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Dominant second half not enough

RUGBYThis is a first 15 who dig deep. Ngati Porou Seafoods Gisborne Boys’ High School — as they have done against many other highly-fancied opponents this season — gave Hamilton a real push in Game 6 of their Super 8 campaign at Hamilton on...

Moore and Rennie win half marathon

DOUG Moore and Michelle Rennie outgunned the field to win the Remax Matokitoki Valley Half Marathon overall titles yesterday. Moore completed the 21 kilometres in 1 hour 22 minutes 24 seconds to win the men’s division from Rocky Smythe (1:24.03)...

Mates key to Brown victory at NZ champs

STREETSTOCK racer Aaron Brown is a New Zealand champion, thanks to help from fellow Gisborne drivers. Brown won the right to display 1NZ on the side of his car after a helter-skelter championship series at Kihikihi Speedway on Friday and Saturday...

Vet open golf champions

GOLF was the winner in this week's successful Gisborne East Coast Veterans Open held on the Poverty Bay course, but several champions also emerged from an enjoyable tournament. Visitors took the lion's share of the major prizes but a few players...

Sudden-death time in playoffs

ONE team’s hockey season ends tonight as playoffs start for the senior men’s competition at Harry Barker Reserve. YMP B play Lytton Old Boys Masters in a sudden-death match on the LJ Hooker Turf at 7.30pm. The losers will bow out of the senior...

City Lights still reign

COMPREHENSIVE and emphatic — that was City Lights’ victory in the Gisborne Basketball Association grand final on Friday night. The reigning champions beat Old School 81-55. Both teams went into the grand final unbeaten — they had drawn 53-all in...

Coast keen to use attacking skills

They’ve both tasted defeat and tomorrow Ngati Porou East Coast and the Mid-Canterbury Hammers want to replace that with victory in Week 2 of the Mitre 10 Heartland Championship. It will be a 2.30pm kick-off at Enterprise Cars Whakarua Park in...

Reality hits home

“OUR little girl's at the Olympics.”Reality hit home for the parents of Gisborne sprint kayaker Alicia Hoskin when she made her Olympic Games debut in Tokyo this week. The 21-year-old yesterday finished sixth alongside Teneale Hatton in the B...

Cycling club draw

Gisborne Cycling Club events — visitors and new cyclists welcome. Saturday — Steve Wolter Plumbing/Barry Hyland Saturday Series, Race 3: Sign-on is from 1.30pm to 1.50pm at Kaimoe Road with a 2pm start. Course: Pehiri Road. Marshals: Beau...

Formidable challenge as GBHS take on Scots

Tomorrow could be a day of inspiration for the Gisborne Boys’ High School first15. The Ryan Tapsell-coached team, under captain tighthead prop Nathaniel Hauiti, face Scots College in a Tranzit Coachlines first 15 Rugby Festival game at Porirua Park...

Two losses for badminton veterans,Murray struggles through at Queen’s, Wawrinka out

BADMINTONEastland had two losses in inter-association veterans’ Division 3 badminton at Papakura on Saturday. They lost 8-1 to Waitakere (4) and 8-1 to Hawke’s Bay. The Eastland veterans team members were Alan Ledger, Ron Prebble, Linda White...

Gisborne Cycling Club events

Tomorrow — Avantiplus Maintrax Race 7 — Sign-on: 5.30pm to 5.50pm at Taruheru Cemetery, Nelson Road. Finish at top of Waimata Hill. Start: 6pm. Race: 34 kilometres to end of Waimata seal and back to top of hill. Marshals: Noel Holden, Dave...

High hopes for Bay

POVERTY Bay secondary schoolboys cricket manager David McDonald says he is “expecting strong performances” from his side in the Northern Districts senior secondary schoolboys (under-18) tournament, which starts on Monday, at the Harry Barker...

Ritana will need top effort against HSOG

Ritana Senior A from Lytton High School face a daunting test when they take on the in-form High School Old Girls in premier grade netball tomorrow. The only premier clash at the YMCA this weekend, it starts at 10am.“Ritana have shown improvement in...

‘Ultimate underdogs’ dream of upset

CRICKETWhite-hot favourites meet the ultimate underdogs — that’s tomorrow’s clash between competition leaders Rawhiti Legal Old Boys Rugby and winless Gisborne Boys’ High School (2).A 40 run-loss to Bollywood High School Old Boys Presidents...

Bay still in the top-four hunt

Poverty Bay kept alive their hopes of making the Meads Cup top four despite their 31-30 loss to West Coast at Greymouth on Saturday. The Bay are 10th in the 12-team Heartland Championship but picked up two bonus points — one for scoring four tries...

Finals fantastic

The podium places went to out-of-town drivers but that did not matter when Gisborne Speedway Club hosted a fantastic finals night for the New Zealand Stockcar Grand Prix on Saturday. A final field of 30 cars, all visiting drivers, made the three-heat...

Blumfield, Tamatea honoured

To receive national recognition for service in any sphere is rare. The outstanding contribution that Clifton Blumfield and Dwayne Tamatea have made to basketball was recognised at the Basketball New Zealand Awards on Saturday night. Blumfield and...