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Solid and runaway victories,Boys’ High and LOB A results indicate strengths

A SOLID victory to Gisborne Boys’ High School and a runaway win to Lytton Old Boys A were highlights of Poverty Bay men’s club hockey at the weekend. In the women’s games, the top teams won well but the highlight was GMC Kowhai’s win against...

Mallets at the ready for PB Polo Open

The annual Harvest Transport Poverty Bay Polo Open at the Bushmere grounds this weekend has attracted a dozen teams and the history-stacked event is set to provide two great days of action. There will be six one-hour games played each day, with the...

Talent, local knowledge and facilities will be key areas

Appreciating its people will be key to the Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union hitting its straps, says new chairman Hayden Swann. That means nurturing talent and tapping into local knowledge, as well as continuing to push for facilities the region can...

Postman Pete delivers

A BIKE accident as a kid closed the door on Pete Kerekere’s promising career in judo. On Saturday he kicked the door open in the sport that replaced it. The 28-year-old postman defeated Simon Jeune 3 and 1 for a maiden victory in the pinnacle event...

Spring tide makes riders work

THE weather gods smiled on Gisborne as Round 1 of the Gisborne Motorcycle Sports Club beach racing series roared into action last Saturday. A low spring tide made some interesting formations in the sand and made riders work hard to keep their wheels...

Havelock North Bowls team win winter series reional final

A HAVELOCK North team skipped by Ian Mason won the regional final of the Tiger Turf Winter Series bowls tournament at the Poverty Bay Bowling Club greens on Saturday. They will contest the national finals in Auckland on August 27. In the regional...

Gisborne - East Coast golf roundup

PatutahiTHE two lowest-handicapped players in the fields dodged all bullets to win the Patutahi shootout titles on Saturday. Hukanui Brown, off a 2-handicap, won the men’s final while Skylah Pohatu, off 8, won the women’s crown. Brown fended off...

Indoor bowls news

Fourteen-year-old Gisborne Boys’ High School student Nathan Trowell continued his impressive form on the local indoor bowls mats last weekend. He won the New Zealand under-18 local singles final, then a day later he teamed up with his 12-year-old...

Another game, another step closer

FOOTBALLUNITED moved a step closer to Eastern League football’s Division 1 title on Saturday, but Lytton High School gave them an early fright. Heavy Equipment Services United beat Lytton 4-1 at the school ground, Carpet Court Thistle Massive beat...

NZ selection for Gisborne clubbies

Gisborne athletes feature in all three high performance squads named by Surf Life Saving at the conclusion of the national champs. Chris Dawson, Cory Taylor and Olivia Corrin, all of the Midway club, and Casie Fyall, of Waikanae, are in the New...

Academy trio relish new challenge

FOOTBALLGISBORNE Thistle start their Pacific Premiership campaign next weekend with three imported players signed from a British football academy. Jay Matthews, Liam McMenamy and Brandon Josling arrived in Gisborne this week. They were put in touch...

Basketball team in Dunedin

Gisborne 27 (Libby Kowalelski 8, Jorja Shearman 5, Jasmine Sparks 5) Waikato 106 (Aria Cowley 24, Cassidy Rameka-Lacey 17, Sydney Neale 16, Maia Chandler 11, Pirikitearoha Lewis 10) Q1 Waikato 43-4, HT 61-6, Q3 90-20. Gisborne 29 (Libby Kowalelski...

HSOB out to end OBR era of dominance

A fired-up High School Old Boys are determined to end OBR’s dominance of local cricket when they meet in the Doleman Cup final at Harry Barker Reserve tomorrow. Bain Construction OBR are defending the first of their three trophies from last season...

Te Karaka's Taekwon-do presence felt

TE KARAKA Taekwon-Do brought back one gold, two silver and five bronze medals from the International Taekwon-Do Nationals in Tauranga this month. The tournament doubled as the Oceania championships. Te Karaka Taekwon-Do had five students there...

Gisborne riders impress

YOUNG Gisborne equestrians had the opportunity to compete in top company when the Larsen Sawmilling Showjumping Championships were held at Showgrounds Park last month. The experiences and successes they enjoyed were reward for the work they put in...

Tairawhiti students in the medals on day 1 of nationals

Tairawhiti paddlers bagged several top placings on day one of the 2018 National Secondary School Waka Ama Championships. Competition got under way yesterday at Lake Tikitapu in Rotorua. Gisborne Girls’ High School finished the day leading the...

Hard to separate - Mistakes prove the difference in ‘arm wrestle’

RUGBYSome teams reflect their captain’s competitive nature. Such is the case with Ngatapa under loosehead prop Jason Jones, whose crew lost one of their best players, centre Isaac Thomas, to injury on Saturday. Thomas scored two tries and was his...

Driving weightlifting in Tairawhiti

An uplifting experience at Metcon Mauri gym is helping drive a resurgence in weightlifting in Tairawhiti. The Turanga Strong AF competition attracted nearly 30 lifters — including a few from out of town — to the Palmerston Road gym on...