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Students return from lakes with gold, silver and bronze

Four Gisborne Intermediate School students returned from the Bay of Plenty/Poverty Bay Intermediate Schools Lake Swim in Lake Rotoma with gold, silver and bronze medals. The medals were gained in races covering two kilometres. Ella Sutton won gold and...

Gisborne show-jumpers hunting for series points

Gisborne showjumping and show hunter riders have been travelling around the North Island in an effort to gain last-minute national series points as the season draws to a close. Merran Hain and Untouchable had a successful trip to the Raetihi...

High School Old Boys still unbeaten

HIGH School Old Boys have retained their unbeaten record in this season's DJ Barry Cup cricket competition with a convincing eight-wicket victory over OBR. After bowling out Coastal Concrete OBR for 150 in the 42nd over, Bollywood Stars HSOB raced to...

Holiday programme a hit

The school holiday badminton programme Holiday Hits lived up to its name at the Badminton Hall yesterday. Year 3 to Year 10 students had a chance to brush up their skills and learn more about the game under the supervision of local club players

Beating the heat at sea

COMPETITORS at the weekend relished the opportunity to get into clean, uncrowded surf of up to a metre from the north-east

FOOTBALL DRAWS

EASTERN League 1, SATURDAY, 12.30pm: Childers Road Reserve 1, Gisborne Thistle Youth v Heavy Equipment Services Gisborne United Firsts. 2.30pm: Wainui, 1st Class Decorators Wainui Sharks v HES United Premiers. Eastern League 2, SATURDAY, 12.30pm...

Century to Hudson, six wickets to Tallott

One man stood up to be counted: one man can make a difference. On Saturday that man was 20-year-old Bain Construction Old Boys’ Rugby all-rounder and man-of-the-match Graham Hudson, who almost single-handedly staved off defeat with a courageous 110...

Poverty Bay - East Coast golf roundup

Poverty BayIT’S down to the last eight in the Barns-Graham Cup men’s pairs and the schools of thought are varied as to who will emerge triumphant. There are those picking Peter Goodwin and Mark Cameron.“Goodie” is a former Poverty Bay-East...

Top four make strong grading starts

NETBALLYMP, Waikohu, Whangara and High School Old Girls made strong starts to their Pak’nSave premier grade netball seasons on Saturday with solid wins in the first round of grading. It was the start of competition for the senior, secondary and...

Vette has a good start

Saffi Vette has advanced through the first round of the Phillip Island Pro in her journey towards earning a World Surf League Championship Tour spot. Surfing in the final heat yesterday, Gisborne’s Vette scored the third-highest total of the day...

Waikohu to face YMP for place in final

CLAYDENS Waikohu edged Horouta Gold by one goal in premier-grade playoffs netball at the YMCA on Saturday. Waikohu now play YMP (1) on Wednesday night to decide who will face Whangara Old Girls in Pak’nSave Gisborne netball’s grand final on...

Sprint result not the final hit-out Reid was hoping for

TRIATHLONGISBORNE triathlete Tayler Reid did not get the send-off he wanted for the Commonwealth Games at the Gold Coast, when he finished 19th in the Triathlon World Cup sprint — 750-metres swim/20-kilometre bike/5km run — race at New Plymouth...

Parkes shines for Otago A

LOCAL SPORT in brief

Bay girls make Sevens history

THE Poverty Bay women’s sevens team have made history by qualifying for the national championships in Rotorua in January. The Chris Neil coach Bay recovered from a last-minute loss 17-15 to Hawke’s Bay to beat Taranaki 26-21 in the Central region...

Ready to do some ‘amazing stuff’

Three Gisborne surf lifesavers “can’t wait” to wear the black cap of their country at the Sanyo Cup international carnival in Japan next week. Midway clubbies Cory Taylor and Olivia Corrin and Waikanae’s Casie Fyall are in the New Zealand...

Boardriders spread word

GISBORNE Boardriders Club's first noho (stay) of their 2021-22 learn-to-surf programme on the East Coast was their biggest and best yet. After starting the programme last year, Gisborne Boardriders had 23 club members travelling to Tokomaru Bay to...