Napier

28 Oct, 2018 1:05pm
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Hawke's Bay Utd desperately needed to turn their premiership fortunes around so did they?

CD Stags seamer Bevan Small is relishing an injury-free spell so far this year and expects that to continue in the 2018-19 season of domestic cricket. Photo/Photosport

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Hopes Small will see Stags through another successful summer

27 Oct, 2018 11:00am
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The heart and mind have been willing but not body in Bevan Small's game of consistency.

Paul Ifill (2nd from left) heads the ball away this time but questions his positioning for Eastern Suburbs forager Mohamed Awad scoring the third goal in the 5-0 loss last Saturday. Photo/Photosport

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Players bereft but Bay Utd to show worth says Ifill

27 Oct, 2018 10:00am
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Player/coach Paul Ifill isn't mincing words after Hawke's Bay stumbled in opening match.

Usain Bolt, the sprinter, is the bee's knees in the eyes of Paul Ifill but Usain Bolt, the footballer, simply doesn't cut it for the former Phoenix maestro. Photo/Photosport

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Usain Bolt the footballer doesn't cut it for Paul Ifill

27 Oct, 2018 9:00am
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Ex-Wellington Phoenix star Paul Ifill unplugged on Mark Rudan, Roy Krishna and Usain Bolt.

Instructor Camille Pruckmuller (centre) with some of her Bay City charges who returned with a swag of medals from the NZ Union Taekwondo Championship in Porirua last weekend. Photo/Duncan Brown

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Grandsons hang tough with taekwondo grandma in Hastings

27 Oct, 2018 7:00am
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No one has a batter grasp of 'babysitting' than Hastings grandmother Camille Pruckmuller.

Hastings Boys' High School pupil Latrell Smiler-Ah Kiong feels the tug from basketball coach Curtis Wooten but he'll put rugby first despite his court-savvy ways. Photo/Duncan Brown

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HBHS pupil Latrell Smiler-Ah Kiong in basketball eye

26 Oct, 2018 8:00am
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Rugby is Latrell Smiler Ah Kiong's No 1 sport but he is keen to keep basketball on burner.

Zico Coronel, a career assistant coach, will embark on his second term as head coach of the Hawks in the National Basketball League next year. Photo/file

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Coronel's back as Hawks head coach in 2019

25 Oct, 2018 11:44am
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Hawks franchise extend Zico Coronel's tenure but it wants him to take team to new heights.

Menaka Samarasinghe is going places with table tennis since arriving in Hastings in June this year. Photo/Paul Taylor

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Sri Lanka-born player puts HB on New Zealand map

25 Oct, 2018 8:00am
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Menaka Samarasinghe found ideal catalyst in chef husband for Hawke's Bay's first title.

CD Stags batsman Ben Smith raises his bat for another half ton but says he and fellow opener Greg Hay have a fine rapport on the crease. Photo/Photosport

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Hay, Smith provide stable bed for green CD to flourish

24 Oct, 2018 8:11pm
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CD Stags opening batsmen Grey Hay, Ben Smith find timely traction in Ford Trophy campaign.

Doug Bracewell will take captaincy in his venomous stride in the same manner he has taken the new ball for the Central Districts Stags. Photo/NZME

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Hay, Barney back from exile as Cleaver jets off to UAE

24 Oct, 2018 8:00am
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A decade on, Doug Bracewell's poised to embrace the role of captaincy with renewed vigour.

Birkenhead United celebrate winning a record fourth crown in the elite boys' division of the Lotto National Under-19 Tournament in Napier today. Photo/Warren Buckland

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Birkenhead Utd win crown record fourth time in Napier

22 Oct, 2018 3:18pm
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Birkenhead United have won the U19 national football tourney in Napier a record four times

It's hat trick time for Havelock North forager Liam Shackleton (No 17) after he found the net three times in the satellite final of the Lotto U19 National Youth Tournament. Photo/Paul Taylor

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Havelock North will be flagship HB team next year

22 Oct, 2018 1:02pm
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It was one-way traffic as Havelock North youth claimed satellite crown in Napier today.

