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United are Eastern League champions

Heavy Equipment United clinched the Eastern League women’s football title with a 1-0 victory over Riverina at Harry Barker Reserve on Sunday. It was virtually a final as both sides went into the game with the same league records — 10 wins, one...

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...

Motorcycles back on the sand

MOTORSPORT by Rockie EllmersBeach racing is back at Makorori Beach tomorrow after a year’s break. Riders will be blowing the cobwebs off their machines for the Pit Stop (Gisborne) Pre Nationals meeting. Making a return to the sand after a long break...

Braved the rain and it paid off

SPEEDWAYCook brothers Daniel and Ethan finished first and third in the saloon car champion of champions component of Gisborne Speedway Club’s meeting on Saturday night. The programme was completed just before the first shower of rain. Meeting...

Sport draws

CyclingGisborne Cycling Club’s Avantiplus Maintrax Series Race 2 is on SATURDAY. Sign-on is from 1.30pm to 1.50pm at Bushmere Arms, with a 2pm start. Waingake course (45 kilometres).SUNDAY — There is a group ride at 8am from Avantiplus Maintrax...

Poverty Bay - East Coast Golf roundup

PatutahiWILLIAM Brown turned club championship disappointment into jubilation in the space of a week on Sunday. Having been pipped by Andrew Higham on the 36th hole of Poverty Bay Golf Club’s senior men’s final the previous weekend, Brown claimed...

Valley wary of the Bay

RUGBYTHAMES Valley are favourites going into tomorrow’s Heartland clash against Poverty Bay but Swamp Foxes coach Matt Bartleet is wary of the home side.“They’re in a similar situation to what we were in last week, when we played North Otago...

Courage Cup gains momentum

This week was the best so far for Courage Cup rugby. Some 400 supporters watched the latest instalment of the fast-growing Gisborne Boys' High School rugby initiative.“The competition's gaining momentum,” said Mark Jefferson of GBHS.“This was...

Golf Roundup

Gisborne ParkA 13-HANDICAPPER is the No. 1 seed for the senior men’s club championships while one of the club’s greats is on track for a 19th senior women’s title. Zane Boyle, who won the junior title last year, has stepped up to the senior...

Brodie a standout driver

KARTINGBrodie Gooch was one of the standout drivers in Eastland Kart Club’s double-points opening meeting this month. Six-year-old Brodie won all three races in the rookies’ class, ahead of Jay Prosser, Hamish Worsnop and Conrad Gooch. The Rotax...