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Australians take early lead

AUSTRALIA'S young riders have taken the early lead in the Trans Tasman clash which got under way yesterday at the Larsen Sawmilling Showjumping Championships in Gisborne. The visitors — Stephanie MacKillop aboard Mosaic II (owned by Vicki Ridley)...

And now there are 17 qualifiers

Gisborne Trampoline Club will take the biggest number of representatives “for quite some time” to the national championships at Tauranga in October, says coach Doug Callahan.“We had three more trampolinists qualify at the Auckland champs —...

Weekend softball draw

Senior grade, Waikirikiri ParkFRIDAY — 6.15pm: D1, Raptors v Moana Toa; D2, Young Gunnz v LB. SATURDAY — 1pm: D1, GGHS v Velociraptors. SATURDAY —Emerging Sox intermediate softball (Year 7/8) — 11am: D1, Ilminster Tahi v Ilminster Rua; D2...

Both clubs stretched to limits at premier-grade basketball final

Hands up — who loves basketball?Last night’s premier-grade men’s grand final at the YMCA had both clubs stretched almost beyond endurance in front of the smallest house in Gisborne Basketball Association finals history. That said, no one sat on...

Ngatapa beat reigning champs

Briant’s batting and Walsh’s spin bowling prove key

Tomorrow’s Stars results from A&P Show

Arabella Murphy, Corivale Black Magic, 1; Maisy Murphy, Jack Black, 2; Zara Trafford, Pebbles, 3. Amelia Doole Baker, Fifi, 1; Zara Trafford, Pebbles, 2; Arabella Murphy, Corivale Black Magic, 3. Arabella Murphy, Corivale Black Magic, 1; Zar...

Committed Gold defence earns victory reward

HOROUTA Gold beat Whangara Old Girls with room to spare for their second win of the Premier Grade points rounds on Saturday in the YMCA. JT Contracting Horouta Gold won the Pak'nSave premiership clash 49-41 and the quarter scores painted the picture...

Few certainties in Coast rugby

RUGBYSomeone has to front up to Uawa at home next Saturday. That and the fact Ruatoria City and Tokomaru Bay United will not feature in the 1 v 4, 2 v 3 semifinals on July 20 are the only certainties in East Coast club rugby heading into Week 14 and...

Short stands tall in Ngtatapa comeback

NGATAPA bounced back from last week’s 60-14 hiding by OBM to beat premier leaders High School Old Boys 28-26 at Campion College on Saturday. Centre Kieran Short was the two-try hero for Ngatapa. His second try, in the 80th minute, completed...

Fourth for Reid at mixed relay

GISBORNE professional triathlete Tayler Reid had to settle for fourth at the ITU Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships in Hamberg yesterday. The New Zealand team of Reid, Ainsley Thorpe, Nicole Van Der Kaay and Hayden Wilde clocked 1 hour 20 minutes 46...

Win or lose

Speed and strength — OBM coach Trevor Crosby has no doubt about what YMP will bring to their showdown at MoreFM Rugby Park tomorrow.“They play fast and physical and they’ve got some awesome backs,” he said.“Both teams want to go straight...

IT’S ALL ON . . .

It was another busy Saturday of local sport, with the action ranging from premier club rugby and Challenge Round netball to hockey on the turf and archery indoors. Gisborne Herald photographer Paul Rickard was out and about capturing the action

Elzen wins inaugural tourney

CROQUETINa Elzen won the Barry Memorial Croquet Club’s first open golf croquet singles handicap tournament. Elzen beat fellow Barry club member Christine McCullough 7-5 in a closely contested final. Although the club has been in existence since...

Sports Draws

BasketballSATURDAY — Miniball league, years 3/4, 10am: C1, Awapuni Ballers v Centrales, (Cinta O’Neal, Kaipo, Lilly); C2, Central 34S v Mangapapa Griffins, (Petra, Paige, Kellann, Char); C3, Riverdale Lakers v Wainui, (Paddy, Xzavier, Alici...

Battle of the pitchers could be key to victory

SOFTBALLOld foes Scorpions and Rovers will go head to head in the Tairawhiti senior women’s softball final at Waikirikiri Park tomorrow at 3pm. Scorpions are the form team, having won all their round-robin games. But after a slow start, defending...

Women’s Eastern League: top two teams fight out draw

High-class skills in end-to-end action