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Gisborne riflemen on target at Queens Shoot in Brisbane

GISBORNE fullbore riflemen Shane Kapene and Paul Hofman were on target for New Zealand at the Australian Presidents and Queens Shoot at the Belmont complex in Brisbane. Kapene, a member of Gisborne Rifle Club since 2008, won the Presidents F open...

Form teams will be tough to beat

HOCKEYFORM should be the best guide in the fourth series of games in Round 1 of the Poverty Bay hockey competition this weekend. The women get first use of the LJ Hooker Turf tonight when GMC Green and GMC Gold meet at 6pm.“The Green Machine...

Covid causes super vets fixture shuffle

An Eastland team travelled to Feilding for the first round of Badminton New Zealand's 2022 inter-association super veterans' Division 2 competition. Hawke's Bay, Eastland's scheduled morning opponents, did not travel as three team members had...

Five-wicket win sees Ngatapa-Horouta final

CRICKETClub cricket heavyweights Coastal Ultrasound Horouta and the Stirling Logging Ngatapa Green Caps will thrash it out for Poverty Bay’s 30-over Hope Cup championship this Saturday. Umpires Gary Coutts and Jason Trowill — the latter having...

Gisborne Club Darts Association results

INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS180s: Shane Horne (2NZ Rebels), Kristena (Tina) Aspalter (2NZ Rebels), Lee Tamihana (Cossy DONE & Dusted) 2, Cris Kiri (2NZ Titans), Levi Tamihana (Cossy Shakers), John Collier (Roseland), Chris Giddens (2NZ McCann’ics).Best...

On the mats: Indoor Bowls news

Fifteen-year old Nathan Trowell teamed up with his cousins Matthew Foster, 16, and Dylan Foster, 14, to dominate the Poverty Bay-East Coast indoor bowls centre open triples last weekend. They defeated David Lynn, Sian Williams and Lois Lamont 10-5 in...

PB beaten by Bay of Plenty

A tough two weeks for Poverty Bay age-group cricket teams ended yesterday at Harry Barker Reserve. Bay of Plenty Coastlands beat Poverty Bay by eight wickets at Harry Barker Reserve on Day 5 of the Northern Districts Emerging Rangatahi (under-19)...

Century for Parkes, fifties for Hendrie

CRICKETPoverty Bay 18-year-old cricketer Thorn Parkes has scored an unbeaten century and Bay skipper Nic Hendrie has hit two half-centuries for Northern Districts A this week. They have been playing a three-day match against Auckland A at Mountfort...

Bowling good, batting needs work — Cairns

POVERTY Bay cricket coach Lance Cairns was happy with his bowlers in yesterday’s 50-over game against Hamilton but says there is a lot of work to be done with the batsmen, after the Bay were dismissed for 88 in reply to Hamilton’s 250-7 at Harry...

Talent boosts Hope Cup play

CRICKETIt’s a strong competition this season. The 30-over Hope Cup club cricket championship has been boosted by the arrival of Craig Christophers and Ian Loffler at Rawhiti Legal Old Boys Rugby. A third former Poverty Bay men’s senior...

Classy King’s end GBHS unbeaten run

A CLASSY King’s College side beat Gisborne Boys’ High School 24-7 at Rugby Park on Saturday. The loss ended a four-match unbeaten run for the Gisborne first 15.“It was disappointing; we just didn’t front up and took too long to play our way...

OBR top the table

OBR will play Gisborne Boys’ High School (1) and High School Old Boys will meet Pirates in the sudden-death Walker Shield Twenty20 cricket semifinals on Thursday night after the final round-robin matches were played at Harry Barker Reserve on...

Town v Country

RUGBYCOUNTRY won the first game against Town but they will go into tomorrow’s rugby clash in Gisborne as underdogs. A handful of players — many of them from Country — are either unavailable, suspended, injured or eager to rest niggles, but...

Two unable to travel,Other young players get opportunity

GISBORNE Thistle will be without two of their top performers from last week’s emphatic win when they play Palmerston North Marist away tomorrow. But coach Matt Hastings says it will be a chance to give other players an opportunity to start in...

Gisborne - East Coast draws

SoftballTAIRAWHITI senior softball, SATURDAY, Waikirikiri ParkSenior women —11am: D2, Uawa v Whatatutu. 1pm: D3, Scorpions v Rovers. 3pm: D2, Lytton Gems v GMC. Senior men —11am: D1, Gisborne Boys’ High School (1) v GMC. 1pm: D1, Spartans v...

New rugby path for Hurricane Gibson-Park

“I can’t wait to get over to Ireland, it’s a fantastic opportunity for not only me but for my partner Patti (Grogan) and our 15-month old daughter Isabella,” says Jamison Gibson-Park, who has signed a three-year contract with Irish...

Barnstorming start to premier competition

NETBALLGISBORNE’S premier grade netball competition got off to a barnstorming start at the YMCA last night when Gisborne Girls’ High School went within two goals of beating Waikohu. Claydens Waikohu won the game 51-50 after they had trailed...

Lions conqueror and former All Black captain Ron Elvidge dies, 96

THE oldest living All Black, and scorer of a legendary match-winning try, Ron Elvidge has died. The former All Blacks captain died in Auckland on Saturday, aged 96. Elvidge famously scored the match and series-winning try in the 6-3 third test triumph...