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RAWLEIGH TROPHY RUNNERS-UP

Skill, teamwork, enthusiasm and desire drove Poverty Bay’s impressive performance at the Rawleigh Trophy under-13 girls’ development hockey tournament in Gisborne last week. PB finished runners-up to Wellington at the week-long event featuring...

Mokomoko player of Poverty Bay Sevens tourney

HUNTER Mokomoko capped an outstanding club sevens tournament at Rugby Park on Saturday when he was named player of the tournament by former New Zealand sevens star Rico Gear. Mokomoko, who was named in the Poverty Bay sevens team for this week’s...

Second loss for GBHS at Super 8 tournament

“Gisborne . . . get up!”That was the exhortation from Napier Boys’ High first 11 coach Mike Pawson in advance of Gisborne Boys’ High Schools’ 50-over Super 8 tournament clash with Tauranga Boys’ College in Tauranga today. Pawson’s...

Golf roundup

Anaru Reedy's “Triple Crown” cake in winning the Poverty Bay Open on Saturday had extra thick icing. Reedy became the first Gisborne Park member to win the Keiha Cup as open champion in 42 years. Stu Barker won the Poverty Bay Open in 1980 and was...

Poverty Bay feel full force of Lakelands

CRICKETThey fired. Poverty Bay felt the full force of Bay of Plenty Lakelands on Day 4, the second most dominant showing of the Northern Districts secondary schoolboys’ cricket tournament. The visitors posted 266-9 off 50 overs at the Harry Barker...

Gisborne Thistle get ‘Covid game’ out of the way

Virus after-effects felt

Counting down to season finale

SENIOR cricketers hoping for a strong end to the season are only two weeks away from the DJ Barry Cup semifinals. Bollywood Stars High School Old Boys and Galaxy World Gisborne Boys' High School meet tomorrow in a top-of-the-table clash, while...

High stakes derby at Rugby Park

POVERTY Bay and Ngati Porou East Coast are bottom of the 12-team Heartland Championship, both on no points, heading into tomorrow’s week 4 game at Rugby Park. A bonus-point win, however, would revive their Lochore Cup (fifth to eighth) and possibly...

No time to lose in big finish

GISBORNE Boys’ High School student Jack McLaughlin adopted the cycling mantra of “don’t lose time” on his way to winning the under-17 division of the Novice Tour of Manawatu. The 15-year-old, competing in his third Novice Tour of Manawatu...

Near-perfect start for Merran Hain and Untouchable

The Poverty Bay A&P Show got off to a near-perfect start for longtime competitor Merran Hain, QSM, yesterday. Her history with the Show goes back decades, more than she cares to count, although the grandmother of eight will admit her first...

Moving up the tramp ranks

Gisborne trampoline athlete Kaiya Huta has moved up to the senior ranks and qualified for the world championships. Huta, 17, won gold in the double mini, and — with Christchurch’s Campbell Robinson — in synchronised and was second on trampoline...

Ngati Porou East Coast club rugby: semifinalists confirmed

Tihirau Victory Club v Ruatoria City; Uawa v Waiapu

Nanai and Hawkins rule table at PB snooker champs

ALEX Nanai and Te Rina Hawkins pocketed the top honours at the Poverty Bay A and C grade singles championships. Nanai won the A-grade title while Hawkins joined a select group of women to clinch the C-grade title. The A grade champs featured 12...

Poverty Bay-East Coast give heavyweights a fright at golf tournament

A SUPER-SUB performance and a blitz of Tiger Woods-like intensity made for a memorable though not quite successful Day 2 of the national interprovincal golf tournament for Poverty Bay-East Coast. PBEC lost both team matchplay rounds on the Ashburton...

Trail runner Moore not finished yet

DOUG Moore just can’t get enough of trail running. Fresh from last weekend’s win in the Remax Matokitoki Classic Half Marathon, Moore will be back in competition action this Saturday. With a bunch of marathons — ultra trail, road, trail and...

Golf Roundup

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