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GMC Green and THC make finals,Persistence pays off for Te Aowera

THE top four teams in the men’s and women’s hockey competitions have rightly won their way through to the premier finals to be held on the LJ Hooker turf this Saturday. THC marched through to join YMP A to decide the men’s championship when...

Around the greens

GisborneIN a gap between the showers on Sunday, Mal Trowell (skip), Tim Sherriff, Nathan Trowell and Ashli Ferris took firm hold of the club fours title for players with under eight years of bowls experience. They did it without losing a life. Harry...

Back for the Burton

FIVE of last year's six prizewinners will be back when the district's premier bowling event, the Burton Cup Classic Fours, is played at the Gisborne Bowling Club this weekend. Four of the five teams have had minor personnel tweaks, including the 2019...

Bridge results

MONDAY, February 13Summer Pairs 3 (Howell movement): Katrine Matthews/Hans van der Kuijl 61.11; Beverley Evans/David Johnstone 56.48; Vicki Taylor/John Hudson 56.48. WEDNESDAY, February 15Summer Pairs 3North/SouthJoy Marden/Yvonne Key 58.93Carolyn...

Draws

CyclingGisborne Cycling Club events — visitors welcome. Saturday — GCC Saturday Summer Series Race 5. Sign-on: 1.30pm to 1.50pm at Wainui School. Race start: 2pm. Marshals: Francis Rowland, Graham Elliott. Graded race: Campion to Loisels turn-off...

Gisborne United look to move up a place

Gisborne United have the chance to leapfrog Port Hill United into second place on the Pacific Premiership football league table when the sides meet in Napier tomorrow. Home advantage favours Port Hill, who are three points ahead of Heavy Equipment...

Desperate for points

NETBALLWHANGARA Old Girls are expected to remain unbeaten in this year’s netball grading at Victoria Domain tomorrow but opponents Horouta Gold will be desperate to win both their games. Horouta head into Round 3 of grading at the bottom of the...

Gisborne trio in Sydney

THREE Gisborne junior footballers have been representing the Central federation in an under-14 tournament in Sydney this week. Rubi Perano and Kayley Knight are in the girls’ team. As at Thursday, they had a two-win/two-loss record. Perano had...

Celebrating origins

New Zealand’s top waka ama club will acknowledge its foundations this weekend by celebrating its 21st anniversary. Horouta Waka Hoe are the international club champions after their paddlers amassed the most points at the world sprint championships...

Shields contested

The annual Peck and Yelverton shields for junior interclub play were contested at Gisborne Bowling Club on Sunday. Entries were down this year . . . only Gisborne and Poverty Bay bowling clubs entered their junior women's and men's teams. However...

Gisborne cycling and softball fixtures

Gisborne Cycling Club ridesThe Avantiplus Maintrax Race 4 is on SATURDAY. The sign-on is from 1.30pm to 1.50pm at Bushmere Arms, from 2pm, The race is Farmers Road plus Lavenham Road, 49 kilometres. The marshals are Steve Wolter and Neville...

Outstanding performances from senior citizens

INDOOR BOWLSGISBORNE Senior Citizens Indoor Bowling Championships produced some outstanding bowls. Organiser Bruce Easton said competitors played to a high standard, although the number of entrants was down on previous years. Alain Jorion was the...

Thistle beat Marist away

Gisborne Thistle beat Napier Marist 3-0 in Pacific Premiership football in Hawke’s Bay on Saturday. The win brought the Jags level with Marist — on points and goal difference — in fourth place, five points behind third-placed Gisborne...

Ngati Porou make it three in a row

Ngati Porou could not have won last night with five players. The greatest women's team in the history of the Gisborne Basketball Association proved, with a championship-tipping cameo by Talon August, that they could win the A Grade club title with...

Waikohu stretch run

RUGBYNINE games, nine wins, nine bonus points . . . Waikohu stretched their unbeaten run in the premier championship with a come-from-behind win against YMP at Rugby Park on Saturday. GT Shearing Waikohu scored 19 unanswered points in the second half...

Excellent end to the junior netball

THE junior netball competition concluded on Saturday with some keenly contested matches to end another excellent season for the younger brigade.“Massive congratulations to all of our grade winners and runners-up,” centre manager Allisa Hall...

Poverty Bay greenkeeper William Brown joins elite

Poverty Bay greenkeeper William Brown joined an elite group in winning the King of the Coast men's golf open at Tolaga Bay yesterday. Brown defeated clubmate Andrew Higham 1-up in the matchplay final, a birdie on the 18th hole sealing victory. In...

Volleyball teams gain from outside competition

GISBORNE Boys’ High School had two teams at the Junior North Island Secondary Schools Volleyball Tournament in Wellington last week. The A team hope to be competitive with the top teams and improve on their ranking of 20th out of the 40 boys’...