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Club day focus will be points

Points are on the line in a club day at the Awapuni track of Gisborne Speedway Club tomorrow. All classes will compete in a 21-race programme in the afternoon and early evening. The action at Eastland Group Raceway begins at 3pm and includes...

Tairawhiti Softball results

Results of Tairawhiti Softball Association finals played at Waikirikiri Park on Friday and Saturday —Women —B Division: Lytton Gems 11 Uawa 1.A Division: Scorpions 15 Rovers 6. Men —A Division: Spartans 5 TWK Rams 3

Two versus four at Makorori

It’s all on tomorrow as Round 2 of the Gisborne Motorcycle Sports Club beach racing series rips into action at Makorori. In the senior open class it will be a two-stroke-versus-four-stroke battle as Nick Wilkie (Honda CR500) takes on Graham Wedlake...

OBM the team to beat

OBM have reinforced their status as the No. 1 team in Poverty Bay club rugby with a 60-22 victory over Waikohu a week out from the playoffs. If momentum matters, OBM have it and the other teams must lift their game if they are to lift the Lee Bros...

Ethan Rees makes history

STOCKCAR racer Ethan Rees made Gisborne Speedway Club history on Saturday night when he became the first Gisborne club driver to win the New Zealand Stockcar Championship. The MTF Finance national championships at the Eastland Group Raceway were...

No shrinking violets in women’s basketball competition

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Gisborne Club Darts Association results

INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS180s: Cris Kiri (2NZ Rebels), Denise Renata (2NZ Vikings), Chris Giddens (2NZ TCL), Tom Irwin (2NZ Bullz), Ngata Monika (2NZ McCann’ics), Dean Allen (2NZ Corys 6-Shooters).Best start (180): Chris Giddens (2NZ TCL), Ngat...

Float like a butterfly . . .

The inter-primary school swimming championships

Scott’s knock paves way for Sharks victory

The young man played some very good shots. Twelve-year-old Taylor Scott struck eight fours in his 18-ball innings of 37 from No. 4. It was the highest individual score in Round 1 of the Colts T15 cricket league at Nelson Park on Wednesday. Scott's...

Conditions testing for athletes at Oceans 18

SURF LIFESAVINGUnusually testing conditions had participants at the Oceans 18 surf lifesaving competition in Orewa on hold with concerns regarding water quality and high winds creating potential problems for a start of the event on Day 2. Eventually...

IN CONTROL

Gizzy club members out to hit top speed at RC nationals

City Lights out to avenge Filthy Dozen upset

BASKETBALLWeek 7 of the GBA Men’s Club Basketball League tonight will see three fascinating games played at the YMCA and the John McFarlane Memorial Sports Centre. At the Sports Centre, Gisborne Boys’ High School Red lead off against the Young...

‘You win some, you lose some’

The New Zealand junior surfing team bowed out of the 2017 Vissla ISA World Junior Championships in Japan after the three team members still in the event came up short in their afternoon heats. Gisborne’s Saffi Vette contested two heats of the...

Good start for Akroyd

GOLFTAUPO’S Centennial golf course is familiar territory for long-time Poverty Bay-East Coast representative Tony Akroyd. That experience played its part as Akroyd fashioned an unbeaten record on Day 1 of the Freyberg Masters national...

Gisborne finish 14th in national netball champs

Gisborne finished in 14th place at the Netball New Zealand Open Championships in Palmerston North. They lost their last game, against Taranaki, 41-34. It was a close game but Gisborne could not bridge the gap after Taranaki edged ahead by five goals...

Dream a step closer for Te Ahiwaru Cirikidaveta

Six years ago he was just a kid playing rugby on the East Coast — now, after last weekend, his dream to play Super Rugby is one step closer. Te Ahiwaru Cirikidaveta was awarded MVP for his performance for the Tasman Mako in their 41-24 win over...