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Shoot-out victory for Bay

POVERTY Bay won a penalty shoot-out to secure third place on the final day of the Curtis Cup under-13 boys’ hockey tournament in Gisborne this week. Normal time ended with the score 1-1 in the third/fourth playoff between the Bay and Horowhenu...

Gisborne Club Darts Association results

INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS from Tuesday180s: Kayne Arahanga (2NZ Kings), Hunter Eyles (2NZ Kings), Lance Cook (2NZ 3), William Brown (RSA Stallions), Ethine Reeves (RSA Outlaws), Jono Griffiths (RSA Men Of Mayhem).Highest start (140): Kayne Arahanga (2NZ...

No matches being played

No rugby will be played again this weekend with all games nationwide either cancelled or postponed. After the extension of the country's lockdown, it remains unclear when games will resume. No decision has been made about how the Heartland competition...

Call goes out to halt slide in number of boys playing rugby at secondary school

A slide in the number of boys playing rugby at secondary school should be curbed by making the game enjoyable and creating better relationships between schools and rugby unions, says Poverty Bay union chief executive Josh Willoughby. Players need...

On the mats

IT'S been a busy time for local indoor bowlers lately, with 15 bowlers competing in the New Zealand Indoor Bowls Championships in Mt Maunganui. In the open singles, David Lynn qualified with four wins from his four games, but after a great start in...

Brenden Gooch top qualifier

Gisborne Speedway Club has three drivers in the New Zealand streetstock championship final at Paradise Valley in Rotorua tonight and for Brenden Gooch it means a chance to defend his national title. Gooch, the current 1NZ, top-qualified last night...

Gisborne - East Coast golf roundup

Men's stableford, division 1: W Mortleman 42, M Norman 41, A White 39, S Andreassen 38,L Pollitt 40, R Morley 39, B Cameron 39.S Andreassen, T Donovan, A White. D Pirimona. Men's stableford, division 1: J Situ 33, A Hayward 33, C Christie 32.D...

A win apiece

High School Old Boys got their Doleman Cup cricket campaign off to a mixed start, winning one of their two games from a double-header at the weekend. On Saturday, they had a comfortable win against Horouta in their 40-over match at Harry Barker...

Valley prove too strong

Swamp Foxes win match with solid defence

Turanganui a Kiwa Darts Association results

180s: Ihaka Kaio-Wynyard 3,Te Kotahi Kaio (Young Guns); Tahuna Irwin 2, Marcus Leach, Tobias Ratapu (Falcons); Tracey Te Kira (Tigers); Cynthia Tupene (Wehi); Matt Reedy (Done & Dusted).Highest start, men (180): Ihaka Kaio-Wynyard (Young Guns)...

Local riders travel well

GISBORNE district riders and their horses brought home some impressive placings from the Central Hawke’s Bay A&P Show at Waipukurau last weekend. Lidy Loffler, on Parafino, was fourth and fifth in the 70-centimetre and 80cm low show hunters, and...

Two wins for Gisborne u15s

BASKETBALLRESULTS from the New Zealand girls’ under-15 basketball tournament at the Pulman Arena in Takanini, South Auckland, this week —Day 2Northland 79 (Kiama Tahere 35, Mahina-A-Rangi Kukutai-Wairau 18, Kassidy Murray 10) Gisborne 41...

‘The time is right’ for Athletic to beat HSOB

Athletic coach Jimmy Whaitiri says his team will never get a better opportunity to beat High School Old Boys than when the teams meet in a premier rugby game at the Oval tomorrow.“I’m not saying we will win, but the time is right,” Whaitiri...

Courage Cup benefits evident in team development

The Courage Cup has done Gisborne Boys' High School rugby great good in the past three years. The fruits of that can be seen in the spark that has kept the next generation of Gisborne Boys' High players' rugby alive between Year 9 and Year 11. It is...

Form teams clash

NETBALLFORM teams YMP and High School Old Girls clash in Gisborne premier-grade netball tomorrow night for the first time since grading. The 7.30pm Pak’nSave competition match-up at the YMCA has the makings of a classic. When these sides met in...

Teneti brought into Black Ferns for Pacific Four Series

Gisborne teenager Kelsey Teneti is a bootstep closer to a Black Ferns dream. Having already been contracted to the New Zealand women's sevens teams, the 19-year-old has been brought into the Black Ferns 15s squad for the Pacific Four Series in...