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Playing for pride as Butcher Boys loom

RUGBYUnlike lambs to the slaughter, Ngati Porou East Coast will not go down without a fight when they they host Heartland heavyweights Wanganui in Tolaga Bay tomorrow. Two games out from the Meads Cup (1st to 4th) and Lochore Cup (5th to 8th)...

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Gisborne Herald chief sub-editor Chris Taewa continues a series on his favourite sporting memories

Batting heroics

CRICKETIT is better to have won the MCC Bat and lost it than never to have held it. A 66-run loss to Mangapapa at Nelson Park ended Makauri School’s two-week reign as holders of Poverty Bay primary school cricket’s prestigious challenge...

Close darts match goes game for game

PYTHONS versus Scorpions went game for game in the Brezz N Darts Club competition. Scorpions hit out strongly in the first set of singles, John Lynch defeating Errol Tamihana 2-0 and John’s partner Heiwari Phillips defeating Antz Hulley...

Newcomers make themselves heard

NEWCOMERS GMC Kowhai caused a big upset last night when they knocked over Gisborne Girls’ High School 3-1 in women’s hockey on the LJ Hooker Turf at Harry Barker Reserve. In the other match last night, Ben Holden Fencing Ngatapa outplayed GMC...

Around the Greens: Club bowls news

Robin Jefferson and Dayvinia Mills have won the 14th Val Smith 2x4x2 Mixed Pairs Tournament. They were presented with the Evelyn Mills Memorial Trophy for the victory by Trevor Mills. Runners-up — and winners of the Norma and Garth Peck Tray —...

Horouta and Mareikura open waka medals tally

GISBORNE clubs Horouta Waka Hoe and Mareikura opened their medal accounts on day two of the waka ama sprint nationals on Lake Karapiro yesterday. The Horouga Hianga crew won bronze in the final of the midget men’s W6 250 metres and Mareikura’s...

McMenamin in Barbarians

GISBORNE’S Charmaine McMenamin will play for the women’s Barbarians rugby side against Wales in Cardiff this weekend. McMenamin was selected alongside fellow Black Ferns Steph Te Ohaere-Fox, Eloise Blackwell and Ruahei Demant and Auckland player...

Christie straight into last 32

Gisborne-Mahia surfer Ricardo Christie’s bid to move up the Championship Tour rankings got off to a winning start at the weekend. Christie yet again advanced straight to the round of 32 at the Tahiti Pro Teahupo’o — the seventh contest of the...

Conditions perfect for boardriders’ competition

Gisborne Boardriders Club kicked off the competition season on Saturday with its first rated event for 2018. It is rare indeed to get a whole day of gently groomed offshore, overhead waves on a scheduled competition day. That’s how it unfolded: Red...

Gisborne - East Coast golf roundup

THE ever-popular Te Kanawa Cup men’s pairs is under attack from a bunch of Park “newbies”.With only a few days of qualifying left, the top three feature predominantly first-season members, including brothers Mike and Craig Christophers. Mike...

First rep game for PB boys

The Poverty Bay boys’ cricket team of 2018-19, named two days ago, will play their first representative game of the season tomorrow on Trident High School’s artificial wicket in Whakatane. Weather-permitting, it is a nine-a-side format — 30...

SUP win to Smith, Ryan third at Papamoa comp

FOURTEEN-year-old Gisborne surfer Stella Smith won the women’s stand-up paddleboard surf final in the Longboard and SUP Open completed at Papamoa Beach yesterday. Smith is expected to line up against the best female stand-up paddleboard surfers at...

HSOG ‘take Jan back to the clubrooms’

NETBALL by Murray RobertsonHIGH School Old Girls won Gisborne premier-grade netball’s grand final on Saturday, and “did it to take Jan back to the clubrooms”.They hoisted the Jan Duncan Memorial Trophy after beating Whangara Old Girls 53-45 at...

Golf roundup

Gisborne ParkHE DIDN’T score much on the football field but Les Gunther racked up the points on the fairway to win the premier title at Gisborne Thistle AFC’s annual tournament on Sunday. The Liquid Allsorts Thistle player-coach’s 90-26-64...

Champions of the kayak

ALAN Thompson, part of the Fab Four, is still involved in kayaking as one of the Poverty Bay Kayak Club coaches. He is currently in Racice, Czech Republic, helping his son Quaid, Zach Ferkins and Britney Ford (all of Gisborne) prepare for the junior...

Josiah and Caleb Ney head-to-head in Tairawhiti's secondary schools' tri racing

TRIATHLONBrothers Josiah and Caleb Ney were first and second in the senior division of the Tairawhiti Secondary Schools Triathlon this week. Josiah won the race in 38 minutes 53 seconds and Caleb was second in 41:50. Tyler Evans was third in...

Challenge Cup held for a year

Gisborne United defend the Pacific Premiership’s Challenge Cup against Taradale tomorrow, just over a year after United claimed it. They beat Eskview in Hawke’s Bay on May 5 last year to win the cup, which is at stake in every home league game of...