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Gisborne - East Coast golf roundup

Gisborne ParkONE point decided the Mitchell Cup mixed pairs stableford on Sunday. Blanche Walker and Ray Grace tallied 41 points to beat Di Webb and Willie Donnelly’s 40. Wiki Morrissey’s 83-16-67, for 42 points, was her best score in over 30...

Player of the 2016 Pennants

WHEN Peter Kerekere was named winner of the sportsman trophy for the 2016 Oligoi Jug men’s interclub pennants, no one in the clubhouse was surprised. Kerekere, at No. 2 in the pennants-winning Poverty Bay (1) side, completed a perfect record of...

Ready to take on NZ’s finest

GISBORNE’S top woman golfer is out to add to an impressive history at the national interprovincial tournament, which starts on Monday. Tessa McDonald is at No. 2 in the five-strong Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay team for the week-long matchplay event on...

Christie’s late charge not enough

RICARDO Christie’s late charge on the World Qualifying Series (QS) ended as he was knocked out in the quarterfinals of the Vans World Cup in Oahu, Hawaii. He needed to make it to the final to have a chance of requalifying for the Championship Tour...

Poverty Bay fall to Mavericks

. . . but coach happy with senior rep side’s first hit-out

Challenge Cup at stake in Super 8 clash

RUGBYSuper 8 rugby kicks off tomorrow. And for Ryan Tapsell-coached Gisborne Boys’ High School first 15 — whose opening game is away to Napier Boys’ High for the Football Challenge Cup — it is their first true test.“Our whole pre-season was...

Reece Lister gets first NZ podium

GISBORNE driver Reece Lister clinched his first podium finish in a New Zealand speedway event when he placed third in the six-shooter national championships on Saturday, but it could have been even better. Lister qualified on Grid 4 for the Roseland...

Gladiators up for challenge

THE Gisborne Gladiators face a tough challenge this weekend to successfully defend again their New Zealand stockcar teams title but, in the words of durable team captain Peter Rees, “They are up for it!”The Gladiators team members are Rees, his...

Now for the semis

THE order of the Ngati Porou East Coast club rugby top four and who will play who in the semifinals was confirmed in the last round-robin games on Saturday. Hikurangi beat Waiapu 27-7 at Whakarua Park, Tikirau Victory Club (TVC) won by default over...

Nanai 8-ball champ

POOLHE’S had his fair share of success on snooker tables and last weekend Alex Nanai converted that to the smaller cuesport arena. Nanai won the third annual Gisborne Cossie 8-ball open pool singles title. Played under the more stringent chartered...

Around the Greens

Kahutia Bowling Club’s Anzac Day Triples Tournament was played in fine weather with 36 entries. Games started at 1pm. Three games were played over the afternoon with a 70-minute time limit. Some close games were played, and three prizes were...

NPC match not being played on day of Sean Wainui's tangi

The NPC match between Bay of Plenty and Northland, scheduled to be played at Tauranga Domain at 2.05pm tomorrow, will be postponed in the wake of Sean Wainui’s death. The Bay of Plenty, Chiefs and Maori All Blacks back was killed in...

ON THE BATTLEFIELD

THE codes were different but the action was equally intense in sporting fixtures in Gisborne and Ruatoria on Saturday. Gisborne United played out a thrilling Central Football Federation Cup knockout final against Palmerston North side North End at...

Hicks Bay spot delivers record

Gisborne angler Carl Carmody knew it was a big fish the moment he hooked it. He didn't realise it could be a record-beater. A 161.2-kilogram southern bluefin tuna reeled in by Carl on Thursday morning is unofficially a world record for its species for...

Pumping forecast for Labour Weekend surf

IT MIGHT be summer come early this weekend with some glorious sunshine and a fun-sized swell on the way. Sure, it could be bigger. But we’ll always say that. At this stage it looks like there should be peaky waves in the two-to-three-foot range from...

Thrills and spills on track

SPEEDWAYA THRILLING teams demolition derby series, some crash-hot stockcar action and outstanding drives by Shaun Kingi and Seth McKay were highlights of Gisborne Speedway Club’s meeting on Saturday. Seth McKay, in 48G, was in fine form with two...

Rain dampens Sonrise boys

WEATHER had the major say at the Northern Districts T20 nine-a-side regional intermediate cricket finals in Cambridge. Poverty Bay representatives Sonrise Christian School only got to play one game — a 151-run loss to Marian Catholic School on...

Turanganui a Kiwa Darts Association results

180s: John White 2, Matt Reedy (Done & Dusted); Mihi Awatere, Heath Woollett, Willie Edwards (Tigers); Ihaka Kaio-Wynyard, Corey Kaio (Young Guns).Highest start, men (180): Pete Tom (Falcons).Highest start, women (125): Mihi Awatere (Tigers).Highest...