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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...

Saloon cars deliver thrills

THE Pit Stop Gisborne Saloon Car Championship produced four thrill-packed races at the Eastland Group Raceway on Saturday night as drivers tuned up for the New Zealand titles. Gisborne’s Daniel and Ethan Cook and former Gisborne racer Dan Corrin...

Federation Cup time for United

FOOTBALLGisborne United turn their attention to Central Football’s Federation Cup when they will play in-form Eskview United at Petane Park, Hawke’s Bay, tomorrow. This knockout competition is open to any team in the Central Football region not...

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...

Clubs rally round captains

RUGBYYMP versus Pirates has all the makings of a classic. Both clubs have rallied around their captains — hooker Shayde Skudder for YMP and No. 8 Willie Bolingford for Pirates — and made a superb fist of this shortened season with great dedication...

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