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Rain stymies Poverty Bay chances

JUST when things were looking up for the Poverty Bay senior men's cricket side, the rain came tumbling down. Poverty Bay started their Northern Districts Twenty20 tournament at Owen Delany Park in Taupo with two losses — one against...

Dawson and Quilter in NZ team

GISBORNE surf lifesavers Chris Dawson (Midway) and Laura Quilter (Wainui) are in the New Zealand team to compete in the European pool rescue competitions the Orange Cup and German Cup. Members of the eight-strong team were announced by Surf Life...

Summer Slam a hit with young surfers

The line-up at Midway’s Pipe surf break was more stacked than usual this weekend. The Boardroom Summer Slam is a free surf competition put on each year by The Boardroom owners Tom and Hayley Dalton. This year around 200 kids attended the Sunday...

Campion v Lytton for B Grade supremacy

BASKETBALLIt’s Campion College v Lytton High School. That will be the men’s B Grade club basketball final in 2019, after Campion beat the Gisborne Boys’ High School Wolf-pack 52-31. Their captain Orlando Pedraza hit three three-point shots in...

Big week of golf

A festival week of competitive golf teed off with Day 1 of the Poverty Bay Women's Open on the Awapuni Links course yesterday. The Emerre and Hathaway-sponsored two-day tournament features nearly 70 players competing in either matchplay in five...

History making moment

THE final went to extra time and TVC came out on top 24-21 — their first grand final victory since joining the competition in 1990. Above right, jubilant TVC supporters as referee Chris Wanoa ends the match. NPEC Rugby Football Union chairman...

Bay of Plenty junior teams here to play

HOCKEY by Murray RobertsonJUNIOR hockey teams from the Bay of Plenty will be in action against their Gisborne counterparts this weekend in the Noel Morrow under-13 boys’ and Mini Tupara u13 girls’ tournaments. The tournaments originated in...

Tairawhiti softball teams head south

TWO Tairawhiti teams are heading to the Central Region Under-13 Boys’ and Girls’ Softball Tournament in Whanganui this weekend. The boys’ team are in one of two sections, and will play Hutt Valley, Hawke’s Bay and Horowhenua in round-robin...

Bumbles celebrate in style

The YMP Bumbles had won the Senior One division going into Saturday's game, but that didn't hold them back. Playing as a curtain-raiser to the premier finals, the Bumbles toyed with the Ngatapa team, winning 56-12 in Civil Project Solutions Senior...

First centre success for four players

BOWLS by CrackerjackFOUR players won their first centre titles when the Bowls Gisborne East Coast centre champion of champions triples titles for junior women and men were decided at Kahutia Bowling Club. Libby Clay (skip), Karen Pinn (director) and...

Sports draws

Bailey Cup semifinals, SATURDAY, 2.30pm: Harry Barker Reserve 1, Heavy Equipment Services Gisborne United Firsts v HES Gisborne United Premiers (winners to play 1st Class Decorators Wainui Sharks in the final).Chris Moore Cup semifinals, SATURDAY...

OBR claim Doleman Cup

CRICKET by Jack MalcolmA man-of-the-match performance from all-rounder Cody Andrews propelled OBR to a four-wicket victory over Gisborne Boys’ High School in cricket’s Doleman Cup final on Saturday. Opening the batting and chasing 181 to win...

Scene set for ‘replay’

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On the mats — Indoor bowls news

The NZCT Poverty Bay-East Coast under-18 team won the Membery-Pearce Shield for the fifth time in a row in Hamilton last Sunday, scoring 95.5 points. The Poverty Bay-East Coast Centre were welcomed into the competition in 2016, and from then on their...

Intensity of new basketball format is the difference

BASKETBALL by Ben O’Brien-LeafMANY things are different between Gisborne basketball’s club competition and the new Draft League. But the speed of the game in the new format, its physicality, quick decision-making and sheer athletic endeavour can...

Speedway meeting postponed

Gisborne Speedway Club has had to postpone the special 50th anniversary meeting it had planned for tomorrow night, due to clashes with meetings at other tracks. The club started operations from its Awapuni Road site on January 2, 1971.“We had...