Stop Out player Brayan Heredia (left) tries to push a pass between the legs of Napier City Rovers counterpart Sam Murphy at Park Island, Napier, today. Photo/Duncan Brown

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Waitakere v Petone, Melville v Birkenhead in elite running

21 Oct, 2018 7:52pm
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The annual three-day Napier City Rovers under-19 tourney enters the business end tomorrow.

All White player Andre de Jong tries to eclipse Hawke's Bay United's Jorge Akers as Eastern Suburbs dominated in the physicality stakes at Madills Farm, Auckland, today. Photo/Photosport

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United coach Angell laments lack of focus

20 Oct, 2018 8:24pm
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Hawke's Bay Utd came under baptism of fire from Lily Whites in a clash of new-look sides.

New Hawke's Bay senior men's cricket coach, Dave Castle, prefers to give his charges freedom to express themselves. Photo/Duncan Brown

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HB coach Dave Castle product of Hesson-type school

20 Oct, 2018 8:00am
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New HB senior men's rep cricket coach Dave Castle aims to coach players to their strengths

Hawke's Bay United players Daniel Allan (left), Sam Mason-Smith and Cory Chettleburgh at training at Park Island, Napier, this week. Photo/Paul Taylor

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Eastern Suburbs equals patience: Sam Mason-Smith

20 Oct, 2018 7:00am
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English striker Sam Mason-Smith returns to Hawke's Bay Utd to break 2017-18 goal drought.

Doug Bracewell (centre with wristband) celebrates the wicket of Seth Rance (clean shaven) as the pair mopped up the Auckland Aces' wagging tail for an emphatic win today. Photo/Photosport

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CD Stags earn extra day's rest before Ford Trophy

19 Oct, 2018 7:04pm
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Central Districts Stags nail two wins on the trot to keep blemish-free record intact.

Bill Robertson, who has won two ISPS Handa Premiership crowns with Team Wellington, has found a lease of life with Waitakere United after a Hawke's Bay United snub. Photo / Photosport

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Snubbed Bill Robertson signs for Waitakere Utd

19 Oct, 2018 3:43pm
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Bill Robertson's delighted to sign contract with Waitakere United in 2018-19 premiership.

Stuart Duff is finding the couch grass at the Tom Watson Golf Course during the final day of the the Asia-Pacific Senior Amateur Championship in Miyazaki, Japan. Photo/file

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Duff, Kiwis chase Aussies in seniors golf

19 Oct, 2018 3:01pm
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New Zealand three off the pace at the Asia-Pacific Senior Amateur Championship in Japan.

The new pond on the 150m, par-3 No 15 hole punctuates the $300,000 restructuring Hawke's Bay Golf Club has carried out to add character and challenge. Photo/Warren Buckland

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Hawke's Bay Golf Club $300k facelift adds zest

19 Oct, 2018 1:46pm
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Hawke's Bay Golf Club offers new playground after $300,000 revamp of course in Hastings.

Llorne Howell, 46, hold the inaugural Howell family Cup that Hawke's Bay and Bay of Plenty senior men's representative teams will play for annually in a pre-season fixture. Photo/supplied

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Howell Family Cup symbolises HB, BOP men's cricket

19 Oct, 2018 9:00am
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Hawke's Bay, Bay of Plenty senior men's cricketers to play annually for Howell Family Cup.

CD seamer Adam Milne puts another hand grenade down the prime real estate against the Auckland Aces on day two of the Plunket Shield match at Eden Park Outer Oval today. Photo/Photosport

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Black Cap Adam Milne slots into CD attack with aplomb

18 Oct, 2018 7:19pm
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Central Districts Stags bowlers leave Auckland Aces batsmen reeling to be on front foot

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Islands victim of Sanzaar fiscal bullying

18 Oct, 2018 7:00am
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When will codes stop finding faults with South Pacific Island nations to expose talent?

CD Stags wicketkeeper Dane Cleaver made up for some unfinished business in the opening match in Nelson with his fourth first-class century in Auckland today. Photo/Photosport

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Dane Cleaver's fourth ton speaks volumes of resolve

17 Oct, 2018 5:49pm
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Central Districts Stags working Auckland Aces overtime in Plunket Shield encounter.

