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WANGANUI CHRONICLE

From Whanganui, to Awapuni, to the World for comeback horse

18 Jun, 2018 10:58pm
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Most exciting day of Whanganui co-owner's life as horse falls, then wins, race goes viral

Boxon centre Shane Henry gets his pass away in their big win over the Tigers at Cooks Gardens on June 9. The Boxon are back on Cooks this weekend for the semifinals against the Hawera Hawks.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE

Whanganui Boxon to face Hawera Hawks in TRL Premiership semifinal

18 Jun, 2018 9:22pm
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All remaining teams have the weekend off after the planned quarterfinals fall through.

Robbie Matthews scored seven goals in her first game for the Whanganui Women's team against Massey B on Saturday.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE

A goal-fest at the Gonville Domain on Saturday

18 Jun, 2018 7:01pm
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Team believes they scored more than the 16 goals recorded.

Kelvin Hove against New Plymouth Rangers on Anzac Day. Hove will rearrange his work commitments for the chance to face Athletic's rivals again today.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE | Sport

Athletic and Rangers to settle it at Wembley today

15 Jun, 2018 11:14pm
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The Lotto Federation League's biggest beef plays out its next chapter.

Bradley O'Leary gets his pass away for the Wanganui Gain Line XV in their win over Manawatu Under 19 at Cooks Gardens on Wednesday night.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE | Sport

Gain Line XV comeback win over Manawatu Under 19

15 Jun, 2018 9:24am
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Team overcomes two intercept tries to snatch the game back in the final minutes.

Taihape and Ruapehu rematch this weekend from their tight game at Rochfort Park in April.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE | Sport

Taihape's eyes up season double against Ruapehu

14 Jun, 2018 11:23pm
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The two country clubs play for all the marbles this Saturday.

SPORT | Cricket

Watkins White Ferns in Whitewash of Ireland

14 Jun, 2018 10:05pm
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Allrounder takes a wicket as she was not needed to bat with Amelia Kerr's unbeaten 232

Kieran O'Donnell was the top goalscorer for the Wanganui Lightning in the Lower North Island Inline Hockey League at the weekend.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE

Lightning get two wins and draw at home tournament

11 Jun, 2018 10:30pm
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Move up to second on the Lower North Island Inline Hockey League table.

Jess Watkin shared in a 74 run opening partnership with century maker Sophie Devine against Ireland in the early hours of today, NZ time.

SPORT | Cricket

Watkin's White Ferns just keep dominating Ireland

11 Jun, 2018 9:45pm
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Another 400 plus score to wrap up the three ODI series with one game to play.

TCOB's Lee Moir looks to move the ball around MCOB's Hayden Krivan at the Gonville Domain on Saturday.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE

TCOB make quick start and flat finish in Premier Men's hockey loss

11 Jun, 2018 8:00pm
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MCOB absorb the pressure to do all the scoring in the second half.

Ruapehu flanker Jamie Hughes looks to stretch out of the Ratana tackle in his team's big win at Marton Park on Saturday. Photos by Maxine Hakaraia.

SPORT | Rugby

Rugby: Ruapehu beat the Ratana men without mouthguards

10 Jun, 2018 10:19pm
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Embarrassing for minnows to have three players sent from field for no mouthguards.

SPORT | Cricket

Cricket: Jessica Watkin gets share of White Ferns world record against Ireland

10 Jun, 2018 9:15pm
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Great One Day International debut on a memorable day for New Zealand women's cricket

Pirates prop Raymond Salu powers over to score in his team's narrow Spriggens Park derby win over Marist on Saturday.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE | Sport

Taihape still on top of Tasman Tanning Premier rugby table

10 Jun, 2018 8:30pm
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Pirates hold off desperate Marist to be safe in the Top 4.

The runnerup WROCC composite crew of Howard Hyland, Anika Robinson, Paki Ngaira, Nikki Crawford, Kelly Thomson, and Rachel Kingi

WANGANUI CHRONICLE

Another strong turnout for Whanganui Winter Series rowing

10 Jun, 2018 7:40pm
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Veterans Trevor Rush and Richard Brock win again on prognostic time.

Wanganui City's Anthony Bell looks to evade Wanganui Athletic's James Satherley in the first derby match back in April. The sides will rematch today.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE | Sport

Wanganui City and Wanganui Athletic don't have good buildup to derby fixture

8 Jun, 2018 11:59pm
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One team hasn't played have enough footy, the other is wrecked from extra time on Monday.

Tom Bruce will play in England's top T20 competition.

