Latest from Sport

Gutsy second half for Bay u20s

?RUGBYThey never stopped — Poverty Bay under-20s reserve loosehead prop Wirihana Raihania scored in the 72nd minute; his captain No. 8 Chase Sheridan, in the 80th. Horowhenua-Kapiti played good rugby in their visit here, beating the Bay 41-13 in...

Twelve from 12 for Jodiesha at Rotorua meet

COMET swimmer Jodiesha Kirkpatrick had a 100 percent record for her individual races in the Aquaknights zone competition of the New Zealand Junior Festival in Rotorua last weekend. Her efforts have her ranked as top 11-year-old girl in New Zealand...

Seven groups involved in shared services pilot programme

Sport Tairawhiti Gisborne's shared services hub pilot programme has been launched with exciting prospects. Seven groups are involved, with two more pending, and if things go according to plan there may be room for expansion as early as March next...

Injury-struck YMP waiting to ‘see who turns up’

YMP will be without Poverty Bay hooker Shayde Skudder for tomorrow’s crunch premier club rugby game against Waikohu at Manutuke. Skudder is the latest in a long list of injuries to hit Farmvets YMP this season but coach Reihana Wyllie refuses to...

Champion of the Bays results

Results of finals at the Eastland Port 2018 Champion of the Bays surf lifesaving contest at Midway Beach at the weekend (down to fifth) —Masters, men2km beach run: HUMPHERSON, Rex (Whakatane) 1; MILLER, Doug (Mt Maunganui) 2; DAVEY, Alan...

Champions again

Waikohu are the premier-grade rugby champions for the second time in three years. The GT Shearing-sponsored side defeated East Coast Farm Vets YMP 27-20 in a thrilling Civil Project Solutions premier-grade rugby final. Waikohu looked almost...

Christie makes winning start

GISBORNE-Mahia surfer Ricardo Christie has made a winning start to his 2018 Qualifying Series campaign. Christie is into round 3 of the Burton Automotive Pro in Newcastle, a 6000-point QS contest. The 29-year-old was seeded straight to round 2 and...

Smith third in world’s toughest paddle race

PADDLEBOARDINGGisborne athlete Jasmine Smith was in the medals after conquering the world’s most challenging paddleboard race — the Moloka’i2Oahu in Hawaii yesterday. Gold Coast-based Smith placed third in the paddleboard stock female...

Local coaches, players get Hurricanes touch

The Hurricanes were in town this week to offer their expertise to the local rugby scene. Coaching staff, including head coach Jason Holland and defensive coach Cory Jane, spent two days doing seminars and sessions around Gisborne. They were to travel...

TRYathlon running today

The popular annual TRYathlon was based at Churchill Park for the first time and culminated in a spot prize draw and special awards for participants

If at first you don't succeed

IF David Ure had found a big enough hole at Childers Road Reserve on Saturday, he might have been tempted to crawl into it. With 25 minutes to go, his Thistle Massive side were 2-1 down and his penalty kick had just been saved. But the No. 1 pitch at...

Increasing diversity to reflect community

THREE new members have been appointed to the Sport Gisborne Tairawhiti board. This followed the resignation of Mayor Rehette Stoltz last year, and a decision by the board to increase the number of its members. The board appointed Tui Babbington...

Sidecars take centre stage

SPEEDWAYSOME of the top combinations in New Zealand will contest the Novus Glass North Island Sidecar Championship at the Eastland Group Raceway tomorrow night. More than a dozen combinations can be expected, including the current 1NZ and former 1NZ...

Report paints worrying picture

No wonder the national rugby bosses admit they are alarmed. This week’s report into secondary schools rugby charted the fall of rugby in secondary schools around Auckland and North Harbour. Since 2013, the number of boys’ and girls’ school teams...

St Peter’s to be first home game for Gisborne BHS

RUGBYThe waiting is almost unbearable. Gisborne Boys’ High School first 15 rugby at home in 2020 kicks off at the Rectory ground at 12.30pm tomorrow against traditional opponents St Peter’s College of Grafton. First 15 head coach Ryan Tapsell’s...

Most popular online sports stories

RUGBY and the East Coast were the most popular subjects in the top 10 online sports stories in The Gisborne Herald for 2020. Four of the top 10 stories were about rugby and four were about the Coast, with considerable overlap of those topics. 1. Top...