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Gisborne Boys’ High runners-up in basketball tournament

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Twilight doubles under way at centre

Twilight badminton doubles started last Thursday night at the Badminton Centre. It was great to see players — new and experienced — competing and having fun. Late withdrawals caused some problems for organisers, and one team had only two matches...

Aotearoa-NZ crews crowd the podium

Aotearoa-New Zealand waka ama teams continued their domination of the podium at the Va'a World Sprint Championships overnight (NZ time).Tairawhiti paddlers who honed their skills with Mareikura and Horouta waka ama clubs feature heavily in the elite...

Do or die - East Coast club rugby semifinals

Hikurangi v TokararangiIn an unprecedented move, there will be a neutral venue for the Hikurangi-Tokararangi clash — Hatea a Rangi, the home ground to the United Sports Cub in Tokomaru Bay.“We’re happy to host anybody. We just love rugby,”...

Sports draws, November 11, 2015

BasketballSATURDAY — Miniball league, years 3/4, 10am: C1, Shakers Ballers v Mangapapa Iversons, (Cinta, Paddy, Kaipo, Lilly); C2, Mangapapa Griffins v Te Harpara, (Petra, O’Neil, Kellann, Char); C3, Awapuni Ballers v Wainui, (Harata, Xzavier...

Christie chasing big points in US Open of Surfing

SURFINGGISBORNE-Mahia surfer Ricardo Christie is chasing vital Qualifying Series points in the United States in his quest to return to world surfing’s premier tour. Christie is in California for the QS 10,000-point US Open of Surfing at Huntington...

Lift off with the saloon car champs

THREE Gisborne drivers will line up tonight in the finals of the Eastlite Carriers New Zealand saloon car championships at the Eastland Group Raceway after action-packed qualifying. The three groups of cars in the 40-plus field produced breathtaking...

Quarterfinal win books nationals berth for GBHS

Gisborne Boys’ High School Senior A team have qualified for the Basketball New Zealand AA National Championships. Their 75-72 win against St. Peter’s School of Cambridge in yesterday’s Zone 2 Premiership quarterfinal at Rotorua secured their...

Ranfurly Shield carrot for premier semifinalists

RUGBYTHERE’S more at stake than a place in the Lee Bros Shield final when Waikohu play OBM and YMP take on Ngatapa in the premier club semifinals at Rugby Park on Saturday. Poverty Bay Heartland Championship team coaches Mana Otai and Dwayne...

Gisborne senior men's division win right to compete in capital

GISBORNE Bowling Club's team headed a five-strong field to win the senior men's division of the Bowls Gisborne-East Coast Interclub competition, played over two days. They won the right to compete in the National Interclub Sevens in Wellington in...

Stella’s Waikato u17 team sixth in top division

Gisborne's Stella Perano was part of the under-17 Waikato team who placed sixth in Division 1 of the junior badminton nationals in Palmerston North this month. After Eastland Badminton was unable to form a team — they needed five boys and five...

Primary reps getting good preparation

CRICKETThey’re starting to get it together. Poverty Bay boys’ primary representatives playing nine-a-side T30 and T15 Colts cricket at Nelson Park ahead of their opening game against Waikato Valley at Cambridge this Sunday have been busy in the...

Not out of the woods yet

NETBALLWINS on Wednesday have eased the pressure on the two sides aiming to stay in the Pak’nSave premier netball competition but the cross-over games tomorrow still pose a threat. Claydens Waikohu had a battle holding off Tatapouri Sportsfit...

Power tested

Some of the country’s top young waka ama paddlers put on masks and sat down in Gisborne’s EIT student cafe at the weekend to see how much power they could muster. They were members of the J19 (19-and-under) men’s and women’s teams who will...

Coast rugby riding high

Skipper Parkes awarded Ian Kirkpatrick Medal

A preview of Tomorrow’s Stars

Tomorrow's Stars horse and pony competition results from the Poverty Bay A&P Show (competitors from Gisborne unless otherwise stated) —Best presented pony/horse, rider 10 years and under: Maisy Murphy, Jack Black, 1; Tilly Alexander (Nuhaka)...