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Four from Gizzy in streetstock finals

­ Gisborne Speedway Club will be well represented in the finals of the New Zealand streetstock championships at the Meeanee track in Hawke's Bay, with four Gisborne drivers through to the finals. A lineup of 26 cars from around the country will...

Campion keen to set their Hope Cup record straight

CRICKETCAMPION College player-coach Mark Naden says his side have an added incentive going into tomorrow’s Hope Cup cricket final against Gisborne Boys’ High School at Harry Barker Reserve.“To make any final is an honour and last year we got...

Gisborne swimmers in the fast lane

AROUND 170 swimmers are competing in the meeting, which started last night and runs to Sunday at the Olympic Pool

SPORT in brief

Flanker Callum McDonald was named representative player of the year at the Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union annual prize-giving on Saturday night. McDonald collected the Paul Sceats Memorial Trophy for his efforts in his first Heartland Championship...

Gisborne Club Darts Association results

INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS180s: John Love (Cossy Shakers), Shane Horne (2NZ Rebels), Rowe Mason (2NZ Bullz), Ihaka Kaio-Wynyard (2NZ Titans), Joe Hall (Cossy Downers), Ngata Monika (2NZ McCann’ics).Best start (140): John Love (Cossy Shakers) 2, Jesse...

Uawa beat Hikurangi

RUGBYNGATI Porou East Coast club rugby defending champions Uawa beat Hikurangi 25-3 to take the Chas Keelan Memorial Trophy in a commanding performance at Kahuitara on Saturday. Hicks Bay beat Ruatoria City 36-15 at Wharekahika and Tihirau Victory...

Sports draws

FootballSATURDAY — Men’s Division 1, 2.30pm: HBR1, Heavy Equipment United v Carpet Court Thistle Reserves; Rectory, Gisborne Boys’ High School v Shipwreck Bohemians; Wainui; Wainui Sharks v Thistle Massive. Men’s Division 2, 12.30pm: HBR2...

‘Frothing’ to play at Classic

GBA doesn't do things by halves. Gisborne Basketball Association will have boys' and girls' teams in three age groups — under-11, u13, u15 — along with an u17 boys' crew at the Mel Young Easter Classic in Tauranga, starting tomorrow. The...

Wairoa, Tolaga triump at Kahutia Bowling Club

Bowls Gisborne-East Coast held the centre pairs at Kahutia Bowling Club. Wairoa pair Glenda Kapene (skip) and Joanne Wroe won the women's title, while Tolaga Bay duo Vern Marshall (s) and Murray Duncan won the men's title. Twelve teams entered the...

First win for the Masters

THE 1-1 draw between Paikea and Ngatapa in the women's games and Lytton Old Boys Masters' first win of the season in the men's division were the highlights of weekend hockey. Ngatapa left it till the last minute to level things in their clash with...

Biggest fight of Brock's career

GISBORNE-born boxer Shay Brock has a shot at a world title tomorrow night in Melbourne. Auckland-based Brock is taking on 25-year old Australian boxer Dwight Ritchie for the vacant IBF Youth Super Welterweight Title at the Melbourne Pavilion. Brock...

Coastlands in dominant form

Some days, it doesn’t pay to get out of bed. That’s how Hamilton might be feeling after suffering the heaviest loss — by 10 wickets to Bay of Plenty Coastlands — in the history of the Northern Districts senior secondary schoolboys’ 50-over...

Day of frights, upsets

The Barry Memorial Croquet Club held their first golf croquet tournament for the summer season. It was a doubles tournament and it was great to see new members taking part and performing so well. The eight pairs were arranged with low-handicap players...

Gaskin wins three races a day in regatta

AARON Gaskin won three races on Saturday and three on Sunday in Gisborne Yacht Club’s first regatta of the season. Gaskin’s fibreglass Optimist was one of three new boats on the water. The others were Jacob Scammell’s Starling and Cameron...

Whangara-Girls’ High clash proves to be the day’s best

Top seeds High School Old Girls, YMP and Whangara Old Girls kept their unbeaten records at Victoria Domain on Saturday. The Whangara-Gisborne Girls' High School clash was the game of the day. Whangara led all the way against Girls' High Senior A but...

Now for top four

Waikohu added the second round cup to the trophy cabinet and warmed up for Saturday’s Lee Bros Shield top four playoffs against OBM with a 45-14 win over their semifinal opponents at Te Karaka on Saturday. Second-placed YMP meet Ngatapa (third) in...

Gisborne Club Darts Association results

INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS from Tuesday180s: Matt Reedy (Cossie 2 PHL), Sha Hohipa (Cossie 2 PHL).Best start (141): Moana Brown (2NZ Diamonds).Best finish (160): Lorenzo Kaa (2NZ Rebels 2).Most high scores (15): Jesse Noanoa (RSA Liquorland), Wayne...

Camp life highlight for rowers

Eight Gisborne rowers took part in a four-day training camp at Mangakino — and came home with some silverware. Sebastian Solomann, Thom Simmons, Joshua Kelly, Oscar Ruston, Hannah Veitch, Emily Smith and Phoebe Naske attended a training camp run by...