CD Stags seamer Seth Rance in full cry for a five-wicket bag against the Canterbury Kings at Saxton Oval, Nelson, ast Saturday. Photo/Photosport

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Seamer Rance says Aces will be another test

17 Oct, 2018 7:00am
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Central Districts Stags making most of purple patch in the four-day Plunket Shield format.

It's mission accomplished as Brendon Vesty, of Hastings, crosses the finish line of the 40th Kona Ironman Championship in Hawaii yesterday. Photo/supplied

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Vesty feels Kona heat but finishes gallantly

15 Oct, 2018 11:58am
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Social media messages of support fuelled Hastings triathlete Brendon Vesty to finish line.

CD strike bowler Seth Rance (left) picked up where he left off in the last round of Plunket Shield last summer, with a five-wicket bag on Saturday. Photos/Photosport

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Seth Rance, Willem Ludick give CD first-class start

14 Oct, 2018 3:57pm
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CD Stags show they can still do the job without five marquee players in Plunket Shield.

Havelock North skipper Graeme Tryon paved the way at first drop with a run-a-ball 76 for first innings points. Photo / Duncan Brown

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Villagers grin as other matches end in draws

13 Oct, 2018 9:45pm
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The weather gods were playing their own game but premier men's club cricket won in Napier.

Omni centre medallists Cody Smith (left), Laura Johnson, Sam Alexander (on pommel horse), Zayne Coffey and Thomas Dew show why they excelled at the nationals. Photo / Duncan Brown

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Omni gymnasts claim dozen medals at nationals

13 Oct, 2018 1:00pm
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Laura Johnson, Sam Alexander defy odds to help Omni Gymnastics Centre mine gold in BOP

The victorious New Zealand age-group indoor cricket team who bullied their way to the 17-and-under World Cup in Christchurch last Saturday. Photo/On Shot Photography, Mitchell Bodnar

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World champ Joey Field adds varsity award to dream week

13 Oct, 2018 12:00pm
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Joey Field gave up football for continuity in cricket and is now an indoor world champion.

Hawke's Bay team Guy Harrison (left), Joseph Curry, Sam Harvey and Maia Jones at Kings College, Auckland, for the Halberg Games last week. Photo / Photosport

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Bay's fab four make most of Halberg Games

13 Oct, 2018 11:00am
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Everyone's a winner as four Hawke's Bay athletes found out at the Halberg Games last week

Saili Fiso (left) with David Nyika, Bronson Saunders and Nyika's younger brother, Josh, at the amateur boxing nationals in Christchurch last week. Photo/supplied

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CHB boxer Bronson Saunders meets David Nyika

13 Oct, 2018 10:30am
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Waipukurau School pupil Bronson Saunders takes precise steps in carving niche in boxing.

Emma Godwin and Jake Stephen headline HBPB medallists Arabella Smith (back row, left), Alena Kamper, Mahina Ross, Sarah-Kate Birkett, Trent Kamper and Matthew Sexton. Photo / Warren Buckland

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Godwin off to worlds after impressing at nationals, Stephens bags medals

13 Oct, 2018 9:00am
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Record-breaking 50m backstroke bronze medal a bonus for Sundevils swimmer Emma Godwin.

Jesse Ryder is back in the Napier Technical Old Boys fold as player/coach after losing his CD Stags contract and not finding traction with the Black Caps last summer. Photo / Photosport

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Helpful Ryder staying out of limelight

13 Oct, 2018 8:00am
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Former Black Caps cricketer Jesse Ryder returns to Hawke's Bay premier club cricket today.

Karsen Vesty, 14, Brendon Vesty (holding Noah Vesty, 2,) partner Jessica Harris, Sage Harris, 8, and Sofia Vesty, 12, before they jetted off to Kona Ironman in Hawaii. Photo/Warren Buckland

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Realistic Brendon Vesty rests goals for Kona Ironman

12 Oct, 2018 8:00am
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Hastings triathlete Brendon Vesty recalibrates body instruments for Kona Ironman realism.

