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Gisborne - East Coast golf roundup

A BIRDIE on their opening hole set Rochelle Taewa and Debbie Kirkpatrick on their way to overall honours in the Coates Associates Gisborne Park Ladies 27-hole Open Foursomes yesterday. Taewa, who works for Coates, and Kirkpatrick carded 135 (90, 45)...

Poverty Bay now fifth on Heartland Champ rugby leaderboard after another strong performance

Poverty Bay are fifth on the Heartland Championship rugby leaderboard after another strong performance, this time against West Coast at Gisborne’s Rugby Park on Saturday. After a slow start, Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay were able to gather...

Harrison and Shanks shine for GEC team

BOWLS By CrackerjackGISBORNE-East Coast bowlers Paul Harrison and Leighton Shanks won the men’s pairs section of the Octagonal Bowls Tournament on the Kapiti Coast this month. They won five out of seven games in a tournament that also drew teams...

Another Oligoi pennants win to Poverty Bay

GOLFPOVERTY Bay added to their history of success in the Oligoi Jug men’s interclub pennants final on their home track on Sunday. Poverty Bay defeated Te Puia Hot Springs in the final of the matchplay event, making it six interclub crowns on the...

GOLF ROUNDUP

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Tairawhiti Women’s Cricket Club opens its innings

A New club has formed to “keep girls’ cricket alive in Gizzy”.The Tairawhiti Women’s Cricket Club aims to have girls’ teams in all of Poverty Bay’s junior competitions, help the game to grow and create better pathways for aspiring female...

Club rugby try time

Successful warm-up for NZ Cycle Classic

GISBORNE road racer Callum Gordon warmed up for the prestigious New Zealand Cycle Classic with success in Hawke’s Bay last weekend. Fresh from a strong showing at the national elite and under-23 road race championships, the Team Skoda rider was...

Win and a loss for Eastland Masters

Eastland Masters had a win and a loss in their first day’s play as a newly promoted team in the interprovincial masters’ Division 3 badminton competition. They beat last year’s third-placed Division 3 team, Waikato (3), and lost to 2015...

Gisborne Boys’ High sevens hit hard by injuries

INJURIES to three key players cost Gisborne Boys’ High School dearly in their bid to win the Secondary Schools Condor Sevens tournament at the weekend. Winger and leading tryscorer Hunter Mokomoko and outstanding loosies Angus McDonald and Naer...

Oldest Lion was in side who beat Kiwis

THE oldest former member of the British and Irish Lions, Gus Black, has died at the age of 92. He was a halfback who earned six caps for Scotland and toured New Zealand with the 1950 Lions, the last British Isles side to travel to this country by...

Women’s NPL not for faint-hearted

Northern Premier League cricket makes big demands on those taking part, says Poverty Bay women’s player-coach Mel Knight, one of three local players in the Galaxy team.“The commitment required from Poverty Bay players is not for the...

Super Darts Gisborne Region 7

Nine youth and three junior dart players from Gisborne went above and beyond expectations in the New Zealand Darts Council Junior/Youth Dart Championships in Porirua last weekend. They brought home 22 medals. Highlights included the gold medals for...

On the mats — Indoor bowls news

SEVENTEEN-year-old Nathan Trowell beat his father Malcolm Trowell 4-3 in the final of the Friday Night Singles indoor bowls competition. The three-end final could have gone either way. Nathan picked up one point on the first end and two points on the...

Black Fins ready for SA

SURF LIFESAVINGTHEY’VE put in the hard work and now the Black Fins — including a strong contingent from Gisborne — are getting ready to fly to South Africa and freshening up ahead of the 2019 International Surf Rescue Challenge. Matt Cairns...

Turanganui a Kiwa Darts Association results

Falcons defeated Rhinos 12-9 in a close A Grade match in the Turanganui a Kiwa Darts Association winter league run by the Brezz’n Sports Club. Te Kuzzyz defeated Pumas 20-1, and Tigers defeated Assassins 13-7, with five players in each team taking...