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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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Gisborne teen sets local pool record in Sydney champs

GISBORNE teenager Joshua Taylor-Martin set a Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay record in a tough opening two days of the Australian age group championships in Sydney. Taylor-Martin placed eighth in the 10-man final of the 16 years boys’ 100 metres...

Badminton Super 8 competition here this week

Gisborne Boys’ High School hosts the annual Super 8 Badminton Competition at the Badminton Centre (134 Roebuck Road) on Thursday from 8.30am to 6pm and Friday from 8.30am to 1pm. Super 8 competitions were formed in 1997/98 and incorporate eight...

Twin centuries for Sharp

A scintillating batting performance from Gisborne Boys' High School's Graham Sharp propelled his team to two easy victories in premier grade cricket's Walker Shield T20 competition. Opening the batting, Sharp scored centuries in wins against both...

Tairawhiti golf roundup

Te Puia SpringsThe East Coast Open last weekend had its winners, those who were thanked for coming and plenty in between on and off the course. Simon Jeune unoffically claimed the “overtime” award. While some played a round-robin as the worst of...

Mouth-watering fare in DJ Barry Cup

CRICKET to make your mouth water — that’s what the last round-robin games in the 40-over DJ Barry Cup competition have on offer at the Harry Barker Reserve tomorrow. Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates play Gisborne Boys’ High School, Bain Construction...

Dreams closer to reality

A pair of Gisborne brothers' dreams of becoming darts professionals moved a triple 20 closer in the deep south last weekend. Ihaka Kaio-Wynyard, 11, won both Dart Players New Zealand junior ranking tournaments in Invercargill to leap to the top of...

Juniors step into breach

Junior players among the spectators stepped into the breach for teams short of players for the twilight badminton doubles at the Badminton Centre last Thursday. Others also filled in to enable the matches to go ahead. The shortage arose after some...

BMX riders face short turnaround between meets

THREE days after Gisborne BMX Club’s 30th anniversary meet, 41 riders took the start gate for a good night’s racing on Tuesday. Striders — Seven riders lined up on their Turn 3 start point for close racing. Ada Lasenby and Anna Spence led the...