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Boys’ High stay in the hunt for top-two spot

GISBORNE Boys' High School have recorded a dominant 115-run win against Horouta to stay within arm's reach of premier cricket's DJ Barry Cup final. Both teams had one win coming into this game and were looking to go into the last rounds of the...

GMC Gold win first of finals after extended shoot-out

EMERRE and Hathaway GMC Gold beat Te Aowera in the first of the hockey finals last night after an extended penalty shoot-out. The match was played in torrential rain on the LJ Hooker turf at Harry Barker Reserve. GMC Gold and TA were locked up at...

Poverty Bay - East Coast golf roundup

Poverty BayIT was the sort of putt that would have produced a roar and that trademark fist pump had he been Tiger Woods. Ewan Atherton chose not to emulate Tiger on the 18th green after slotting a 40-foot downhill putt for par to force extra holes in...

Turanganui a Kiwa Darts Association results

No drop in the calibre of darts thrown was experienced in Game 1 of Round 2 in Turanganui a Kiwa Darts Association’s Tuesday night competition run by Brezz’n Sports Club. Individual highlights180s:? J Ngarangione (3), H Ngarangione, Te Kotahi...

Debut to remember for Hudson

Fast-medium bowler Graham Hudson will long remember his first game for the Poverty Bay representative cricket team. They beat Bay of Plenty by three runs in a Basil McBurney Trophy 50-overs game at Harry Barker Reserve yesterday, and Hudson played...

Boys’ High resist spirited Campion challenge

Gisborne Boys’ High School retained the Hope Cup but were made to work hard by never-say-die Campion College at Harry Barker Reserve yesterday. Chasing 90 to win, Boys’ High lost eight wickets before reaching their target in Poverty Bay...

Vet champs crowned today

A legion of campervans in the Poverty Bay Golf Club carpark is a dead giveaway that veterans are out in force on the fairways this week. Over 100 actually — a good number of them outsiders — as the Awapuni Links course hosts the Gisborne East...

Richardson, Hayes win singles

Barry Memorial Croquet Club members have completed their golf croquet club champs for 2021. The singles were divided into two — the open and a section for players on Handicap 8 and over. The latter was played out over a week. Peter Richardson showed...

Bridge results

MONDAY, November 30 — Woodward Chrisp Restricted Championship 6: Lorraine Varga/Eileen Lee 59.26; Murray Owen/John Rouse 57.87; Vicki Taylor/John Hudson 54.17; Pippa Williams/Philip Beale 52.78; Bette Parker/Trish Corson 51.39; Jeff Allen/Ann...

Gisborne Thistle wary of underdogs Levin

GISBORNE Thistle will be close to full strength when they play Levin in Central Federation League football at Childers Road Reserve tomorrow. Last Saturday Thistle went to Manawatu without any of the three midfielders from the previous week's upset...

GBHS step up to the plate at NZ champs

GISBORNE Boys’ High School junior team are the first Gisborne team to go undefeated at a national softball tournament. GBHS won all of their games at the New Zealand junior secondary school championships in Hastings, but were ineligible for the...

Milestone edition of 100km Coast Duathlon

MULTISPORTThe weather will clear, the road will be dry, the wind will oblige and the pub will be open at the finish line . . . a perfect picture for the 30th edition of Gisborne’s iconic road race. Some of that prediction will be true as the...

Bridge results

After three of nine roundsJean Bennett, Robin Bennett, Diana Styche, Joy Marden 50.74 VPsEileen Lee, Ann McCombe, Bette Parker, Trish Corson 42.99 VPsTracy Clayton, Stephen Francks, Carolyn McMurray, Elizabeth Jackson 40.09 VPsNorth/South...

Doleman Cup supercharged - Loffler and Lamb feature in emphatic victories

Premier grade cricket just took a supercharged turn. Unbeaten Bollywood High School Old Boys defeated Coastal Concrete Old Boys Rugby by seven wickets, while the Galaxy World Gisborne Boys' High School first 11 defeated Horouta Te Waka. After five...

Domestic surf season disrupted by Covid

CONTINUED Covid-19 restrictions on outdoor events forced organisers on Tuesday to cancel the National Scholastic Surfing Championships. This comes as a particular blow to Gisborne surfers as it coincides with the postponement of the Sticky Johnson...

RIPPA OF A DAY

Rising talent was on display at the Poverty Bay primary schools Rippa Rugby tournament held at Waikirikiri Park. The competition featured a Year 5 and 6 boys' grade and, for the first time, a Y4, 5 and 6 girls-only grade. A couple of mixed teams...