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Colgates more than just a Games

GISBORNE athletes are already looking to 2017 after success at Colgate Games children’s meetings in the North and South islands. But it was not all about medals and ribbons for the Gisborne contingent, the bulk of whom went to the North Island...

District well represented

Gisborne will be well represented at the North Island Rowing Championships this weekend, with 36 Gisborne Rowing Club members competing. Racing started yesterday with age-group racing heats, while today the club category racing started. Categories...

Golf Roundup

Poverty BayTHE highlights were many for the 80 players who strode the fairways, trudged through the rough, flew high on birdies and drowned sorrows on the 19th during the Emerre and Hathaway Poverty Bay men’s open. From Tony Akroyd’s three twos...

Sports draws

The draw for Civil Project Solutions Senior Club Rugby on SATURDAY is —Premier grade, 2.45pm: Barry Park 1 (changing rooms BP), East Coast Farm Vets YMP v Enterprise Cars OBM (D Macpherson, T Watson, P Brown).3pm: Patutahi 1, Larsawn Ngatapa v...

Another swimming gold to Jack Keepa

SWIMMINGGISBORNE teenagers Jack Keepa and Ava Smith continued their medal-winning form on day 2 of the New Zealand short-course championships in Auckland yesterday. Enterprise Cars Swim Team member Keepa won gold in the 14 years boys’ 50 metres...

Reid increasing bike load in training tweak

TRIATHLONTAYLER Reid is increasing his load on the bike, tweaking his training after fading to 20th in his most recent sprint triathlon.“He’s fit and fast; you can just be off by 1 percent and finish 20th,” his coach Stephen Sheldrake...

Big boat action back in the Bay

POVERTY Bay will resound to the thunderous roar of the New Zealand offshore powerboat series when it returns to Gisborne this Saturday. More than 20 of the big boats will be in action. The “McCannics ENZED Gisborne Thunder Out East” event is race...

‘Green Machine’ and Paikea put on thriller

THE contest between the GMC Green and Paikea was the highlight of the senior hockey round on the LJ Hooker turf at the weekend and Paikea produced one of their best efforts of the season. The GMC “Green Machine” won 4-3 but it could have gone the...

Perano and Kohatu win junior titles

RUBI Perano and Uenuku Kohatu won the junior girls’ and boys’ titles at Badminton Eastland’s junior tournament held in the Badminton Centre at the weekend. It was the second year running that Rubi had won this title. A field of 48 junior players...

Death of talented Vuki shocks Poverty Bay rugby fraternity

RUGBYMEMBERS of the Poverty Bay rugby fraternity have been shocked by the sudden death of Isaia Vuki, who died in Nadi, Fiji, at 2am on Sunday.“I still can’t believe it; it’s such a shock and obviously our hearts go out to Isaia’s family,”...

Gisborne Bridge results

MONDAY, March 5 — Beetham Lifestyle Village Pairs 1North/South East/WestJoy Marden/Helen Kerisome 60.00 Yvonne Key/Ann McCombe 64.17Lois Grose/Murray Owen 57.50 Katrine Matthews/Hans van der Kuijl 62.92Trish Corson/Elizabeth Jackson 55.42 Rosemary...

Strong Gisborne showing at Midway

GISBORNE surfers continued to feature strongly in the open men’s contest at the national surfing championships at Midway Beach yesterday. They won four of the eight heats contested in the division in clean two-metre surf yesterday. Day 1 standouts...

On the mats: indoor bowls news

Twelve-year-old Lenard Keelan is the talk of local indoor bowls. The Ilminster Intermediate School student had the measure of his opposition in the Poverty Bay-East Coast Handicap Singles, and beat Warren Madoc 15-11 in the nine-end final. All 15...

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OBITUARY: Boy Kemp

Gisborne Club Darts Association results

Individual highlights180s: Matt Reedy (Cossy DONE & Dusted) 2, John Love (Cossy Shakers), Kauri Leach (Cossy Shakers), Jesse Noa Noa (2NZ Rebels), Mike Hughes (2NZ Bullz), Colin Edwards (2NZ Bullz), Cris Kiri (2NZ Titans), Te Kotahi (TK) Kaio (2NZ...

Gisborne Club Darts Association results

INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS180s: Hukanui Brown (RSA Men of Mayhem), Kayne Arahanga (2NZ Kings), Tyson Eyles (2NZ Kings), Hunter Eyles (2NZ Kings) 2, Mike Hughes (2NZ Rebels), George Vaotuaa (2NZ Rebels), Braiden Pokai-Giddens (2NZ Tao TCL).Highest start...

Red card stands

POVERTY Bay coach Mana Otai will be without three players who started last week’s Heartland Championship game against Thames Valley for tomorrow’s must-win match against King Country. Otai and his squad make the trip to Taupo needing a win to...

Potts Classic success for Gisborne

GISBORNE athletes followed up success at the North Island Colgate Games with strong showings at the prestigious Allan and Sylvia Potts Classic in Hastings. Fresh from her starring performance at the Games, Briana Irving won the under-14 800 metres...