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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...

Big tests ahead for school hockey sides

THE Gisborne Girls’ High School side face a staunch test of their current run of good form on Saturday afternoon when they take on equal table-toppers GMC Green in one of the match-ups of the hockey round. Amber Dental Girls’ High have won their...

Opening day celebration and Allan triples held together

THE Alex Allan Triples were held on Gisborne Bowling Club’s opening day on Saturday, in the shadow of the freshly painted historic clubhouse. The club’s official opening was washed out the previous week, so the two events were rolled into...

Club bowls news

GisborneA Sunday well spent brings a week of content. That’s certainly the case for the Gisborne Bowling Club after it swept the pool in Bowls Gisborne-East Coast’s annual interclub competition on Sunday. The club won all four divisions of the...

Students unleashed in Battle of the Bays

THE Battle of the Bays intermediate school triathlon, run by Ilminster, followed the Battle of the Bays Beach Challenge hosted by Gisborne Intermediate. Both events pitted Gis Int and Ilm students against contemporaries from various Bay of Plenty...

GBHS trio in Bay u20 squad

POVERTY Bay under-20 rugby coach Steve Smith has named three Gisborne Boys’ High School players in his squad. FORWARDS: Storm Tomoana (YMP), Sam Hayward (Athletic), Stacey Reeves (OBM), Hiroa Smith (Nuhaka), Tristan Rutene (Waikohu), Wiremu...

Heartland subsitute

East Coast to get two cracks at beating the Bay

Hat-trick for Josh Adams

A hat-trick to Josh Adams was a highlight of Gisborne United’s 5-2 victory over Havelock North Wanderers Seconds at Harry Barker Reserve on Saturday. Adams was a constant menace to the Havelock defence and could have had two hat-tricks. But another...

Now two at the top,City Lights and Old School break away

And the big two are . . .Last night defending champions City Lights and plus-sized powerhouse team Old School broke the three-way, top-of-the-table deadlock with the Dragons. City Lights beat the Dragons 56-38, and Old School defeated gutsy SE...

Tamihana posts her first 180

THE 180s were flying down at the Brezz N Club Darts competition. Humming Birds’ Gaye Tamihana posted her first 180 in her first season of darts. The house roared with excitement for her as the checker sounded out, “one hundred and...