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Gisborne ParkPENNY Shaw is no Lydia Ko but she may well have achieved a feat the world No. 1 never did, or will. Shaw, in only her second season of golf, obliterated the course last Wednesday, underlining to the extreme the current friendly...

Fenn produces something special

FOOTBALLA BIT of individual brilliance from striker Jack Fenn gave Gisborne Boys’ High School a 1-0 win against Wainui Sharks in Gisborne Championship football last Saturday. Both sides had created chances but they could not be separated until...

Rivals expect tough match

TE AOWERA and YMP B face off in senior women’s hockey tonight and TA will be out to secure their first victory of the season after two well-earned draws. The match, which starts at 6pm on the LJ Hooker Turf at Harry Barker Reserve, should be...

Gisborne Club Darts Association results

INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS180s: I Kaio-Wynyard, T Kaio 2, M Reedy, J Love (Done n Dusted).Highest start (180): T Kaio (Done n Dusted).Highest finish (112): M Reedy (Done n Dusted).TEAM RESULTS(P = pairs won. S = singles won. T = total tons)2NZ Wahine To...

Poole bonus-point hero

HSOB v YMPFORMER High School Old Boys captain Jonathan Poole answered an SOS call from coach Wayne Ensor and ended up being the toast of the club with a late try in a 32-14 premier rugby victory over YMP at Rugby Park on Saturday. It was No. 8 Tevit...

Downers scrape home against RSA

This week’s story features two teams both facing off a player short. Maureen Kelly, playing at anchor for Cossie Downers, and Rowe Mason, playing at fifth spot for RSA (4), had the unenviable task of playing each of their three pair legs...

Boys' High realistic about their status

BASKETBALL

Ritana in lead from the start

NETBALLRITANA Senior A from Lytton High School claimed a second major scalp in Pak’nSave premier grade netball last night and Whangara Old Girls just held on against a determined Horouta Gold. The school team added to their impressive record in...

Peringa United next up for winners of Central Federation Cup

The winners of the Central Federation Cup game between Gisborne Thistle and Gisborne United will play New Plymouth club Peringa United in a semifinal on August 27. Pitch conditions caused the postponement of the derby between the Gisborne teams...

HEARTS OF TOTARA

Four teams prepare to lay it all on the line

First round to LOB

Competition now split into top and bottom three

Sevens aim to end four-year drought

POVERTY Bay sevens coach Dwayne Russell says his side aims to end a four-year drought by qualfying for the national championships.“That’s something that hasn’t been achieved since I was last involved in 2014 when we were one of only two...

Coastlands too good for PB in rep year-ender

Poverty Bay boys’ primary cricket team lost their last representative game of 2017 to Bay of Plenty Coastlands by 109 runs on Sunday. On a high-bouncing artificial wicket at Nelson Park, the visitors made 209-6 in 35 overs. Opening batsmen Dylan...

Wekas out to keep flame alive

It's unlikely but Poverty Bay head to Greymouth with a whiff of making the playoffs in the last round-robin games of the Heartland Championship tomorrow. Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay Wekas, sitting 10th on the table, face bottom-placed West...

Following in father’s paddlestrokes

Quaid Thompson is a few behind his father but he will never forget his first K1 1000-metre national kayaking title. The Gisborne 20-year-old took out the blue-ribbon race at the NZCT New Zealand Canoe Sprint Championships at Lake Karapiro on...

Kayley Knight selected for Indian tour

Budding all-rounder to go on NZ Cricket Women's Development Squad's first ever overseas tour