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Gisborne's heat of the ocean battle at NZ Surf Life Saving Championships

Action from day one of the NZ Surf Life Saving Championships came thick and fast

Coach hails 'awesome' effort

A TOUGH winter training programme reaped reward for Waikanae at its first surf lifesaving event of the summer season, the Whangamata Classic. Delighted Waikanae coach Cory Hutchings described their performance as “awesome” and said all of the...

More NZ swimming records set by Gisborne’s Michael Pickett in Australia

SWIMMINGGISBORNE’S Michael Pickett has continued his outstanding form in Australia. The 15-year-old — attending St Peters Lutheran College in Brisbane — followed up record-breaking swims at the Queensland State sprint championships last month...

Noble cause

Community is at the heart of the vision for Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union's next chief executive officer. The union has announced Ray Noble will succeed Josh Willoughby at the helm.“The PBRFU board is excited to announce that we have secured Ray...

Senior club rugby heats up

RUGBYHere’s the beef in Poverty Bay senior club rugby. The big forward packs of Harvest Transport Ngatapa and Enterprise Cars OBM will supply shunt aplenty at Paddy’s Park tomorrow. Ngatapa beat Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates-GMC 52-24 at the...

Prem Reserve in the spotlight

Horouta Taimana produced a key result in senior netball at Victoria Domain on Saturday as the premiers took the weekend off ahead of the playoffs midweek. JT Contractors Horouta Taimana defeated Farmlands Ngatapa 34-30 to remain at the top of Premier...

Tapuae fifth after one-goal victory

apuae from Wairoa climbed into fifth place on overall points in Gisborne premier-grade netball with a thrilling one-goal victory at the YMCA on Saturday. In the other match, YMP Sunshine Brewery extended their lead at the top of the points...

Men on a major mission

Gone are the days when it was easy to identify the best player without a major because more are winning them. The 29 players who won majors over the past 10 years were the most in any decade. Any list starts much younger, and three players might be...

On the mats — indoor bowls news

Fourteen-year-old Nathan Trowell continues to impress on the local indoor bowling mats, this time winning the centre open singles. He beat his father Malcolm Trowell 8-6 in the final. Nathan got off to a good start to be 4-1 up after three ends of the...

Gisborne Bridge Club results

Muscular defences in Oval’s first game back

OBM were too good for High School Old Boys in Saturday's first game of premier grade rugby at the Oval for the year. Contract Consultants HSOB were unable to capitalise on their opportunities, while Enterprise OBM were ruthless in their execution...

Great sport pictures from the weekend

THE weekend in action. For more great photos go to our photos page

Gisborne Intermediate's titles defended

Gisborne Intermediate boys and girls won the Bay of Plenty-Poverty Bay intermediate schools’ softball shields, both for the third year in a row. The boys’ team, coached by Andrew Knight and Bruce Hill, beat Rotorua 25-0, Kaitao 18-0 and Te Puke...

Year-end speedway championship winners crowned

EASTLAND championship winners were crowned in Gisborne Speedway Club’s final meeting of the year. Saturday night’s event at Eastland Group Raceway was a fitting finale to what has been a good start to the first phase of the club’s season. The...

Personal bests bode well

When Maddie Wilson lined up for an 800-metre race this month, she knew a win would mean the national under-18 heptathlon title would be hers. The Gisborne 16-year-old had never competed in an 800m race before. She won the race, and the heptathlon —...

Coach sweating on injury toll

FOOTBALLTHISTLE coach John Stirton is sweating on the fitness of his players for the Federation Cup football tie against Napier Marist at Childers Road Reserve on Monday. Stirton is in charge of a team largely made up of Eastern League players...