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Weather key to weekend wicket action

Tomorrow should be a cracker. All 10 of the Poverty Bay Cricket Association’s senior club teams will be hoping not to lose a third weekend in four to rain. Defending Senior B champions Bollywood Stars High School Old Boys Presidents, under Ollie...

Brilliant night at the track

SPEEDWAYTHE action on the track was matched only by the sensational fireworks show in the sky above it on Saturday night at the Gisborne Speedway Club. Eastland Group Raceway drew a big crowd for what turned out to be an outstanding meeting all...

Second round of BIZminton starts tonight

Badminton Eastland is running a second round of the business house league, due to popular demand. It starts tonight. This time the teams are divided into two grades — competitive and social. Entries are high, with a mixture of new and returning...

Ranfurly Shield: Poverty Bay pencilled in for July 30

The Hawke’s Bay Magpies will open their 2022 defence of the Ranfurly Shield against national amateur rugby Heartland champions South Canterbury in Napier on June 29.A Wednesday match, it will be the first of two challenges scheduled for...

Turanganui a Kiwa Darts Association results

Darts was back into full swing at another level (Alert Level 2) at Brezzn Darts Club Hall this week. With New Zealand in lockdown mode for seven weeks due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the restrictions placed on clubs changed the dynamics of the game. The...

Gymnasts on show

Gisborne gymnasts performed with distinction at the Manawatu GymSports Junior Open in Palmerston North this month. India Gill, Amarah Cameron, Lizelle Duckworth and Sarai Gudgeon were first overall in their sections. Gisborne Gymnastics Club results...

Whiteman’s team win centre triples

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OBR aiming to end day with the maximum

CRICKETIt’s Jannie Jacobs and Thom Berry again for OBR. The left-arm opening bowler and the burly keeper will once more steer the undefeated 30-over Hope Cup competition leaders, in the absence of regular captain Craig Christophers. A win today...

Doleman Cup: HSOB shoot to the top

Dazzling performances with bat and ball have propelled High School Old Boys back to the top of Doleman Cup cricket standings. Opening batsman Tyler Phelps scored 105 and pace bowler Marshall Norris took seven wickets for 14 runs as Bollywood Stars...

Coast show victory on horizon

The Sky Blues won't disappoint in 2021. And rugby fans nationwide now know on the quality of their match-effort against the reigning Meads Cup holders, that Ngati Porou East Coast can and will break their nine-year winless streak in the Bunnings...

A taste of muaythai for Gisborne fighters

JUNIOR members of Gisborne’s Rangataua o Aotearoa martial arts club immersed themselves in muaythai in Thailand for three weeks and came home with six medals from the youth world championships. Already they are thinking about doing it all again...

Fighting efforts made highlights

HOCKEYFIGHTING performances by Te Aowera and LOB NZ Fruits, a win to YMP B men against LOB Masters, and big wins for GMC Green and both YMP top teams were highlights of weekend hockey. In the women’s B Grade, Roseland Tavern Te Aowera and YMP B...

Cliffhanger upset at the Polo Open

IT was the first day of the annual Poverty Bay Harvest Transport Polo Open and the Bay team scored a cliffhanger upset 3½-3 victory over the Hawke’s Bay team in this main game of the day. The tournament continues all weekend

‘It’s semifinals netball and anyone’s game’

A place in the premier grade netball grand final is on the line at the YMCA tomorrow night and based on recent results, YMP (1) are favoured to grab it. They take on defending champions Whangara old Girls at 7.45pm tomorrow in the 1 versus 2...

Top up for Gisborne sports pilot programme

GREAT efforts are being made in Gisborne to make it easier for children to be involved in regular sporting and physical education activities. The Eastern and Central Community Trust is giving $15,000 towards a new pilot programme, and the...

Junior boys produce sensation of tourney

HOCKEYTHE Poverty Bay under-13 boys’ hockey team produced the game of the tourney at the weekend when they drew with eventual tournament winners Bay of Plenty A, and their coach could not have been happier with their overall performance. They...