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Cup a batting assembly line

The Challenge Cup produces class batsmen. Top of the pops last Wednesday evening was tall all-rounder Johnathan Gray, with his unbeaten innings of 66 off 45 balls from No. 3 in Sonrise-Lytton High School's seven-wicket win against the Gisborne Boys'...

Off and running

THE Year 5 boys fly off the start line at the Ormond School cross-country held at the school yesterday

Gisborne Boys’ High face tough test in Tauranga

THEY'RE back in the game. Poverty Bay qualifiers Gisborne Boys’ High School cricket colts will play Bay of Plenty’s no. 1 team Tauranga Boys’ College at their Nicholson Field tomorrow in the New Zealand Community Trust Year 9-10 National...

Kumar snares eight for HSOB

CRICKETAN eight-wicket haul for Ajay Kumar put High School Old Boys in the box seat against Pirates in Poverty Bay club cricket. The medium-pacer trundled in for 16.3 consecutive overs and had the ball shaping in nicely at Harry Barker Reserve’s...

Ilminster play with spirit in third Cup win

CRICKETThey deserved to win. The Ilminster Intermediate first 11 cricket team outplayed Gisborne Intermediate School in only their third win against Gisborne in the National Primary School Cup since its inception in 1999. Co-captains Alex Shanks and...

ESNZ chief handinig over the reins

Former Gisborne woman Dana Kirkpatrick is calling time as chief executive of Equestrian Sports New Zealand.“I have loved this job, the challenges it has posed and the successes we have all celebrated together,” said Kirkpatrick, who is now based...

Whangara unbeaten

Round 2 of netball grading at Victoria Domain on Saturday produced a fascinating series of premier results highlighted by another win for unbeaten Whangara Old Girls and a storming victory to Gisborne Girls’ High School Senior A. Whangara remain...

Bowlers have a field day as wickets tumble

It was a day for the bowlers when Horouta took on OBR in their DJ Barry Cup club cricket match at the weekend. Twenty-five wickets fell in the space of 67 overs at Harry Barker Reserve on Saturday and OBR claimed first-innings points, even though...

Wolfpack too good on defence for Old Surfers

Bar the last two games at the John McFarlane Memorial Sports Centre, Week 2 of the Gisborne Basketball Association’s 2019 men’s club basketball league produced close contests. Game 1 at the Boys’ High sports centre saw Lytton High School beat...

Oceania Gold

GISBORNE teenager Alicia Hoskin overcame injury to dominate her age group at the Oceania sprint kayaking Grand Prix 2 championships in Sydney over the weekend. The Poverty Bay Kayak Club member won gold in the under-18 women’s K1 200 and 500...

Senior club cricket draws

Poverty Bay club cricket — DJ Barry Cup, Saturday, 1pm: Bollywood Stars High School Old Boys v Landmark Homes OBR, Harry Barker Reserve rep wicket. Hope Cup, Saturday 2pm: Gisborne Boys' High School Colts v Campion College, Harry Barker 1; Coastal...

Narrow miss for Pickett’s NZ team at Youth Olympic Games

GISBORNE swimmer Michael Pickett has had his first taste of competition at the Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires. Pickett, 16, led off the New Zealand team in the 4x100 metres freestyle relay. He clocked 50.77 seconds for his leg as the team...

Hard going on court

FOUR hard-as-nails games shook the YMCA in Week 3 of Gisborne men’s club basketball last night. Campion recorded their first win of the season, 34-27, in withstanding a fearsome late rally from newcomers the 9ers. Old School pipped East Coast 40-37...

City Lights have six double-figure scorers

City Lights and the Raiders are tough cookies. On Tuesday night the emphasis was on ball, not bruises, as veterans rolled back the years and rookies took their game up a cog in Gisborne club basketball's 1 v 4 semifinal. City Lights beat Willie...

Classic tussle ahead

THE match of the season so far could be in store when unbeaten High School Old Girls take on the ever-challenging YMP in premier grade netball at Victoria Domain tomorrow. Taste One HSOG and YMP Sunshine Brewing meet at midday in the PAK'nSAVE senior...

Hikurangi Coast champions,Hikurangi make most of advantage

A 20-MINUTE spell of their 10-man game won Hikurangi the East Coast club rugby final on Saturday. They beat Uawa 18-16 at Tolaga Bay Domain. The switch to 10-man rugby came in the second half of a game played on a dry pitch on a sunny day with...