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McIlroy out to win first bowls singles title

FORMER Gisborne bowler Shannon McIlroy will contest the final of the national men’s bowls singles in Christchurch on Monday. Nelson-based McIlroy will play Tweeds Heads-based Paul Girdler. Neither finalist has ever won the title. Both McIlroy and...

Pair competing at Mini MX Nationals

Two local riders are looking to take their form into the 2020 Mini MX Nationals this weekend. Jack Murphy, 7, and Atawhai Wirepa-Hei, 7, are competing at the North Harbour Mini Motocross Club track at Makarau, north-west of Orewa. Wirepa-Hei raced in...

Sports draws

CyclingKonica Minolta Gisborne Cycling Club races, SATURDAY — CSL Series, race one, sign on at Farmer Rd, 1.30-1.50pm with a 2pm start. Handicap race: Course will be 4xFarmer-Bushmere Arms Loop. 45kmNon-racing ride also available, 75-90mins group...

Two new kids on the block,Akroyd and Andreassen to be ‘rookie masters’

LONG-time Poverty Bay-East Coast representative Tony Akroyd will wear an unfamiliar tag when he tees off as one of the new kids on the Freyberg Masters block at Auckland’s Whitford Park golf course next week. The 39-year-old will fall into the...

Cup final thriller

Gisborne United fell agonisingly short of completing a treble on Saturday. They lost to Massey University 3-2 in the Federation Cup final at Harry Barker Reserve. The United faithful came out in numbers to support their team, recently crowned Pacific...

Medals on Aussie mats

Gisborne judoka Ella Kelso won four medals at tournaments in Australia and got the chance to visit a top-class sports training facility. The 17-year-old competed at international judo tournaments in Canberra and Sydney last month. In Canberra, she won...

Pacesetting pair not meeting yet

Hockey fans will have to wait longer to see the two in-form senior men’s teams go head to head, after THC had to default their match against YMP A, scheduled for tonight. The eagerly awaited match-up was to start the games this weekend and had...

Sky blues keep battling on

SHORTLY after being in the end of a 54-17 thumping by Buller in a Heartland Championship game, their 32nd successive loss in the competition, Ngati Porou East Coast skipper Perrin Manuel looked at me as though I was from Mars when I asked him why...

Play like that for full game says coach

GISBORNE Thistle coach Fred Robertson wants his side to play for 90 minutes the way they played for 10 minutes against Massey University, when the Jags host Central Federation League leaders Taranaki at Childers Road Reserve at 1pm tomorrow.“We...

GOLF ROUNDUP

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Cross-country champs run at new location

GISBORNE Boys’ High School had no choice but to hold their cross-country championships at Awapuni Sports Stadium rather than their traditional Sponge Bay course.“It would have been a mistake to run it at Sponge Bay,” Boys’ High physical...

Clay Target Club championship results

Gisborne Clay Target Club members held Round 2 of their club championships last month. Darryl Remnant had the high overall score for the round, 242, made up of 50 points for the single rise (high overall), 142 for the points score, 25 for the single...

J16, intermediate crews continue charge

Gisborne's Horouta Waka Hoe and Mareikura clubs enjoyed an afternoon of success on Lake Karapiro on day 3 of the national waka ama sprint championships. Having already collected several medals in intermediate and junior 16 finals in the morning (as...

Six-goal blitz sinks students

THE LOB A match-up with Gisborne Boys’ High was billed as the feature game of the weekend. It turned out to be an easy victory for “the Traders”.The teams were tied a goal apiece at halftime in their rescheduled Sunday afternoon clash.“But...

Close encounters on the cards

THE first games in the weekend hockey round tonight have “even” written all over them as four of the five teams in women’s Division 2 match up for the first time in the now-split competition. Division 1 pool comprises YMP A, GMC Green, Paike...

Bridge results

MONDAY, May 14 — President’s Pairs 3North/South East/WestPippa Williams/Robyn Cheyne 64.29 Louise Goodhue/Caroline Taylor 60.71Ann McCombe/Trish Corson 57.14 Katrine Matthews/Hans van der Kuijl 58.04WEDNESDAY, May 16 — President’s Pairs...