SPORT | Cricket

Collegiate old boy signs up for Sussex in T20 Blast

8 Jun, 2018 10:15pm
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Tom Bruce gets a chance to play for top English county team.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE | Sport

Give 4x4 truck competition a go at Wanganui 4WD open day

8 Jun, 2018 9:18pm
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Chance to strap into the navigators chair and have a go.

Kaierau winger turned flanker Stu Brosnahan will want a big match against Border in Waverley this weekend.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE | Sport

Wanganui Premier rugby race to playoffs tightens up

7 Jun, 2018 11:23pm
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Makeup of Top 4 likely to change from week to week for remaining five rounds.

It was a dream debut for White Fern Jessica Watkin, who smashed 77 not out in the Twenty20 win over Ireland in Dublin yesterday.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE | Sport

Whanganui's Jessica Watkin has dream White Ferns T20 debut against Ireland

7 Jun, 2018 10:06pm
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Blasts an unbeaten 77 as part of a New Zealand record partnership of 142 in Dublin.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE | Sport

Five judo golds just a warmup for Keightley

4 Jun, 2018 11:00pm
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Quick trip to Rotorua to clean up the divisions before heading to Hong Kong next month.

Rob Marks, centre, takes on the Capital Penguins defenders at last year's tournament at Jubliee Stadium.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE

Lightning wants to strike in Whanganui

4 Jun, 2018 10:18pm
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After two runnerup performances in past two years, home team wants the win.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE | Sport

Caleb Arthur retains his national speed stacking title

4 Jun, 2018 9:35pm
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The Rangitikei international stacker just too quick for the rest.

A fine goal and solid effort from Wanganui City's Latham Berry was not enough in his team's extra time loss to United AFC in the second round of the Federation Cup yesterday.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE | Sport

Football: Wanganui City lose in extra time of Federation Cup clash in Napier

4 Jun, 2018 6:00pm
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Second half fightback comes to nothing after a physical clash and issues with referee

Town prop Kamipeli Latu takes the ball up in his team's 10-7 win over Country on a cold Friday night at Cooks Gardens.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE

Rugby: Town defeat Country in Wanganui representative trial

4 Jun, 2018 10:40am
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First victory in five years for the Town side on a cold night for rugby.

Tomelilla just gets home against She's Poppy, front, to win the $50,000 AG Challenges Stakes at the Wanganui Races on Saturday.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE | Sport

Horse racing: Tomelilla wins Wanganui races feature by a nose

3 Jun, 2018 11:05pm
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Thrilling finish to the $50,000 black type race at the Wanganui Racecourse on Saturday.

Desmond Tyrell has been named in the Gain Line Invitational XV to face Manawatu Under 19's at Cooks Gardens on June 13.

SPORT | Rugby

Rugby: Wanganui 'Gain Line' XV selected to face Manawatu Under 19

3 Jun, 2018 9:22pm
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Youth players with a handful of veterans have opportunity to impress.

Chris Annabell and the Wanganui City side will have a long trip away and back from Napier on Queen's Birthday Monday for their Federation Cup clash.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE | Sport

Longer wait to Monday for Wanganui City's Federation Cup clash

1 Jun, 2018 9:00pm
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Club football in Hawke's Bay on Saturday means United AFC not available until then.

With Tietie Tuimauga's departure to Wellington, the opportunity is there for skillful prop Raymond Salu to impress tonight in the Town vs Country trial at Cooks Gardens.

SPORT | Rugby

The past shows trial important for both present and future

1 Jun, 2018 9:30am
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A number of young players can get their names in the conversation tonight at Cooks Gardens

Earl Bamber celebrates his win in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup at Barcelona over the weekend. Photo / File

WANGANUI CHRONICLE | Sport

Whanganui's Earl Bamber joins the greats

29 May, 2018 10:00am
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Whanganui Earl Bamber has been inducted into the MotorSport New Zealand Wall of Fame

TCOB's Tyler Nicoll-Hylton looks to snatch possession against College A at Gonville on Saturday.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE | Sport

Tech win second half against defending champs.

28 May, 2018 10:45pm
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Hope their new structure can help them despite still losing heavily.

Kaierau winger Karl Pascoe looks to find a way past Pirates prop Raymond Salu in their teams stalemate at the Country Club on Saturday.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE | Sport

Kaierau and Pirates unable to separate after 160 minutes

27 May, 2018 10:02pm
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Extraordinary second draw between the Premier teams this season.

Ruapehu's Gabriel Hakaraia attacks against Ngamatapouri on Saturday.

SPORT | Rugby

Taihape and Ruapehu swap with Border and Pirates

27 May, 2018 9:50pm
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Grand Hotel Challenge Shield shifts 154km from Waverley to Taihape.

