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Local players predominate

Apart from two loan players, Poverty Bay coaches Mana Otai and Dwayne Russell have gone for an all-local squad for Saturday’s first-round Heartland Championship rugby clash against Wairarapa Bush at Rugby Park. Former Tasman Makos tighthead prop...

Double gold for Oakley in Auckland

OAKLEY Brown-Terekia won two gold medals at the Auckland International Judo Championships. Gisborne Judo Club member Oakley won the junior boys’ over-45-kilogram division and the junior boys open. Competition was tough at the Auckland event, with...

Mates off field, rivals on it

Pirates skipper Dane Thompson and High School Old Boys co-captain Scott Tallott are good mates off the field. But their friendship will be put on hold tomorrow when they they clash in a 40-over Doleman Cup elimination semifinal to decide who will...

Golf Roundup

If you have a story, tournament to promote or results you wish to have printed, contact The Gisborne Herald at 869-0633 or email sports@gisborneherald. co. nTolaga BayShelley Robertson’s star shone brightest as plenty of sizzling scores were posted...

Kapene strikes MVP jackpot

JESSE Kapene has made no contest of the race for Poverty Bay premier division’s Most Valuable Player award. The Charteris Choppers Wairoa Athletic loose forward has an unassailable lead with two games remaining for the black and whites. Kapene, who...

Coach confident softball team will do well

TAIRAWHITI under-15 softball coach Ray Noble is confident the team can do well in the North Island u15 tournament, which starts in Gisborne tomorrow and finishes on Sunday.“The boys have put in a lot of good work over the past 10 weeks,” said...

Reedy on title track but work to be done

HISTORY beckoned but remained a couple of wins away for local golfer Anaru Reedy heading into the semifinals of the Ryman national veterans golf championship here today. Electrinet Gisborne Park member Reedy surged into the senior division last four...

Bay of Plenty champions

Bay of Plenty yesterday claimed the tightest ever title race at the National Scholastic Surfing Championships at Makorori Beach, defeating runners-up and hosts Gisborne by 75 points. Bay of Plenty posted 7790 points to Gisborne’s 7715. Canterbury...

Club bowls news around the greens

GisborneTHERE are not many sports in which father and son and mother and daughter can compete on equal footing. But that’s what happened when the Gisborne Bowling Club held its senior fours championships at the weekend, underscoring the beauty and...

Trainer eyes hat-trick for Interislander Summer Festival

A HAT-trick is on the cards for Whanganui racehorse trainer Kevin Myers. He is the trainer of Scapolo, who has won the last two runnings of the Poverty Bay Cup at the Poverty Bay Turf Club’s annual races, and he plans to bring him here again this...

HEAT WAVE

SURFINGFirefighters started their national surfing championships yesterday in sizeable but messy conditions at The Pipe break at Midway BeachThere are 30 volunteer and permanent career staff — current and retired firefighters —in action over the...

Christie can expect big waves in first qualifying event

National champion Ricardo Christie and Billy Stairmand will fly the flag for the Kiwis in the men’s competition as they begin their hunt for a World Tour berth. Weather forcasts suggests Newcastle is set to be hit by decent swell as high as 3m just...

Bridge club prize-giving results

MONDAYOpening Night: Michelle England and Ann McCombe 1; Katrine Matthews and Hans van der Kuijl 2. Summer Pairs: Katrine Matthews and Hans van der Kuijl 1; Trish Corson and Bette Parker 2. Beetham Lifestyle Village Pairs: Vicki Taylor and Ann...

Seams of gold in memories

McGlashen name linked to Gis Int

Bridge results

MONDAY, June 20Sean Shivnan Pharmacy Open Championship 5 (Howell movement):Carolyn McMurray/Elizabeth Jackson 60.12;Trish Corson/Bette Parker 55.95;Delwyn Arthur/Vincelle Marvin 55.95. WEDNESDAY, June 22Craigs Investment Partners Championship...

Not for the faint-hearted

Zone 2 isn’t for the faint-hearted. Campion College Cougars found that out yesterday morning when they hit basketball’s version of a brick wall in the shape of nationally ranked Rotorua Boys’ High School in Pool D. Rotorua beat the Cougars...

Sports briefs

Local drawsGisborne sports draws will be published in The Gisborne Herald tomorrow. Holmes, Tapsell in Marist squadPoverty Bay rugby player Jake Holmes has been called in to the New Zealand Marist squad to play against the Heartland 15 on...

Basil Simpson Trophy back after six years

NGATI Porou East Coast now hold the Basil Simpson Trophy contested annually with Eastern Bay of Plenty. The teams drew 15-all in Opotiki on Saturday. Normally the holders retain a trophy in the event of a draw, but 89-year-old Basil Simpson was...