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Boys’ High teams off to tournaments

RUGBYThey’re both a big deal. The Gisborne Boys’ High School u14s go to Palmerston North and the Boys’ High under-15s go to Wellington in New Zealand secondary school tournament week, which starts on Monday. The u14s, under head coach Duane...

Cairns hoping for quick return to rep top flight

Poverty Bay senior men’s cricket coach Lance Cairns says he hopes his side will be ready to return to playing Northern Districts top-flight competition — Fergus Hickey — next season. Poverty Bay Cricket Association made the decision to drop to...

Bridge prize-winners

Monday Open Championships: Stephen Francks, Amanda Matthews, 1; Anne McCombe, Eileen Lee, 2.•North/South East/WestEileen Lee, Anne McCombe Linda White, Graham MacLaurinWednesday Championships: Vicki Taylor, Anne McCombe,1; Glenys Evans, Katrine...

In-form Morgan, Middlemiss rule Bay tables

RIP Morgan and Dave Middlemiss ruled the tables in the Poverty Bay A and C grade championships held at the Cossie Club. Morgan defeated Campbell McFarlane 2-1 in the best-of-three-frames A grade final. The champion eliminated John Warren in the...

Renee Holmes one of 11 recipients of scholarship programme

Renee Holmes is a glass-half-full sort of young woman. She “wasn’t really big on school”, so she focused on lunchtime sport as something to look forward to each day. This week, at 18, she was named as one of 11 inaugural recipients of the Tani...

Top grade to have eight teams

Two teams have been promoted to the Premier Grade of Gisborne netball after grading committee deliberations. Tapuae and Claydens Waikohu (3) will go from Premier Reserve to Premier Grade following the Challenge Round of games at Victoria Domain on...

Sports draws

CricketTHURSDAY — Walker Shield t20 — Harry Barker Reserve 5.30pm: H4 GBHS (1) v Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates. H2 Landmark Homes Bain Construction OBR v Tamarind High School Old Boys. SATURDAY — DJ Barry Cup, 1pm: H2, Tamarind HSOB v GBHS (1); H1...

Poverty Bay Open update

A RARE "three twos" feat from Tony Akroyd highlighted the opening round of qualifying in the Emerre and Hathaway Poverty Bay men's golf open this morning. Patutahi member Akroyd shot 1-under 71 on the Poverty Bay course to be tied at the top with...

Ngatapa win close contest

CRICKETThey came close. But the fact is that Horouta lost to unbeaten Hope Cup cricket competition leaders Ngatapa by two wickets at the weekend. Civil Project Solutions Ngatapa Green Caps (12 points) won the toss and dismissed Coastal Ultrasound...

Mangapapa Hurricanes win the Gisborne interschool primary tournament open division

Mangapapa Hurricanes followed up their A-Grade primary school football league title with victory in the Gisborne interschool primary tournament open division this week. The Chris Adams-coached side beat Wainui Thunder 2-1 in a penalty shoot-out in...

Taking positives from narrow defeat

AFTER four successive wins Gisborne Boys’ High School first 15 team have lost consecutive games — going down 14-12 to St Pat’s Town in Palmerston North in the first of three Hurricanes festival weekends.“It was a game that could have gone...

BRING ON SPRING

SPRING may be in the wind but winter sport continues. Netball, hockey, rugby and football battlegrounds were in full cry over the weekend. YMP maintained their top-of-the-table status with victory over Waikohu 1 in premier-grade netball, Paikea and...

Embrace the challenge says coach

GISBORNE Boys’ High School coach Ben O’Brien-Leaf wants his team to embrace the challenge of playing a strong Tamarind High School Old Boys team in Round 2 of the DJ Barry Cup in local cricket tomorrow.“I want the boys to enjoy the experience...

Late goal earns FTC tourney win

A late goal by Oska Smith won Gisborne a divisional final of the Central Football Federation Talent Centre (FTC)tournament in Hawke’s Bay last month. Smith scored two minutes from fulltime to give his side a 2-1 victory over Manawatu in the...

Marshall, Kapene compete in finals

BOWLSTOLAGA Bay Bowling Club’s Vern Marshall won two of his games at the Bowls New Zealand national champion of champions singles finals in Lower Hutt. Marshall represented the Gisborne-East Coast centre at the tournament, held at the Naenae...

Gisborne links at Crusaders

Another Gisborne product, Fergus Burke, has appeared in Super Rugby debuting for the Crusaders against the Sunwolves in Brisbane on Saturday. Burke, a first five-eighth, came on late in the game and kicked two conversions and scored a last-minute try...