Vaovasa Afa and his Pirates team need to lift after their loss to Pirates when they meet Kaierau at the Country Club tomorrow.

SPORT | Rugby

What's your name? What's your number?

25 May, 2018 10:10am
6 minutes to read

Frustration from Premier rugby teams wearing different jersey numbers from official lists

TCOB's Patrick Madder looks to keep the ball away from PNBHS's Sean Chrystall at the Gonville Domain on Saturday.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE

Goals aplenty and clean sheets on defence

21 May, 2018 11:06pm
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Both Whanganui hockey teams have big wins on Saturday in their Manawatu divisions.

Emitai Logadraudrau missed the chance to add to his impressive tryscoring tally when the Boxon's opposition defaulted on Saturday.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE | Sport

Easy weekend for Boxon to pick up two points

21 May, 2018 9:49pm
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Whanganui club has two more games to finish top of table and get home semifinal.

Scoring one try from a pass off the bootlaces and the other in injury time, Cameron Crowley proved the difference in Marist's win over Ngamatapouri.

SPORT | Rugby

Try off last play gets Marist up in the valley with Ngamatapouri

20 May, 2018 11:38pm
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Try off the last play of the game saves visitors from a costly draw in race to semifinals.

Quinn Mailman scored twice in Athletic's big win over Red Sox.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE | Sport

Red Sox catch the Athletic flak in 6-0 drubbing

20 May, 2018 10:30pm
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Visiting team was determined not to have a banana skin match.

Border winger Isaiah Hooper prepares to meet the challenge of his Pirates opposite Elijah Ah Chong in Border's crucial win at Spriggens Park on Saturday.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE | Sport

Border grab the Challenge Shield, Kaierau grab the glory

20 May, 2018 9:27pm
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Surprising results to start second round of Wanganui Premier rugby.

Anthony Bell and his fellow Wanganui City team mates won't have any trouble getting motivated for today's clash with PN Marist at Wembley Park.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE | Sport

It's all too personal at Wembley Park today

19 May, 2018 12:05am
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"You can call him Judas in the newspaper, I don't care."

George Davey maintained a 100 per cent winning record to claim the Wellington Mountain Bike Club's Enduro Series crown for Under 15's this week.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE

Four from four to win the title

18 May, 2018 11:51pm
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Couldn't make every round, but won every time he was there.

Pirates vs Border could be a real spectacle at Spriggens Park on Saturday.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE | Sport

Go hard or go home as second round kicks off

18 May, 2018 11:49am
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Several teams faced with running gauntlet of every top side in successive weeks.

Taihape's Fiona Blyth competing with Farah Beobhakta in the Physique Women's divisions of the NABBA Manawatu/Wanganui Bodybuilding Championships.

LIFESTYLE

Top Gym strike a winning pose.

14 May, 2018 11:54pm
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Top Gym prize award after six years of trying.

Whanganui Women's Kate Tylee, right, looks to keep the ball away from HSHC B's Shayla Treleaven at the Gonville Domain on Saturday.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE

Whanganui Women turn deluge of possession into four goal win

14 May, 2018 11:04pm
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Only Whanganui and Palmerston North Athletic still unbeaten after four rounds.

Boxon standoff Corey-Lee Robertson takes on Hawks defenders Greegan Dockney and Jarrad Kumeroa in the big win at City College on Saturday.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE

Don't call it a comeback: Boxon hammer Hawks.

14 May, 2018 10:00pm
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Team stays on top of table after running away with the final quarter.

Ren Tapa has his hand raised after defeating cousin Andre Taylor in the main event of The Come Up show on Saturday night.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE

When the nightclub becomes fight club

13 May, 2018 11:12pm
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The Come Up boxing event showcases eight entertaining fights in downtown Whanganui

Ben Hussey looks for an opening during his team's Federation Cup win over Massey at Wembley Park on Saturday. Photo by Sharon Francis.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE | Sport

City rise from the ashes to upend Massey

13 May, 2018 10:04pm
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Turnaround 8-1 loss in seven days to dump Federation Cup holders out in opening round

Wanganui's Ian Crighton considers his options in the Britton Cup meeting with North Taranaki at Jubilee Stadium on Saturday morning. Photo / Bevan Conley

WANGANUI CHRONICLE

Indoor bowls goes right to the wire

13 May, 2018 9:20pm
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Wanganui just denied in the final round of games with North Taranaki.

