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Tauranga Boys' College first 11 superb in Super 8 cricket tournament final

Christie eliminated in France

Gisborne-Mahia surfer Ricardo Christie’s World Surf League Championship Tour battle for survival continues. Christie was knocked out of the Quiksilver Pro France in the elimination round to place 33rd-equal. American Conner Coffin dropped one of...

Coast smallest but fighting hard

THEY just love the jersey. The David Newton-coached East Coast under-16 rugby team lost 58-0 to McCarthy Transport Wairarapa-Bush at Wanganui Collegiate yesterday but they gave it their all. They trailed 22-0 at halftime but there was sting in every...

Casey's coming to town

WAIKATO Bay of Plenty Magic captain and Silver Ferns great Casey Kopua will visit Gisborne Netball Centre’s Victoria Domain courts this Saturday. Kopua will be at the courts from 9.30am to 11.30am, so it will be a great chance for kids to meet the...

Gisborne team to line up in Representative Challenge

A HIGH-powered surf lifesaving event known as the Representative Challenge will be held for the first time on Monday and Gisborne is sending a team of young athletes to compete with New Zealand’s best. Held at Mt Maunganui, the 2016 New Zealand...

Sione Ngatu not finished yet

LEADERBRAND Poverty Bay prop Sione Ngatu has broken the 131-game record he shared with Robbie Newlands . . . and the good news for Bay fans is that Ngatu is keen to carry on playing.“I’ll take a good break over summer, spend time with my family...

United top of the table

The withdrawal of Hastings Hibernian has caused Central Football to revise the draw for the remainder of the Pacific Premiership. It means Gisborne Thistle’s scheduled game against Hibernian last Saturday, reported in the Herald on Monday as...

Stairmand beats Quinn in race to five

GISBORNE surfer Maz Quinn went for broke trying to peg back on-fire Billy Stairmand in the national championship final on Saturday. But Raglan’s Stairmand was unstoppable in the two-metre surf at Dunedin’s St Clair Beach, and his two-wave score...

Rugby venues change

POVERTY Bay Rugby Football Union's Tiny White Opening Day games today have been moved to Gisborne Boys' High School's Rectory ground and School Park at the end of School Road. All games start at 2.45pm. Refereeing appointments have not been changed. GT...

OBM starting to shine

It was by far their best performance of 2020 — to date. A top first-half effort from defending club rugby champions OBM set up their 27-20 win against HSOB at the Oval on Saturday. The Trevor Crosby-coached side extended their 17-5 halftime lead to...

Bay hit by late surge

Poverty Bay’s reign at the top of rugby’s Heartland Championship was short-lived, after they lost 40-11 to South Canterbury in Timaru. After their thrilling 27-22 win against Wairarapa Bush in the opening week, the Bay held the South Islanders...

United and Thistle go head-to-head in Pacific Premiership

FOOTBALLSPEED on a football field is like gold in a vault. You can bank on it. Gisborne United have it and Gisborne Thistle will try to nullify it when they meet in a Pacific Premiership derby at Harry Barker Reserve at 2.30pm tomorrow. Heavy...

Curtain-raiser excitement rivals that of main game

RUGBYGood curtain-raisers are better than the main event. And the under-13s game at Rugby Park on Saturday almost fitted that bill, with the Bulldogs beating the Deadly Pumpers 35-25 before Poverty Bay’s excellent showing against the Hawke’s Bay...

Hopes high for Oceanias

Gisborne sidecars duo Callum Innes and Russell Stuart are full of belief that they can compete strongly in the Oceania Sidecar Championship. The 22G team earned their spot in the Oceania event last year when they finished second qualifiers in...

Elite silver for Sam Park

GISBORNE cyclist Sam Park won a silver medal in the Masters Track Cycling World Championships in Los Angeles this month. Competing in the 40-to-44-year 750-metre time trial, Park did a personal-best time (49.94 seconds, 0.46 of a second behind gold...

Cup stays with Uawa again

RUGBY by Ben O’Brien-LeafIt was hard; it was fast. Uawa retained the Barry Cup with a 30-22 win against Wairoa at the Domain in Tolaga Bay on Sunday. This, Game 3 of the five-game sub-union season, was unquestionably the most rugged match to...

It's war without bloodshed

GOLFTHE Battle of the Blades. You won’t read about it in any war history book and no blood will be spilled, but there will be casualties, there will be heroic actions and by the end of the East Coast open at Te Puia Springs this weekend, there will...

First-half blitz sinks Ngatapa

What happened to Ngatapa on Saturday could happen to anybody. East Coast Farm Vets Young Maori Party were untouchable in the first half of their Civil Project Solutions premier club rugby clash with Larsawn Ngatapa. The Shayde Skudder-led YMP beat...