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LEADERBRAND Poverty Bay coach Mana Otai has made two changes to the side who lost to Mid Canterbury for tomorrow’s Heartland Championship week 2 clash against Horwhenua Kapiti at Rugby Park. OBM captain Willy Grogan will start at halfback in place...

Competition for places

Thistle coach Garrett Blair has the headache all coaches love — who to leave out — for tomorrow’s Pacific Premiership football match against top-of-the-table Napier City Rovers Seconds at Childers Road Reserve at 2.30pm.“We have only one...

Judge breaks the deadlock

JETT Larby lost the final of his Boxing New Zealand National Championships Junior 54-kilogram bout in confusing circumstances. Patu Tahi boxer Larby won two of the three rounds in the judges' eyes. But with all five judges' scores tallied, the result...

Reihana double-act sinks Rams

THE two teams from last year’s championship final went head to head in the opening round of the Tairawhiti men’s softball competition on Saturday, with reigning champions Spartans beating TWK Rams 2-1. Cory Reihana and his son Te Korewha scored...

Jodiesha makes it a meet to remember

SwimmingJODIESHA Kirkpatrick made her final junior swimming festival one to remember. She was in a 10-strong Comet Swimming Club team at the Aquaknights Junior Festival in Rotorua last weekend. They were competing against the best 12-and-under club...

Tairawhiti under-18 men’s softball team ‘got better with competition’ in Palmy North: Coach

HIS team took time to find their feet but Ray Noble, coach of the Tairawhiti under-18 men's softball team, is delighted with the way they improved during a national tournament in Palmerston North. Noble said they were at their best on the four-day...

Gritty Wairoa will keep it close

Just call it the bash at the beach. Uawa versus Wairoa at the Domain in Tolaga Bay tomorrow will start at 2.30pm. As was the case in 2017, the visitors will field an experienced unit who relish hard work and have sufficient grit to keep the scores...

Clubmates could be rivals in the playoffs

AFTER a season of upset results in A Grade netball this year, the odds are growing that two teams from the same club could end up contesting the title. High School Old Girls have two teams in the A Grade competition, and after fifth-placed Lone Star...

Big wins for YMP A, THC

YMP A and THC recorded emphatic victories in the men’s hockey on the LJ Hooker Turf at Harry Barker Reserve last night, as 19 goals were scored in the two games. The top YMP team easily defeated Gisborne Boys’ High School 9-0.“The YMP result...

Horouta close out midweek nail-biter

IT was a nail-biter between Horouta Gold and Gisborne Girls’ High School Snr A in a Pak’nSave Gisborne premier grade netball game this week. Horouta took out the game 46-42. They led by two after the first quarter but the students tied it up...

Poverty Bay - East Coast draws

CyclingGisborne Cycling Club events — visitors welcome. Saturday — Club road race championships. Sign-on: 1.30pm to 1.50pm at Bushmere Arms. Start time: 2pm. Course: Lavenham Road, Patutahi quarry. Sunday — Group ride at 8am from Avantiplus...

Ngatapa rolling out big guns for HSOB

NGATAPA coach Will Faulks is rolling out the big guns for tomorrow’s premier rugby clash against competition leaders High School Old Boys at Rugby Park at 2.30pm. Faulks has strengthened his pack with the inclusion of Moses Ma’u and Alex...

Gisborne - East Coast golf roundup

MARK Jefferson awaits his semifinal opponent with interest after a men’s club championship matchplay victory double over the weekend. Jefferson defeated Don Griffin 4 and 3 in the senior division on Saturday, then put paid to Glenn Morley 2 and 1...

Frooms hat-trick a treat

Tomek Frooms found his scoring touch in spades on Saturday, and he can thank his teammates for making his hat-trick possible. Gisborne Vehicle Testing Thistle beat Taradale 3-0 in Pacific Premiership football at Childers Road Reserve, Frooms scoring...

Wainui signs for Steamers

RUGBYTAIRAWHITI-born Sean Wainui has signed for the Bay of Plenty Steamers for the 2021 season. Wainui, a utility back specialising in centre, scored 75 points in his 49 appearances for Taranaki since 2014. He has 52 Super Rugby caps, with nine games...

Reid awarded Olympic Solidarity grant

OLYMPICSGisborne triathlete Tayler Reid is one of 10 promising New Zealand athletes to have been awarded grants through Olympic Solidarity funding. Each of the athletes will receive US$15,000 (NZ$21,560) over the next 18 months to help them with...

Gisborne riders do well

Gisborne rider Jessica McCann, riding Lay Z Lad, took fourth place in the Pony Grand Prix Series event at the Central and Southern Hawke’s Bay Showjumping Show in Dannevirke yesterday. Another Gisborne rider, Sam Brooks, riding Tontonator, was...

Pressure goes on local team

THE pressure is on the Gisborne surf team after all three of the under-18 boys were eliminated in Round 2 of the National Scholastic Surfing Championships yesterday. Gisborne are seventh on the event leader-board with 19,020 points — 3435 behind...