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Midway aiming high at the Oceans 20 junior surf lifesaving champs

Midway head into the Oceans 20 junior surf lifesaving championships at Mount Maunganui over the next four days with high hopes for individual and teams success and a near-top ranking. The club performed brilliantly at the recent eastern regional...

Hawea finishes 39th-equal

GISBORNE golfer Tini Hawea continued his improvement to move up the leaderboard on the final day of the New Zealand age-group championships on Hastings’ Bridge Pa course on Friday. Hawea added 4-over 76 to his 78, 77 for a three-round total of 231...

Champions lose to new team

A new power is rising. On Monday, the club basketball landscape changed when The Filthy Dozen — experienced players all, but a first-year club — beat two-time defending champions City Lights 47-38 at the YMCA. The Dozen don’t even number 12...

Teams master Mount Monster

SURF LIFESAVINGSURF lifesavers from the three Gisborne clubs teamed up on Saturday to feature in the teams sections of the gruelling Mount Monster at Mt Maunganui, and two of the teams had wins. Mike Morrissey and Rob Fergus from Midway, Wainui’s...

'Black tide' powers to gold

RIVAL coaches called it “a black tide”. It came thousands of kilometres from where it first rose and when it receded, a golden double of heavily Gisborne-influenced proportion was left in the sand. The New Zealand elite junior (under-19)...

Comet swimmers topple records

COMET Swimming Club members produced huge individual results in the back half of the winter season. They were led superbly by 11-year-old Imogen Amor-Bendall. She set a Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay record for the 50 metres butterfly. The previous record...

Bridge results

Monday, October 10 — Ryman Kiri Te Kanawa Pairs 2 (Howell movement)Mark Joblin, Frank Nieuwland 63.33 Beverley Evans, Murray Owen 54.29Caroline Taylor, Pippa Williams 52.92 Anne Roberts, Graham Maclaurin 52.92John Rouse, Mark Fleming 52.86...

Other netball award winners

THE Gisborne Netball Centre awarded a range of other awards and trophies after Saturday's thrilling premier grade grand final at the YMCA. Grand final winners YMP (1) featured in those other awards as well, winning the trophy for the highest goal...

Giants second in epic contest

THE Gisborne Giants finished runners-up in an epic contest in the ENZED Superstock Teams Championships in Palmerston North at the weekend. The Palmerston North Panthers limped across the finish line first to end a brutal final in front of a capacity...

Singh hits double ton

TEGHBIR Singh has introduced himself to Poverty Bay cricket with a stunning double century to help guide Horouta to a 275-run victory. Singh has been a revelation for Siteworx Civil Horouta since he joined the team over the Christmas break. Dropped...

Bridge results

MONDAY, November 23 — Woodward Chrisp Restricted Champs 5, Howell movement: Ann McCombe/Jeff Allen 72.22; John Rouse/Murray Owen 61.81; Katrine Matthews/Hans van der Kuijl 60.42; Beverley Evans/David Johnstone 50.96; Vincelle Marvin/Michelle...

Hover surfing at national surfing champs

RAGLAN'S Daniel Kereopa shows his skills on a foilboard or hydrofoil board while free surfing at the national surfing championships, which shifted venues to Makorori Beach yesterday. A foilboard is a surfboard with a hydrofoil that extends below the...

Thomson duo win section at Morrinsville

Father and son Ross and Rick Thomson, of Gisborne's Barry Memorial Croquet Club, won their section of the Morrinsville Golf Croquet Level Doubles. Eighteen pairs were divided into three sections of six and in their first-round game against a Mount...

Christie will be back

RICARDO Christie should keep his chin up and move forward after failing to re-qualify for the World Surf League Championship Tour, says four-time New Zealand champion Maz Quinn. Former world champion Joel Parkinson eliminated Christie in round 2 of...

Trio to make debuts

A master, an apprentice and a father of six will make their national interprovincial debuts for Poverty Bay-East Coast in Auckland this month. Diversity is a feature of the six-man team for the week-long tournament on the Whitford Park course. Three...

Kerr falls three shy of century against Hamilton

CRICKET by John Hilla magnificent knock of 97 from Bollywood Stars Poverty Bay wicketkeeper/batsman Bruce Kerr was not enough to stop the Bay from losing to Hamilton in the Northern Districts T20 cricket tournament in Taupo. The 23-year-old from...

Poverty Bay rep rugby draw

HOME — Saturday, 2.30pm: Oval, Poverty Bay Development v New Zealand Marist. AWAY — Saturday, 2.30pm: Whakarewarewa, Rotorua, PB Heartland v Central Bay of Plenty. 1pm: Sports Institute, Palmerston North, PB Under-20s v Wairarapa Bush. Sunday...

Newton, McMillan win first up

CROQUETBarry Memorial Croquet Club members held a doubles competition as their summer season opening tournament. Early on, it appeared that Dave Newton and Mary Dixon, who had a 9-6 victory in the first round, would be a force to be reckoned with. In...