CD Stags allrounder Christian Leopard scores fifty runs during their Plunket Shield match against Canterbury Kings today. Photo/Photosport

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Newbies take Stags to stumps against Kings

10 Oct, 2018 6:12pm
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With regulars away, newbies wasted no time in showing they can occupy first-class crease.

Ross Taylor made an unbeaten 181 runs in the ODI series against England at the University Oval, Dunedin, in March but he says domestic cricket is where skills are honed. Photo/Photosport

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Taylor relishing CD Stags-Canterbury match

9 Oct, 2018 9:00am
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Black Cap batsman Ross Taylor out to make most of opportunity with Stags in Plunket Shield

Philipp Otto with the NGHS sailors Nina Mannering (left), Dani Bartelheimer, captain Zarah Otto, Ana Murphy, Amelia Otto and Sophie Turner with the trophy. Absent: Nina cameron. Photo/supplied

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NGHS stamp sailing supremacy at Interdoms

9 Oct, 2018 7:00am
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Napier Girls' High School sailors shrug off monkey from back after winning Interdoms title

Junior graded tenpin national champion Billy Wildgoose, 11, of Napier, with his spoils after the championship at Superstrike Hastings on Wednesday. Photo/Warren Buckland

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Napier pupil NZ age-group champ in tenpin bowling

7 Oct, 2018 3:55pm
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No one saw Billy Wildgoose firing at the tenpin nationals, not even the youngster himself.

Canterbury trainer Michael Pitman (with glasses) exchanges hugs with a co-owner, Jim Bruford, at the birdcage after Savvy Coup won the $250,000 Livamol Classic in Hastings today. Photo/Duncan Brown

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Diane Pitman rides emotions on husband's classic day

6 Oct, 2018 10:49pm
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Trainer Michael Pitman claims maiden group one victory with Livamol Classic acquisition

Auckland jockey Matthew Cameron takes stock after riding Madison County to the No 1 parking lot in the birdcage after the Sacred Falls Hawke's Bay Guineas in Hastings today. Photo/Duncan Brown

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Madison County storms to HB Guineas victory

6 Oct, 2018 8:34pm
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Jockey Matthew Cameron overcomes home-straight wobble to ride Madison County to victory

Cambridge co-trainers Murray Baker (left) and Andrew Forsman. Photo/NZTR

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Cause and effect co-trainers' definition of luck

6 Oct, 2018 9:30am
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Co-trainer Andrew Forsman breaks down thought processes in numbers game in Livamol Classic

It could be the ideal platform for King Louis in the $100,000 group 2 1400m Sacred Falls Hawke's Bay Guineas today. Photo/Trish Dunell

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Will it be big rig King Louis' day at HB Guineas?

6 Oct, 2018 9:00am
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Trainer John Bary says King Louis' mental fortitude more under microscope in HB Guineas

New chief executive Darren Mason says Central Football Federation has been transparent in its operation. Photo/file

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Bay United paying 'agreed amount': Central Football

6 Oct, 2018 8:30am
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Central Football, Hawke's Bay United working hard to ensure financial reliance is minimal

Havelock North AFC club president Bruce Barclay suspects those supporting Bay United won't stick around to help the region out of the hole when it inevitably falls over. Photo / File

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Havelock North, Rovers join chorus of discontent

6 Oct, 2018 8:00am
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Havelock North FC, Napier City Rovers question Central Football's investment in Bay United

Central Football affiliate clubs are questioning the motives behind bankrolling a Hawke's Bay United club based in Napier and comprising mostly foreign players who leave after each season. Photo / File

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Central 'artificially propping up' Bay Utd

6 Oct, 2018 7:00am
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Central Football must look after catchment-area interests, not franchise team, say clubs.

The Napier Boys' High School senior basketball team's dream of winning a second national crown for their school is over. Photo / Supplied

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NBHS rue another missed chance to secure national bragging rights

5 Oct, 2018 11:11am
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Disappointed NBHS take stock after stumbling at secondary schools' basketball nationals.

