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National surfing champs wide open

A DAY of upsets at the national surfing championships has blown the open men’s contest wide apart. Gisborne/Mahia surfer Ricardo Christie is the only open men’s titleholder left in the division. Six-time winner Billy Stairmand, 2017 runner-up...

Third weekend of softball competition

This will be the third weekend of softball competition this season. Eight senior teams and 28 junior teams will take part. Slow-pitch mixed competition — 5.30pm: D1, Downers v OBM; D2, The Bros v Whatatutu; D3, Rutene Whanau v Catch It; D4, No Name...

Boys’ High will give it their all

RUGBYThey mean business. Jordan McFarlane, Sione Mafileo, Amos Roddick and Khian Westrupp have returned from last week’s Hurricanes rugby development camp in Napier with fire in their bellies. And though injury (left wrist) will prevent Gisborne...

Pride and passion in play

It's another big weekend for local premier-grade rugby as teams vie for semifinal places. Last week's games shook up the Civil Project Solutions premier-grade points standings. Ngatapa dropped to third place after their loss to High School Old Boys...

Sports draws

CyclingSaturday — Club ride (no racing), starting at 1.30pm from Taruheru Cemetery, Nelson Road. Tuesday — Aon Insurance Brokers Tuesday Twilight Series, Race 3: sign-on from 5.30pm to 5.50pm at Kirkpatrick Road (north); 6pm start. Handicap race...

Swimmers seize chance to compete

These swimmers were not about to pass up the opportunity to race after a summer of crowd restrictions. Enterprise Cars Swim Team members — 55 of them — took part in the end-of-summer-season club day at the Enterprise Cars Aquatic Centre on...

Another chapter in Kathleen Henderson Memorial tournament

THE district’s netballers swing into action tomorrow for the first time this year when 30 teams take the Victoria Domain courts in the annual Kathleen Henderson Memorial tournament. The pre-season hit-out before the senior competition starts next...

Another fundraising success . . .

Someone jokingly called Peter “Florrie” Florence and his organising team “Last of the Summer Winers”.But there are more appropriate labels for the generosity and commitment of this special crew who produced another highly successful Gisborne...

Great year for Motu Trail cycle trails

LAST year was another good one for the Motu Trail cycle trails, following big increases in usage of its three trails. Official track counters taken just before Christmas indicated that there had been 23,381 rides on the Dunes Trail, up from 20,965 in...

Big boats ready to rumble

OFFSHORE POWERBOATINGCROWD favourites Fairview from Auckland and Outboard Pro from Whangarei will thunder across Poverty Bay tomorrow afternoon as Round 2 of the New Zealand Offshore Powerboat Series comes to town. Fairview was untouchable in winning...

Coast Kids Surfing Day proves a hit

Gisborne Boardriders Club members and coaches are still riding the feelgood wave of giving back to the community over the weekend. On Saturday, 55 children from Hicks Bay to Tolaga Bay travelled to Gisborne for an East Coast Kids Surfing Day, and on...

Hat-trick for Borrie but HSOB inflict first loss of season

Ngatapa medium-pace bowler Zac Borrie took a hat-trick against High School Old Boys Presidents in Hope Cup cricket on Saturday. HSOB won the game, though, handing the Senior B Grade competition leaders their first loss of the season. Borrie took 5-37...

Double for High School Old Boys

Bollywood Stars HSOB too good for Horouta at Harry Barker Reserve on Saturday

Tahuna Irwin and Juanita Reeves singles champs

DARTSTAHUNA Irwin retained his Hawke’s Bay-East Coast club darts men’s singles crown at 2NZEF in Gisborne last weekend. Juanita Reeves won the women’s title. Both she and Irwin were representing the Brezz’n club. Gisborne players figured...

Giants aim to clip Eagles' wings

SUPERSTOCK teams racing returns to the Eastland Group Raceway on Saturday night and Gisborne Giants team captain Peter Rees predicts a battle royal against the Glen Eagles team from Christchurch. This will be the Giants first outing this season fresh...

PB men's open entries sold out

GOLFGISBORNE faces an invasion of golfers chasing glory at a “sellout” 2019 Emerre & Hathaway Poverty Bay men’s open this month. All 112 spots in the field have been filled well in advance of the district’s premier men’s tournament. Nearly...

Rave reviews for tables after tourney

SNOOKERGISBORNE Cosmopolitan Club’s snooker room and tables have received rave reviews following the masters tournament there last weekend.“Best snooker room in ENZED — Gisborne,” tournament runner-up and former Gisborne player Dan Dowden...

‘Maunga’ win local derby

RUGBYTalk about perfect timing. Hikurangi chose the ideal moment to get their quest for the greatest prize in East Coast club rugby, the Rangiora Keelan Memorial Shield, back on track: namely, the local derby v Ruatoria City at Whakarua Park.“The...