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New head coach ‘highly recommended’

Comet Swimming Club has a new head coach and Glenn Hamblyn, who has moved here from Auckland's Mount Eden club, comes highly recommended. The 42-year-old has coached members of the New Zealand swimming team. They have included 2008 Beijing Olympians...

Gisborne armwrestlers in medals at nationals

GISBORNE armwrestler John Leach has gone from gut-wrenching disappointment to championship joy in the space of a year. He blew out his right shoulder in his first match at the national championships in Auckland in June last year, ruining his hopes of...

Knight proves a match-winner for Tairawhiti WCC

Kayley Knight’s not just pacy or just an all-rounder. She’s a match-winner. The Northern Brave opening bowler was the Tairawhiti Women’s Cricket Club’s MVP (most valuable player) in their 11-run, Challenge Cup T20 win against the Gisborne...

Local coaches, players get Hurricanes touch

The Hurricanes were in town this week to offer their expertise to the local rugby scene. Coaching staff, including head coach Jason Holland and defensive coach Cory Jane, spent two days doing seminars and sessions around Gisborne. They were to travel...

TRYathlon running today

The popular annual TRYathlon was based at Churchill Park for the first time and culminated in a spot prize draw and special awards for participants

If at first you don't succeed

IF David Ure had found a big enough hole at Childers Road Reserve on Saturday, he might have been tempted to crawl into it. With 25 minutes to go, his Thistle Massive side were 2-1 down and his penalty kick had just been saved. But the No. 1 pitch at...

Increasing diversity to reflect community

THREE new members have been appointed to the Sport Gisborne Tairawhiti board. This followed the resignation of Mayor Rehette Stoltz last year, and a decision by the board to increase the number of its members. The board appointed Tui Babbington...

Sidecars take centre stage

SPEEDWAYSOME of the top combinations in New Zealand will contest the Novus Glass North Island Sidecar Championship at the Eastland Group Raceway tomorrow night. More than a dozen combinations can be expected, including the current 1NZ and former 1NZ...

Report paints worrying picture

No wonder the national rugby bosses admit they are alarmed. This week’s report into secondary schools rugby charted the fall of rugby in secondary schools around Auckland and North Harbour. Since 2013, the number of boys’ and girls’ school teams...

Old Girls keep students on their toes

The improvement shown by Gisborne Girls’ High School netballers in their recent outings will be tested throughly tomorrow when they take on a charged-up High School Old Girls at the YMCA. The same applies to Ritana senior A when they play Claydens...

Softball results

Softball resultsResults of Tairawhiti Softball Association games at the weekend —Men: Gisborne Boys’ High School (1) 15 Uawa 0; Spartans 11 GMC 3. Women: Lytton Gems 12 Whatatutu 1; Scorpions 7 TWK Rams 0

Girls’ High outplay Horouta Gold

NETBALLGISBORNE Girls’ High School produced one of their most convincing performances of the season when they outplayed and outscored Horouta Gold in Pak’nSave premier-grade netball at the YMCA on Saturday. The students won the match 58-35. They...

NZ up for battle at the mount

WORLD champions New Zealand are competing on home sand for the first time since 2011 at the International Surf Rescue Challenge, which started in Mount Maunganui today. The Black Fins open and youth teams are involved in the three-test series, which...

Shootout decides classic encounter

HOCKEYPAIKEA won a sudden-death shootout at the weekend to stay alive in the women’s A Grade hockey playoffs, while YMP A put away THC yet again to retain ascendancy in the men’s A Grade. It was 2-2 between JNL Paikea and Ben Holden Fencing...

Kerekere and Brown lead Poverty Bay to pennants glory

POVERTY Bay (1) outclassed Tolaga Bay to win the Oligoi Jug men’s interclub pennants golf title yesterday. PB’s top two players — William Brown and Peter Kerekere — anchored the victory on their home course in the 36-hole matchplay...

Aussies set pace at rescue challenge

GISBORNE clubbies Cory Taylor and Olivia Corrin played their part but New Zealand are in a chasing position after the first day of the International Surf Rescue Challenge in Mount Maunganui yesterday. Australia lead the open and youth competitions...

Toast of te Karaka

WAIKOHU lived up to their “no prisoners” motto with a stunning 10-8 victory over Poverty Bay premier club rugby champions High School Old Boys at Fortress Te Karaka on the weekend.“The biggest win in the club’s history,” was how Aon...

TVC beat Hikurangi

It doesn’t get any easier. So volatile is the East Coast club rugby landscape that with only two weeks of round-robin play remaining, shock results in the top four and defaults in the lower ranks mean nothing is certain. The field, in terms of...