Zone 3 champions Napier Boys' High School are already in the 4pm quarter-finals of the AA boys' grade Schick Championship in Palmerston North this afternoon. Photo / Supplied

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NBHS, HBHS, NGHS all in quarter-finals equation

4 Oct, 2018 9:55am
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All three Hawke's Bay schools are in the quarterfinal equation at the basketball nationals

RTR Taekwon-Do member Joy Hawaikirangi-Mackenzie, 50, of Napier, with a medal at the five-day International Taekwondo World Cup in Sydney. Photo/Katherine Mitchell

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Napier caregiver wants to be 'Bruce Lee's grandma'

4 Oct, 2018 8:00am
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Joy Hawaikirangi-Mackenzie found taekwondo by chance. Now it's a pivotal part of her life.

Some of the HBHS team: Henry Ah Funny (left), Joshua Tarrega, coach Curtis Wooten, Devante Miller, Jershon Tatana and Tuehu Spooner. Photo/file

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NBHS, HBHS in pivotal tip-offs at nationals tonight

3 Oct, 2018 3:35pm
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NBHS, HBHS are playing for more comfortable lives at the basketball nationals in Palm Nth.

Defender Sasha Norris, 17, of Woodford House, and striker Lucca Burley, 15, of NBHS, will represent their Hawke's Bay Under-18 gender teams in the Queensland Challenge in Napier. Photo/Warren Buckland

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Hockey U18s to gauge worth against Queensland

2 Oct, 2018 8:12pm
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Queensland's razzle-dazzle hockey flavour appeals to Hawke's Bay Under-18 counterparts.

Central Stags William Young (left, front) and Doug Bracewell celebrate the Plunket Shield victory at Nelson Park, Napier, last April. Photo/Photosport

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Greg Hay, Doug Bracewell assume captaincy

2 Oct, 2018 8:00am
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William Young steps down as CD skipper; Greg Hay and Doug Bracewell share responsibilities

Christian Karatau winds up for a shot down the newly laid lanes at the Superstrike Tenpin Bowling Centre in Hastings during the nationals today. Photo/Warren Buckland

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Arthur Miller School pupil on the podium

1 Oct, 2018 4:14pm
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Sophie-Lee Leydesorff basks in the glow of a bronze medal at the tenpin junior nationals

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Captain's knock from Dom Thompson spearheads CHB win

30 Sep, 2018 6:26pm
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Central Hawke's Bay and Cornwall made it an all-home T20 final but who were left grinning?

Havelock North CC wicketkeeper Liam Shackleton watches as bowler Rhythm Sharma shatters the bails but the Horowhenua-Kapiti Bears batsman is not out. Photo/Duncan Brown

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Three HB teams make prem men's T20 semifinals

30 Sep, 2018 3:56pm
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Every team's a winner when they compete in the annual Hawke's Bay CA Twenty20 tournament

Omni Gymnastic Centre member Thomas Dew (last row, right) is among other Hawke's Bay representatives competing at the nationals in Tauranga next week. Photo/file

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Omni Gymnastic athletes flying Hawke's Bay flag

29 Sep, 2018 4:00pm
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Omni Gymnastic Centre member Thomas Dew expected to raise the bar at nationals next week

Napier Boys' High School senior basketball team celebrate after winning the zone 3 qualifying premiership in Palmerston North early this month. Photo/supplied

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NBHS avoid pool of death at basketball nationals

29 Sep, 2018 2:00pm
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Napier Boys' High School fancy chances in top-tier NZ secondary schools basketball tourney

Rebekah Baxter ensures gear at Superstrike Hastings is in good nick while practising for the first hosting of the NZ Junior/Youth Tenpin Bowling Nationals in Hastings. Photo/Duncan Brown

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Rebekah Baxter, Emilee Adams tenpin youth hopefuls

29 Sep, 2018 11:00am
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It's excitement mingled with pressure for HB youth tenpin bowlers at nationals in Hastings

Hastings stalwarts Judy Cossey, 71, and John Potts, 73, with their awards after more than 30 years of voluntary service to Special Olympics Hawke's Bay. Photo / Duncan Brown

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Special Olympics HB salute Judy Cossey, John Potts

29 Sep, 2018 10:00am
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Judy Cossey shed tears of joy after watching HB athletes receive medals at inaugural games