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Poverty Bay - East Coast Golf roundup

PatutahiWILLIAM Brown turned club championship disappointment into jubilation in the space of a week on Sunday. Having been pipped by Andrew Higham on the 36th hole of Poverty Bay Golf Club’s senior men’s final the previous weekend, Brown claimed...

Valley wary of the Bay

RUGBYTHAMES Valley are favourites going into tomorrow’s Heartland clash against Poverty Bay but Swamp Foxes coach Matt Bartleet is wary of the home side.“They’re in a similar situation to what we were in last week, when we played North Otago...

Golf Roundup

Gisborne ParkA 13-HANDICAPPER is the No. 1 seed for the senior men’s club championships while one of the club’s greats is on track for a 19th senior women’s title. Zane Boyle, who won the junior title last year, has stepped up to the senior...

Courage Cup gains momentum

This week was the best so far for Courage Cup rugby. Some 400 supporters watched the latest instalment of the fast-growing Gisborne Boys' High School rugby initiative.“The competition's gaining momentum,” said Mark Jefferson of GBHS.“This was...

Brodie a standout driver

KARTINGBrodie Gooch was one of the standout drivers in Eastland Kart Club’s double-points opening meeting this month. Six-year-old Brodie won all three races in the rookies’ class, ahead of Jay Prosser, Hamish Worsnop and Conrad Gooch. The Rotax...

On the mats

BRUCE Easton teamed up with his grandson, 11-year-old Nathan Trowell, to defeat Nathan’s father Malcolm Trowell and Malcolm’s nephew, Matthew Foster, in the final of the Travellers Inn Motel White Family pairs. Easton and his grandson won...

Changes afoot in local game

Thistle Reserves in Pacific Premiership

YMP, LOB A favourites,Top-of-table clash looms for women

THE unbeaten YMP A men’s hockey side should have too much for Gisborne Boys’ High School, and Lytton Old Boys A should outgun the Masters when the senior club hockey competiton resumes tonight. LOB Masters face up to their higher-ranked club...

Blazer day for Bay’s Chrisp

NGATAPA and Poverty Bay loosehead prop Campbell Chrisp is set to be presented a blazer a couple of years after playing his 30th game for the Bay. Chrisp, who has worn the Bay colours on 41 occasions, is in the match-day 22 for Saturday’s opening...

Pirates shatter Team's dream

All good things must come to an end. And that’s what happened at the YMCA on Saturday night: the Gisborne Basketball Association crowned four champions of club basketball, with Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates and Ngati Porou winning the top-four finals...

Reihana, Moala star as champs close in on premier glory

HIGH School Old Boys are on track to defend their Lee Bros Shield title and OBM are in the final for the first time since 2008 after semifinal wins at Rugby Park on Saturday. Woodbank HSOB first five-eighth Corey Reihana was the star of the show in...

Competition call-out to all paddleboarders

STAND-up paddle surfers are invited to the first stand-up paddleboard surf competition of the season tomorrow, meeting at the Pipe at 6.30am. Four divisions are scheduled:Open menOpen womenUnder 20Over 50This will be the recently-formed Tairawhiti...

Sevens teams to regionals,Men and women vying for slot at national finals

POVERTY Bay men’s sevens coach Dwayne Russell says his team and the Bay women’s sevens side are looking forward to the Central Region championships in Levin tomorrow . . . but are “under no illusions of how tough it is going to...

‘Off days’ the test of a good team

FOOTBALLSPORTS teams have “off days”, and if they can win regardless they might just prosper. Carpet Court Thistle Massive “didn’t play that well” against ShipWreck Bohemians in Gisborne Championship football at Harry Barker Reserve on...

HSOB still unbeaten with two from two

High School Old Boys remain the only unbeaten team after two rounds of the 40-over Doleman Cup competition at Harry Barker Reserve on Saturday. Bollywood Stars HSOB made it two wins from two games with a 42-run win against Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates...

Ground work pays off

Poverty Bay Wekas take control of the breakdown and scrums

Second-half effort secures a point

GISBORNE United came from 2-0 down to salvage a point for a 2-2 draw with Gisborne Boys' High School in Eastern League 1 football on Saturday. The result kept Heavy Equipment Services United at the top of the competition table and Boys' High in third...

Tough introduction to Motu Challenge

Rennie happy to finish after mountain bike crash