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CricketMercantile — Harry Barker Reserve, TONIGHT, 5.30pm: G8, Soof Hadlee v Maccas Rebels; G5, Wannabes v Boundary Violaters; G6, TBC v Mangapapa Garage; G7, Outlaws v Agfirst. WALKER SHIELD, T20, thursday — 5.30pm: H4 Campion College v Coastal...

HSOG close in on playoffs, Waikohu confirmed

IMS HSOG have all but secured a place in the top four playoffs after beating second-placed Whangara Old Girls 1 47-45 in a premier grade netball thriller at the YMCA last night. Horouta Gold’s top-four hopes, however, were dealt an almost fatal...

Pirates and OBR make up ground on High School Old Boys

CRICKET by Grant MillerTWO teams have made up ground on Poverty Bay cricket competition leaders High School Old Boys, who decided not to play on Saturday before their rivals got out on the park. With showers swirling in Gisborne, one game in the DJ...

Sports draws

CyclingGisborne Cycling Club events — visitors welcome. Saturday — GCC Saturday Summer Series Race 2. Sign-on: 1.30pm to 1.50pm at Manutuke School. Race start: 2pm. Marshals: Ross McKeague, Noel Holden. Graded race: 55 kilometres (A and B grades)...

Pat on back for organisers and winners

It's a busy time on the indoor bowls mats, both inside and outside the region. The organisation of the sport requires a top centre committee. Organising travel and accommodation, finding people to select teams, sorting out financial help for players...

Gisborne emerge as top team overall

Teams representing four areas of the Eastland tennis region came together in Gisborne over the weekend for their annual battle to settle the question of intercity tennis supremacy. Final points tallies had Gisborne as top team, followed by Hastings...

Bridge results

TUESDAY, May 28 — Sean Shivnan Pharmacy Open Championship Pairs 4North/South East/WestDiana Styche, Joy Marden 58.04 Carolyn McMurray, Elizabeth Jackson 61.90Murray Owen, John Rouse 55.95 Eileen Lee, Ann McCombe 56.85Louise Goodhue, Anne Roberts...

Wood turns the tables

SNOOKERCOSSIE Snooker Club president Steve Wood won the Burnie Hart Memorial Handicap Snooker Tournament when he beat Hawke’s Bay teenager Marcus Moat two frames to nil in the final. In last year’s final, Moat beat Wood by the same score. The...

Sports draws

CricketSuperstars, 4pm: HBR1, Mixed Schools PBCA v Makaraka years 2-6; HBR 2, Makauri v Central Aces Yrs2-6; HBR 3, Wainui Wizards v Mangapapa yrs 4-6. SATURDAY — Doleman Cup, SEMIFINAL 1pm: HBR 1, Bollywood Stars HSOB v Glass Pirates. Hope Cup...

Golf Roundup

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Gisborne - East Coast golf roundup

AFTER braving Cape Runaway wind and rain he described as the worst he had worked in, Gisborne Herald head photographer Paul Rickard scoffed at Sunday’s milder conditions on the golf course. Rickard, who covered the Ngati Porou East Coast club rugby...

Must-win game for Waiapu

FIRST, they have to beat City. Fifth-placed Waiapu have 43 competition points and host team No. 3 — Ruatoria City, on 50 points — at George Nepia Memorial Park in Rangitukia at 2.30pm tomorrow. It is a must-win game for Waiapu, knowing that...

All Black fever hits

Ardie Savea isn’t much of a cook but if he could have dinner with anyone, it would be The Rock, Dwayne Johnson.“Cos he’s my uncle.“Jokes — I’ve always looked up to him.”Savea, Dane Coles, TJ Perenara and Beauden Barrett — four All...

Top-club title to Enterprise,Pickett named HBPB swimmer of the year

NEW Zealand age-group records, the top-club trophy, swimmer of the year, eight overall age-group titles, relay successes and the swim of the meet . . . Enterprise Cars Swim Team members were justifiably fizzing over their performance at the...

On track to be the best

THIS weekend, Gisborne Speedway Club celebrates its first 50 years. In that time few — if any — Gisborne club drivers have been as successful as Brenden Gooch. His brother Travis put together this account of Brenden’s streetstock journey to...

Auckland club has strong Gisborne links

An Auckland-based softball club with Gisborne roots has established itself as a powerhouse less than 10 years after forming. The Southern Pioneers club, incorporated just four years ago, dominated last season's competition in Counties Manukau...