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Second loss for GBHS at Super 8 tournament

“Gisborne . . . get up!”That was the exhortation from Napier Boys’ High first 11 coach Mike Pawson in advance of Gisborne Boys’ High Schools’ 50-over Super 8 tournament clash with Tauranga Boys’ College in Tauranga today. Pawson’s...

Golf roundup

Anaru Reedy's “Triple Crown” cake in winning the Poverty Bay Open on Saturday had extra thick icing. Reedy became the first Gisborne Park member to win the Keiha Cup as open champion in 42 years. Stu Barker won the Poverty Bay Open in 1980 and was...

Poverty Bay feel full force of Lakelands

CRICKETThey fired. Poverty Bay felt the full force of Bay of Plenty Lakelands on Day 4, the second most dominant showing of the Northern Districts secondary schoolboys’ cricket tournament. The visitors posted 266-9 off 50 overs at the Harry Barker...

Gisborne Thistle get ‘Covid game’ out of the way

Virus after-effects felt

Counting down to season finale

SENIOR cricketers hoping for a strong end to the season are only two weeks away from the DJ Barry Cup semifinals. Bollywood Stars High School Old Boys and Galaxy World Gisborne Boys' High School meet tomorrow in a top-of-the-table clash, while...

High stakes derby at Rugby Park

POVERTY Bay and Ngati Porou East Coast are bottom of the 12-team Heartland Championship, both on no points, heading into tomorrow’s week 4 game at Rugby Park. A bonus-point win, however, would revive their Lochore Cup (fifth to eighth) and possibly...

Sports briefs

The senior rugby draw for the weekend —Eastern Bay of Plenty v Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union Premier Competition. PBRFU Premier, TOMORROW, 2.30pm: Oval 2, High School Old Boys v Te Teko; Barry Park 1, YMP v Whakatane Marist; Te Karaka 1, Waikohu...

Aim to help players and coaches

RUGBYUNDER-13 rugby players in Poverty Bay will develop skills and game plans in a week-long series starting on Sunday. What was once known as the McDonald’s Tournament — a two-day series of matches for u13 players weighing up to 56 kilograms —...

Golf Roundup

Poverty BayFOUR players will lock chipping swords to decide the last available place in the men’s shootout final on Sunday. Bruce Talbot, John Pittar, Stefan Andreassen and Peter Clayton will contest a chip-off at 8am — the winner advancing to...

Moving up the tramp ranks

Gisborne trampoline athlete Kaiya Huta has moved up to the senior ranks and qualified for the world championships. Huta, 17, won gold in the double mini, and — with Christchurch’s Campbell Robinson — in synchronised and was second on trampoline...

Ngati Porou East Coast club rugby: semifinalists confirmed

Tihirau Victory Club v Ruatoria City; Uawa v Waiapu

Nanai and Hawkins rule table at PB snooker champs

ALEX Nanai and Te Rina Hawkins pocketed the top honours at the Poverty Bay A and C grade singles championships. Nanai won the A-grade title while Hawkins joined a select group of women to clinch the C-grade title. The A grade champs featured 12...

Poverty Bay-East Coast give heavyweights a fright at golf tournament

A SUPER-SUB performance and a blitz of Tiger Woods-like intensity made for a memorable though not quite successful Day 2 of the national interprovincal golf tournament for Poverty Bay-East Coast. PBEC lost both team matchplay rounds on the Ashburton...

Trail runner Moore not finished yet

DOUG Moore just can’t get enough of trail running. Fresh from last weekend’s win in the Remax Matokitoki Classic Half Marathon, Moore will be back in competition action this Saturday. With a bunch of marathons — ultra trail, road, trail and...

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Semi-finals time on Coast

RUGBYCrunch-time has arrived. Uawa coach Tip Nukunuku is taking nothing for granted, but he and the defending champions of East Coast club rugby are ready for Hicks Bay in tomorrow’s 1 v 4 semi-final.“The amount of effort we’ve made has boiled...

Gisborne's Fonohema-Williams to play in National Netball League

Gisborne netballer Keasi Fonohema-Williams has been named in the 2023 Waikato-Bay of Plenty squad to play in the Synergy Hair National Netball League. The Gisborne Netball Centre has offered “massive congratulations” to her: “This is a huge...

Newton’s form outstanding at tournament

Chris Newton from the Barry Memorial Croquet Club played the tournament of her life so far at the Katikati Open Golf Croquet Tournament. She won the handicap doubles with husband Dave and then won Section 2 of the level singles. Entries covered clubs...