The bookings for Auckland's national finals were decided in the final round of the Inter-Provincial trials at the Wanganui Bridge Club on Sunday afternoon.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE | Sport

Bridging the gap to get to Auckland

13 May, 2018 9:00pm
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Over 60 competitors from around lower North Island spend two days playing in Whanganui

Marist's Adam Cowan takes the ball, watched by Athletic's Quinn Mailman, in last weekend's League game. The two teams rematch today in the Chatham Cup.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE

Same opposition but different game in sudden death

12 May, 2018 10:50am
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Wanganui Athletic and Wanganui City set for home Chatham and Federation Cup fixtures.

Whanganui's Rachel Carter has overcome physical and mental anguish to become a successful paraclimber, and will represent New Zealand in Ohio next month.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE | Sport

Whanganui mum overcome's the hardest climb

11 May, 2018 11:02pm
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Rising from a wheelchair to be the first paraclimber to represent New Zealand overseas.

Whanganui's Michaela Sullenberger, centre, competing with Eden McBeth Kibblewhite, left and Nathalie van Weers in the Novice Shape division at the 2017 NABBA Manawatu/Wanganui/Taranaki championships.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE | Sport

O'Keefe's bodybuilders aiming for Top Gym prize

11 May, 2018 7:00am
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Royal Opera House to host the regional championships for second year in a row

Grace Godfrey added another goal to her tally in the Whanganui Women's 4-all draw with Massey Reserves in Palmerston North on Saturday.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE

Hockey: Whanganui Women lose their lead in dying seconds of Massey Reserve clash

7 May, 2018 11:52pm
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Coach not happy with alleged home town decisions at the Twin Turfs.

Peter Belliss getting into the rugby theme at the Laird Park Bowling Club's two-day tournament to raise money for Wanganui junior rugby on Sunday. Photo / Stuart Munro.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE

Bowling tournament raises money for Pirates juniors

7 May, 2018 9:01pm
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Pirates junior rugby to benefit from bowling tournament.

Pirates winger Elijah Ah Chong looks up for confirmation he has scored the opening try of his team's narrow victory over Ruapehu on Saturday.

SPORT | Rugby

Pirates and Ruapehu play out a classic

7 May, 2018 12:00am
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Paul Mitchell Cup and Grand Hotel Challenge Shield stay with Whanganui town club

After missing last year with injury, Border prop Tietie Tuimauga could well be on his way back to rejoining the Wanganui lineup.

SPORT | Rugby

Border find their way under lights

6 May, 2018 10:29pm
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Still undefeated in the annual duck shooting night game at Dallison Park.

City goalscorer Dan Aplin goes up for a header during his team's big loss to Massey on Saturday. Photo by Sharon Francis.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE

When the hits kept coming....at City.

6 May, 2018 9:00pm
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Devastating 8-1 loss has team sitting down stunned.

There was no quarter asked or given when Pirates narrowly defeated Ruapehu at Spriggens Park on Saturday.

SPORT | Rugby

Taihape lock down fourth spot at halfway point

6 May, 2018 9:00pm
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Important win for a little breathing room on Kaierau and Marist in the race to semifinals.

Wanganui City's Jordan Joblin-Hall will want a big match down at Massey University this afternoon.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE

Double trouble for Wanganui Athletic and City FC's

4 May, 2018 9:00pm
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They will meet same opponents in Federation League as they do in sudden death cup games.

Ruapehu's Kahl Elers-Green looks at tryline last weekend against Marist. His team returns to Spriggens Park to face Pirates in the biggest match in Premier so far this season. Photo / Merrilyn George

SPORT | Rugby

Pirates vs Ruapehu for all the marbles on Saturday.

3 May, 2018 11:25pm
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Biggest game of the year so far with Paul Mitchell Cup and Challenge Shield on the line.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE | Sport

After 55 years, McAlley found her ace hole

3 May, 2018 10:44pm
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Searching all around the green when the ball is in the cup the whole time.

Auckland's Scott and Jarred Biggs get covered in champagne at the top of the podium, alongside Tauranga's Andrew and Amy Garner, left, and Waikato's Dave and Reece McKie.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE | Sport

Aucklander Biggs wins shootout thriller at Extreme Challenge

30 Apr, 2018 10:02pm
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The national champion wins the season double by claiming the all-star challenge title.

The Whanganui Boxon, seen here against the Waitara Bears the previous weekend, played out a rugged draw with the Western Suburbs Tigers to stay on top of the Taranaki Premiership standings.

WANGANUI CHRONICLE

Boxon snatch a draw with Tigers in soggy New Plymouth

30 Apr, 2018 7:50pm
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Wet conditions in New Plymouth favour home team, with Boxon's late kick forcing stalemate.