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League update for BIZminton4

Competition continues to be fierce in the BIZminton4 league being played at the Badminton Centre. Ties were not as close last Wednesday as in previous weeks but as the rallies got longer, the noise got louder. Final ties will be played next...

Action in junior games never lets up

If you're in for a penny with the GBA, you're in for a pound. The Gisborne Basketball Association committee under chairwoman Kylie Turuwhenua-Tapsell has been hard at work this month with the secondary schools' leagues — Division 1 at the John...

Poverty Bay - East Coast sports draws

CyclingSATURDAY — Gisborne Cycling Club ride, (no racing) starts at 1.30pm at Nelson Rd cemetery for a group ride. Sunday — Group ride at 8am from Avantiplus Maintrax. This is a friendly group ride for anyone wanting to ride with others. The...

One win away

THIS time last year High School Old Boys prop Jody Tuhaka was “heartbroken” after being named on the bench for the Poverty Bay premier club rugby final against Ngatapa. Tomorrow he will lead Woodbank High School Old Boys against Enterprise Cars...

Shanks siblings win centre mixed pairs

THE Shanks teenagers — Leighton and his sister Lucy — beat husband and wife George and Anita Vaotuua in the final of the Bowls Gisborne-East Coast centre mixed pairs at the Kahutia club greens. Thirty-two pairs took part. The Shanks and Vaotuu...

Two more on Pathway to Podium

FOUR young sportspeople from the Gisborne region have been selected for the national Sport New Zealand Pathway to Podium programme, designed to support and encourage future sports stars. Local teenagers Britney Ford, Olivia Corrin, Quaid Thompson and...

Bridge results

Congratulations this week to Vicki Taylor and Ann McCombe for scoring 70.83 percent on Wednesday. Monday, November 21 — Sean Shivnan Pharmacy Championship Pairs 10North/South East/WestBette Parker, Trish Corson 60.76 Raewynne Cook, Anne Roberts...

Dogs have their day in foursomes stunner

GOLFONE of the most famous quotes in Poverty Bay-East Coast golf resurfaced after Paul Rickard and Brad Morgan wrote themselves into the history books at the weekend.“Expect it when you least expect it.”These words were famously uttered by rank...

Heavy Equipment Services United won football's Eastern League

Heavy Equipment Services United celebrate clinching football’s Eastern League Division 1 title in their last league game of the season, a 5-2 victory over Gisborne Boys’ High School at the Rectory ground on July 28

Power in the surf: Gisborne Boardrider's Interclub Comp 4.0 women's division

Stellar nine-point ride by Saffi Vette

Bridge results

Two sessions had scores in the 70s in the last week of play for the year. Carolyn McMurray and Elizabeth Jackson had a score of 70.30 on Wednesday, and Michelle England and Philip Beale, 71.94 yesterday. MONDAY, December 10 — Closing Session 2...

Rookie masters

DWAYNE Russell won't be overawed when he makes his Freyberg Masters national interprovincial debut in Hamilton next month. As a successful former professional rugby player and coach here and overseas, Russell is familiar with the pressure that goes...

Wainui Sharks face challenge

Gisborne United fielding two strong teams in top division

Hendrie’s innings the difference

Some of it was brilliant. The rest of last night’s cricket fare in Round 7 of the Walker Shield T15 Blast was a combination of agonising misses and sheer bad luck. Smash Palace Bail-Breakers had their fifth win of the season so far. Their man of the...

Club bowls news

Poverty BayMembers of the Poverty Bay Bowling Club held their opening day tournament on Saturday in good bowling conditions. The first bowl for the season was bowled by Bruce Smart, aka Smarty, and that he is, still playing a good game at 96. The club...

Central Federation footballers have games in their sights

GISBORNE’S Central Federation footballers are in for a busy few weeks, with games in Palmerston North and Wellington against Capital Federation teams. The girls travel to Palmerston North this weekend and the boys make the trip the following...