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Forwards lay foundation for Ngatapa win

NGATAPA picked up their first win in this season’s premier rugby competition and avenged a first-round 16-14 loss when they beat Pirates 28-8 at Rugby Park last night. Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates coach Steve Smith offered no excuses, saying...

Gisborne turns it on

SURF LIFESAVINGGisborne’s surf lifesavers have got it pretty good, says Black Fins surf lifesaving captain Steve Kent, who was a mentor in the opening round of the Ocean Warrior series in Gisborne at the weekend. The Sonic Surf Craft NZ Ocean...

Season down to semifinals,Old School v East Coast, City Lights v Dragons

THE Gisborne men’s club basketball semifinals have arrived. At 7.30pm tonight, competition leaders Old School face fourth-placed East Coast, and at 8.30pm defending champions City Lights play team No. 3 the Dragons. Lytton High School go toe to toe...

Sports draws January 20

CricketSenior club cricket, Walker Shield Twenty20, TOMORROW, 5.30pm, Harry Barker Reserve: Rep wicket, Gisborne Boys’ High first 11 v Tamarind HSOB; HBR1, Landmark OBR v KHG Pirates. DJ Barry Cup, SATURDAY, 1pm: Rep wicket, KHG Pirates v GBHS 2...

United beat top team, now within striking distance of league lead

Gisborne United fought back from a goal down to beat pacesetters Maycenvale 2-1 in Pacific Premiership football in Hastings on Saturday. Already in second place, Heavy Equipment Services Gisborne United now lie two points behind Maycenvale with...

McDonald strides out against NZ’s top pros

GOLFGISBORNE golfer Tessa McDonald is mixing it with many of the country’s top professional and amateur players at the NZPGA Championship in Te Puke this week. McDonald, the No. 1 women’s player in Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay, started the tournament...

Wairoa-Hastings combination win Gisborne award

VISITING judges and riders made for an enjoyable two days of dressage competition at the Gisborne Dressage Championships held last month at the Poverty Bay A&P Showgrounds. Outside competitors rode off with many of the top awards. Anna Williams...

Gisborne Club Darts Association results

INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS180s: Junior Akurangi (Roseland Dilligaf), Kayne Arahanga (2NZ Say My Name Again), Alf Cross (2NZ Corys 6-Shooters).Best start (140): Wayne Tamihana (Cossy DONE & Dusted), John Love (Cossy DONE & Dusted), Brian Leach (Cossy DONE...

Talent on show at Central Football Games day

Hawke's Bay were too strong for the Poverty Bay under 11 boys winning three of their four games. The Gisborne u11 girls fared better winning two, drawiing one, losing one. In the u10 age group, Gisborne girls won three and lost one, while the u10...

Basketball heating up in Week 4

This is superb. Week 4 of the 2019 GBA men’s club basketball league sees SE Systems take on the Filthy Dozen at 5.45pm, Gisborne Boys’ High School Black up against City Lights (6.45pm) and GBHS Red clash with Old School at 7.45pm in the A Grade...

Gisborne’s McIlroy shines in New Zealand bowls victory

FORMER Gisborne lawn bowler Shannon McIlroy played a key role in the New Zealand men’s four’s victory over Australia in the final of the Asia Pacific Championship in Christchurch yesterday. Skip Paul Girdler and his team of Mcllroy, Andrew Kelly...

Bucket list tick

Rena van Diest (right) and sisters Sam (left) and Amanda Miller (not pictured) ticked an item off their bucket lists when they competed in the New Zealand masters trampoline championships in Whanganui.“They are all former Gisborne Trampoline Club...

Good run continues

BOWLS by Trevor MillsSUNDAY brought more than its usual share of bowls success for the Hawes and Easton households. Carol Hawes skipped the winners of the Gisborne-East Coast Centre women’s open triples for the Blair Cup and husband Arthur was in...

Off to a roaring start

SPEEDWAYSUPERSTOCK and stockcar action will get the speedway season off to a roaring start at the Eastland Group Raceway tomorrow night. More than 60 of those cars are expected from across the North Island. The MTF Finance Superstock Points Dash has...

Cauldron of battle

Last roll of the dice for reigning champs

IT’S the last roll of the dice for High School Old Boys tomorrow as they try to keep alive their slim hopes of retaining the Lee Bros Shield. Earthwork Solutions HSOB must beat East Coast Farm Vets YMP at Rugby Park to have any chance of making the...

Paddlers aim to qualify

PADDLERS from Tairawhiti will compete in waka ama regional sprint championships at Lake Whakamarino, near Lake Waikaremoana, on Saturday. The championships — for individual paddlers racing over 250 metres and 500m — will serve as qualifiers for...

Big day for Somerton and Smith

FOOTBALLJIMMY Somerton and Oska Smith will remember Saturday, April 24, 2021, for different but equally valid reasons. Somerton, 16, scored his first hat-trick in senior football, and it was crucial to Gisborne Thistle’s 5-2 victory over Napier...