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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...

Winning start for Bay

Poverty Bay have tipped over 2018 Meads Cup champions Thames Valley to make a winning start in rugby’s Heartland Championship. The Bay held on for a gutsy 17-15 win against the Swampfoxes in Paeroa on Saturday, with centre Andrew Tauatevalu scoring...

Weekly bridge round-up

Katrine Matthews, Glenys Evans 67.25 John Hudson, Mark Fleming 57.75Caroline Kirkpatrick, Ann McCombe 54.40 Louise Goodhue, Graham Maclaurin 53.26Joy Marden, Trish Corson 51.16 Eileen Lee, Sally Knight 48.73Pippa Williams, Elizabeth Jackson 56.55...

Hat-trick magic works for Lytton

FOOTBALLA HAT-TRICK to Cole Devonport earned Lytton High School a hard-fought victory over Gisborne Boys’ High School in Championship football at the Rectory on Saturday. Lytton won 3-1 after Boys’ High had taken the lead 10 minutes after...

SPORTS DRAWS

CyclingKonica Minolta Gisborne Cycling Club races, SATURDAY — Club Ride (no racing)Club ride starting at 1.30pm from Nelson Rd Cemetery. New riders considering racing at some stage are very welcome to come have a group ride with the club. All...

OBR move into the lead

A five-wicket haul for Graham Hudson paved the way for Old Boys Rugby to take the lead in Poverty Bay cricket’s DJ Barry Cup competition. The South African quick took five for 27 off 13.5 overs, polishing off the tail of High School Old Boys, who...

Murdoch incident Kirky’s big regret

RUGBYThe sending home of All Black Keith Murdoch from the 1972-73 UK tour is “the greatest single regret’’ of Ian Kirkpatrick’s rugby career. In the foreword to the book Murdoch: The All Black Who Never Returned, by Ron Palenski and released...

Semifinalists decided on the Coast

TVC, Ruatoria City, Tokararangi and Tokomaru United were vying for two places in the semifinals of the Ngati Porou East Coast club rugby competition when the whistles went at 2.30pm on Saturday. Eighty minutes of play later, TVC had secured third...

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)...

Boys’ High one place away from qualifying

Gisborne Boys’ High School Senior A finished sixth of 21 teams at the Zone 2 basketball premierships on Saturday. They were only one place away from qualifying for the national secondary schools’ basketball tournament. The last Gisborne Boys’...

Silver success at German Cup

GISBORNE’S Laura Quilter couldn’t emulate her day one world record exploits but still enjoyed silver success at the German Cup pool championships on Saturday. Auckland-based Wainui surf lifesaver Quilter set a New Zealand record in the 100 metres...

SPORTS DRAWS

CyclingKonica Minolta Gisborne Cycling Club races, SATURDAY — Club Ride (no racing), starts at 1.30pm from cemetery, Nelson Road. New riders considering racing at some stage are welcome to come along and have a group ride with club members. All...

Competing before the clampdown

Gisborne tumblers picked up medals at a tumbling event in Rotorua last weekend but they won't have a chance to add to their tally for a while. Gym sport events, including trampoline and tumbling gymnastics, have been suspended in New Zealand until...

No excuses — Otai,Mid Canterbury too good on the day

POVERTY Bay coach Mana Otai made no excuses for his side’s 56-22 loss to Mid Canterbury in their Lochore Cup rugby semifinal in Ashburton on Saturday.“They were far too good on the day and fully deserved to win,” Otai said.“We could look at...

BMX season under way

GISBORNE BMX Club’s new season has started. The next club night at the Lytton Road track is tonight. Sign-on is from 5.50pm and racing starts at 6pm. All riders are welcome. Striders: Oliver Gough is getting pretty quick on his new micro mini bike...

Battle on for 1NZ,Gisborne drivers stepping up,‘It’s going to be a very special couple of nights’

Eastland Group Raceway hosts the biggest speedway event staged in Gisborne this weekend as 159 drivers fight for the right to wear 1NZ on their car for a year. A battle royal is expected in Saturday night’s three-heat final series of the New...