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Incentivising ?the switch

The Government’s move to boost sales of electric vehicles and punish those buying so-called gas guzzlers is laudable and something that has to be done. As always, however, the devil is in the detail. Essentially the Government will offer a subsidy...

Gooch brings street stock skills to karts

Eastland Kart Club's ninth points meeting and last meeting of the season turned on some exciting racing. In the feature race at the end of the meeting, street stock driver Sean Gooch took the win in his Rotax kart in only his second meeting. Second...

GO HARD OR GO HOME

Sporting arenas throughout the district in full cry on Saturday,The Poverty Bay premier club rugby points rounds ended and four teams will contest the knockout semifinals this Saturday to decide who will meet in the Lee Bros Shield grand final. The...

Rightful champions

The Bowls Gisborne East Coast junior men’s and women’s teams proudly display the Waioeka Shield after defeating their Bay of Plenty counterparts at an inter-centre fixture at Whakatane. The shield was initially presented to Bay of Plenty at the...

Under-15 girls learn lessons at tournament

The Gisborne Basketball Association under-15 girls lost all six of their games at the HoopNation tournament in Tauranga over Labour Weekend, but it takes a lot more than that to slow them down.“This weekend was about learning to deal with...

Local lads to play ball on foreign diamonds

Eight Tairawhiti boys have been named in International Softball Academy New Zealand squads touring overseas over the next five months. Corban Richter will travel to Canada with the ISA development squad in June/July — a 23-day tour featuring...

Injury blow to ’Naki quest

Former Poverty Bay captain James Grogan’s dream of making the Taranaki ITM squad is on hold after tearing ligaments in his right knee.“I’m down to have surgery around the end of the month, which will put me out for the rest of the year,”...

Rugby pictures from the weekend

EAST met West in a Heartland Championship clash of the Coasts at Ruatoria’s Whakarua Park. Victory went the way of the southerners, 32-19, leaving Ngati Porou East Coast still looking for a first win in the 2017 competition. They are...

SET TO MAKE A SPLASH

SCORES of paddlers from Tairawhiti are poised to make a splash at the waka ama sprint national championships next week. The champs at Lake Karapiro begin tomorrow, starting with a powhiri and the youngest competitors having their first races, before...

International final the incentive at GromSearch in Taranaki

SURFING by Ben KenningsTWO of the champions crowned at this weekend’s Rip Curl GromSearch in Taranaki will get an enormous boost to their careers. The winners of the under-17 boys’ and girls’ divisions qualify to represent New Zealand at the...

Schoolboy scrap in Hope Cup

CRICKETThere’s no getting away from it. Nelson Park No. 3 is the venue for tomorrow’s 30-over Hope Cup clash between Gisborne Boys’ High School and Campion College. The artificial wicket will test the capacity of cricketers reared on the Harry...

Whangara given a fright

Gisborne Girls’ High School gave Whangara Old Girls a right royal run for the money in a Pak’nSave premier-grade netball game at the YMCA on Saturday and grabbed a bonus point against one of the more fancied teams in the competition. Netball...

Ball wants more after rep debut

Gisborne teenager Ellen Ball got her first taste of representative women’s golf last weekend and is hungry for more. The 14-year-old made her Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay debut in an interprovincial matchplay fixture against Wellington held on two...

Gisborne Club Darts Association results

This has been a challenging season but the calibre of darts has been superb, with great support for each other. Grading started on September 1 but came to a halt due to restrictions associated with Covid-19 Alert Level 2. Games were postponed until...

SPORTS DRAWS

RugbyTHE draw for local rugby at the weekend is —Civil Project Solutions Senior Club Rugby, SATURDAY —Premier grade, 2.45pm: Barry Park 1, East Coast Vets YMP v Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates; Te Karaka 1, GT Shearing Waikohu v High School Old Boys...

Hummingbirds take close match

STALLIONS 10 Humming Birds 11 — This game in the Brezz N Darts Competition was played on Monday night, and what a night it was. Humming Birds struck first in the singles, Lynmarie Edwards defeating Whata Brown 2-0 and Ange Leach defeating Matt...