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BIZminton update

Slammers, Stanley Family, Carbon Crusaders and 3 + 1 continued their winning form in the BIZminton business house league. They defeated their opponents in some fantastic matches. Regular practice at the Badminton Centre is paying off. In the...

Mixed pairs champion of champions the last

BOWLSThe last of the season’s centre champion of champions events take place this weekend when the senior and junior mixed pairs will be played at the Poverty Bay Bowling Club. Play starts at 8.30am tomorrow. The senior event has attracted a full...

Bolstered OBR will test Pirates

Old Boys Rugby will have more firepower in what shapes up as a defining clash against Pirates in local cricket’s DJ Barry Cup tomorrow. OBR are second on the ladder, on 16 points, and Pirates are third (11 points) ahead of the third round of the...

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Intercentre class on show

BOWLSTWO days of intense competition await players and spectators when Gisborne Bowling Club hosts the annual intercentre fixture between Gisborne East Coast and Hawke’s Bay this weekend. Hawke’s Bay will be defending their hold on the Challenge...

Crowd wowed at MTF Finance New Zealand stock car champs

GISBORNE drivers Ethan Rees and Jonny Morley qualifed last night for the final of the MTF Finance New Zealand stock car championships at the Eastland Group Raceway and three others are in with a chance too. Qualifying produced the best stock car...

Family links feature in results

Husband and wife Dave and Chris Newton were crowned open doubles club champions after a hard day of golf croquet at Barry Memorial Club courts. All pairs contesting the open had a loss so some games proved crucial in the final standings. The Newtons'...

?Christie’s late charge perhaps too little too late

RICARDO CHRISTIE backed up his best result on the World Surf League Qualifying Series with ninth place in the Hawaiian Pro at the weekend. After being seeded into round 3, the Gisborne-Mahia surfer navigated his way into the quarterfinals of the...

Famous father, no problem

BEING the son or daughter of a famous sportsman or sportswoman can bring unwarranted pressure and abuse. But Poverty Bay and OBR all-rounder Graham Hudson, taking the local cricket scene by storm, says comparison with a famous father doesn’t faze...

One shot the difference

ONE shot was the difference between first and second in Poverty Bay Bowling Club's winter triples tournament. Donna Smith (skip), Andrew Ball (director) and June Kinder (lead) won all three of their games to take first place. They had a differential...

Upsets possible but higher-ranked teams favoured

The higher-ranked teams should have the edge in the two premier-grade netball games at the YMCA tonight, but upsets can happen. The Pak'nSave competition had the weekend off across all grades, but the big guns fire again tonight as pool play...

Golden girls give champs a fright

A fast-finishing Horouta Gold went within three goals of upsetting defending champions YMP in premier grade netball on Saturday. The Pak’nSave premier grade competition has an even more exciting look about it as a result. YMP Sunshine Brewery won...

Club bowls news

GisborneSteve Goldsbury (skip) and Robin Jefferson won the Gisborne-East Coast men’s open pairs at the weekend, holding off a strong field on the Gisborne Bowling Club’s greens. Jefferson, in the autumn of his bowling career, handled the wet...

‘Twelve days of hell’

Cycling over the Rocky Mountains and past snakes and lizards in the desert, endurance athlete Ron Skelton has tackled the gruelling Race Across America before. Skelton is the second New Zealander to finish it solo, after Wellingtonian Josh Kench. Many...

Ethan Cook named top competitor

SPEEDWAYSALOON car racer Ethan Cook had a stellar season with wins in the New Zealand saloon car championship and the NZ Grand Prix. On Saturday night he was named Gisborne Speedway Club’s Competitor of the Year. Cook also featured with his brother...

Best saloon field for years

THE best line-up of saloon cars to race at the Eastland Group Raceway for years will battle for the track’s “champion of champions” title tomorrow night. More than 20 cars will race for the Pit Stop championship title and also for the Bruce...

To greener fairways

HALF his life ago, Te Raumati “Tini” Hawea was a little fullah smacking balls down the Poverty Bay Golf Club practice fairway at Sunday morning junior sessions. He didn’t know where this would take him. He didn’t care. He just enjoyed this...

Horouta, Mareikura and YMP waka ama paddlers ready for World Sprints in Tahiti

WAKA AMATAIRAWHITI waka ama paddlers are to the forefront of the New Zealand challenge at the IVF Va’a World Sprint Championships in Tahiti this month. The New Zealand contingent is the largest in the competition at 560 paddlers, and in terms of...