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Hockey champions emerge

THC defeated YMP A 5-1 in the men’s final on the LJ Hooker Turf on Saturday after YMP A beat GMC Green in the women’s final

Bay focus on keeping the standard high

Poverty Bay will be out to maintain high standards when they hit the artificial turf at Masterton’s Memorial Park tomorrow. They had a narrow loss to North Otago last week but played vastly better rugby than they produced against South Canterbury...

Around the Greens: club bowls news

Ten teams took part in a tournament of two-bowl rotational triples at Kahutia Bowling Club's greens on Monday, Anniversary Day. Each team played three games in the McInnes Driver Training-sponsored tournament. Games lasted 10 ends, with a time limit...

Kerr has GBHS wary

CRICKETNot him again. Gisborne Boys’ High School will need to execute very good plans in round 4 of Doleman Cup club cricket tomorrow, because once again they’re facing Bruce Kerr — the wicketkeeper-batsman who struck 77 runs off 63 balls...

Golden double as Horouta eye another top club title

THE country’s No. 1 waka ama club’s mission to stay at the top is on track after three days of the national sprint championships on Lake Karapiro. Horouta Waka Hoe and fellow Gisborne club Mareikura have enjoyed medal success in midget...

Maaka, Olsen-Baker trialling for NZ u18 team

RUGBYGISBORNE Girls’ High School’s Azalleyah Maaka and Te Maiora Olsen-Baker are this weekend vying for places in the New Zealand under-18 sevens team to compete in the Oceania Rugby U18 Sevens Championships in Sydney in April. Maaka and...

Team do better than expected

CROQUETA team from Barry Memorial Croquet Club exceeded their expectations when they travelled to the Bay of Plenty to play against players from the Tauranga club. After 28 golf croquet matches, the Gisborne club ended up winning by 19 matches to...

Gisborne Club Darts Association results

INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS180s: Pete Archbold (Roseland Dilligaf), Junior Akurangi (Roseland Dilligaf), Matt Reedy (Cossy DONE & Dusted), Richard Moore (2NZ Corys 6-Shooters), Webby Lewis (2NZ Say My Name Again).Best start (180): Pete Archbold (Roseland...

GOLF ROUNDUP

Glynn Williams led the way as Electrinet Park beat their Poverty Bay counterparts in a veteran stableford team clash on Tuesday. Williams had 39 points — the best of the men — as Park averaged 31.7 to the Bay's 31.5. Kino White's 36 topped the...

YMCA the place to be: Dreamers inaugural draft league champions

THE YMCA rocked last Friday, with all the teams, officials and fans who made the inaugural Gisborne Basketball Association draft leagues a success able to enjoy one last summer hit-out. There is a possibility that local age-group representative teams...

Desperate times for surfers in Gisborne

A STORMY two-metre-plus, short-period swell accompanied by gusty southerlies and potentially torrential rain — not the ideal forecast, but we’ll take it. Yes, the old spring wave drought has struck again, with no significant swell since Labour...

Bay like a team inspired,Second-half comeback blows away West Coast,Lock makes immediate impact

POVERTY Bay No. 8 Siosiua Moala left Rugby Park in the 79th minute to a standing ovation after inspiring the Bay to a sensational 36-19 win against West Coast in a Heartland Championship game at Rugby Park on Saturday. With Moala dynamic on attack and...

Whangara-Waikohu game could be tight

PREMIER-grade netball has a predictable look about it tomorrow, although the game between Whangara Old Girls and Waikohu should be a good tussle. The first of the PAK'nSAVE premier games begins at 11am at Victoria Domain with third on the table...

Milestone for Marshall

IT was a Kahutia double in the Peace Shield men’s and Ella Gibson women’s fours tournaments held on Te Karaka Bowling Club’s greens over the weekend. Kahutia’s Vern Marshall and Glenys Whiteman skipped the winning teams, and Marshall’s...

Stunning comebacks in Poverty Bay premier rugby

DEFENDING champions High School Old Boys and newcomers Waikohu produced stunning comebacks while Ngatapa continued their revival in Poverty Bay premier rugby on Saturday. Woodbank HSOB came from 24 points behind to beat Enterprise Cars OBM 40-36...

Saffi Vette carries NZ hopes into final day

After another arduous day of competition, 17-year-old Gisborne surfer Saffi Vette advanced through to the final day of competition at the Vissla ISA World Junior Surfing Championships in California, keeping alive Kiwi hopes for a podium finish. New...

Gooch and Ross the best pair

Eastland Go Kart club held their annual best pairs championship on Sunday and the Illuminator Painters-sponsored event was won by Koby Gooch and Shane Ross. Ross made the four-and-a-half-hour trip to Gisborne for the meeting from Huntly, and raced...

Sports draws

HarriersGisborne Harrier Club cross-country races. Saturday 2pm, Nelson Park. Distances two to eight kilometres. Non-members welcome. FootballSATURDAY — Bailey Cup semifinals, 2.30pm: CRR1, Thistle Massive v Heavy Equipment Services United; CRR2...