PremiumPremiumSportSports DrawsBasketballSATURDAY — 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...17 Mar 08:54 PM
PremiumPremiumSportBattle of the pitchers could be key to victorySOFTBALLOld 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...17 Mar 08:53 PM
PremiumPremiumSportWomen’s Eastern League: top two teams fight out drawHigh-class skills in end-to-end action17 Mar 08:53 PM
PremiumPremiumSportYMP run rampant but still have work to doA rampant YMP produced their best performance of the season and sent a warning to other Lee Bros Shield contenders with a 50-16 thumping of OBM in a premier rugby match at Rugby Park on Saturday. Despite being outplayed up front, East Coast Farm Vets...17 Mar 08:53 PM
PremiumPremiumSportRob Hayes wins central region vets’ titleGisborne player Rob Hayes has won the Central Region Golf Croquet Veterans' singles open in Dannevirke. Hayes, from the Barry Memorial Croquet Club, travelled to Dannevirke for the championships. After the opening round robin, Denis Bulloch from the...17 Mar 08:53 PM
PremiumPremiumSportYoung students ride the wavesGisborne surfer Archie Alder stormed out of nowhere to claim the Year 6-and-below boys' division in the Primary School Championships at Gisborne's Midway Beach on Sunday. Alder rallied to the cheers from family and friends on the sand dunes, surfing...17 Mar 08:53 PM
PremiumPremiumSportOn the mats — Indoor bowls newsIt’s been a busy time for local indoor bowlers, with history being made. Malcolm Trowell skipped the youngest team to win Gisborne’s major fours event, the Robieson Open Fours. He teamed up with his nephews Dylan Foster, 11, and Matthew Foster...17 Mar 08:52 PM
PremiumPremiumSportHistoric pennants win to MahiaGOLFMAHIA will be engraved on the winners’ trophy for the first time in the 51-year history of the Poverty Bay women’s golf pennants. The Mahitians were runners-up in the fourth and final round on the Poverty Bay Golf Club’s course on...17 Mar 08:52 PM
PremiumPremiumSportThree golds for GisborneGold medals in the beach flags to speedsters Rubi Hart and Jerome Tamatea from Waikanae and Amelia Arthur from Wainui were highlights for Gisborne on Day 1 of the Oceans 19 New Zealand junior surf lifesaving championships at Mount Maunganui...17 Mar 08:52 PM
PremiumPremiumSportOn the mats: indoor bowls newsSiblings Nathan and Kayla Trowell are the local winners of the 2022 New Zealand indoor bowls mixed pairs. They defeated their cousin Matthew Foster and their nana Kaye Easton 8-7 in a tight nine-end final. It was 2-2 after the second end, but then the...17 Mar 08:52 PM
PremiumPremiumSportTairawhiti softball resultsTAIRAWHITI Softball Association results from the weekend —Women: Scorpions 13 Lytton Gems 3; Rovers 6 Whatatutu 5; GMC 16 Uawa 6. Men: GMC 4 Gisborne Boys’ High School (2) 4; TWK Rams 6 Spartans 3; GBHS (1) 14 Uawa 017 Mar 08:51 PM
PremiumPremiumSportBirkhead named Wainui's Lifeguard and Club Person of the YearSURF LIFESAVINGLOUIS Birkhead and Jack Keepa were the big winners at Wainui Surf Life Saving Club’s prize-giving this month. Birkhead received the Lifeguard of the Year and the Club Person of the Year awards for his commitment across all areas of...17 Mar 08:51 PM
PremiumPremiumSportBay boys better on Day 2The boys were better on Day 2. The Poverty Bay junior secondary schools team at the Northern Districts tournament in Whangarei lost their third T20 game but were closer to the opposition yesterday. Bay captain and opener Nathan Trowell won the toss at...17 Mar 08:51 PM
PremiumPremiumSportNati 7s in Rua tomorrowPOST club rugby season fitness will be tested at the Nati 7s tournament in Ruatoria tomorrow. Most of the Ngati Porou East Coast clubs will be represented at the tournament, which features men’s and women’s teams. The men’s division will feature...17 Mar 08:51 PM
PremiumPremiumSportWairoa Show equestrian resultsHorse or pony intro OA: Annabel Alexander, Malibu Hot Shot 1; Tilly Alexander, Wilbur 2; Ella Powdrell, Jacko 3. Horse or pony intro OB: Annabel Alexander, Malibu Hot Shot 1; Anna Spence, Black Creek Melfed Magnum 2; Tilly Alexander, Wilbur 2...17 Mar 08:51 PM
PremiumPremiumSportRobertson in form after run of injuriesGISBORNE Thistle leftback Jake Robertson is starting to fulfil the promise he showed when he first played for Team Gisborne in Pacific Premiership football two years ago. Since then Robertson, son of Thistle coach Fred, has been hampered by a serious...17 Mar 08:50 PM
PremiumPremiumSportGisborne Club Darts Association resultsDARTSObserving subjects from a distance then putting thoughts to paper is an integral part of a writer’s gift. This is most evident when watching determined play-to-win dart players and, let’s just say, us fun-loving social dart players. The...17 Mar 08:50 PM
PremiumPremiumSportPups’ Swann, Grogan and Ormiston ‘superb’When the three of them fire, there’s not much you can do. And on Saturday Rhys Grogan (76 not-out off 42 balls with two 6s and 13 boundaries), his fellow opening batsman the left-handed Jarrod Ormiston (52) and their Bollywood High School Old...17 Mar 08:50 PM
PremiumPremiumSportPartnership key to Ws’ victoryFaith sustained the Ws in their five-run win against the Ts yesterday. The Ws beat the Ts to end the cricket season at Gisborne Intermediate School and claim the TW Challenge Bat. They did it on the back of a 44-run partnership between all-rounder...17 Mar 08:49 PM
PremiumPremiumSportA champion GypsyWHAKATANE mum Vicki Knight was stoked to win champion saddle hunter, but she and her East Coast-bred Celtic Rose went on to do even better, winning supreme champion horse of the Gisborne Show. There’s a special story behind the big coloured...17 Mar 08:49 PM
PremiumPremiumSportWaikohu too strong for game NgatapaRUGBYWAIKOHU have made their intentions known with a convincing away win over Ngatapa, 56-19. GT Shearing Waikohu swarmed with wave after wave of attack that had Larsawn Ngatapa on the back foot for much of the game. Ngatapa had moments of brilliance...17 Mar 08:49 PM
PremiumPremiumSportRep season shortenedBay to play East Coast, Wairarapa Bush and Wanganui17 Mar 08:49 PM
PremiumPremiumSportShowdown for top teamsStandard of play takes off as semis fast approaching17 Mar 08:49 PM
PremiumPremiumSportSmall field for first event disappointingBOWLS by Trevor MillsThe first centre tournament of the 2019/2020 lawn bowls season — the Mixed 2-4-2 Pairs — will take place at the Wairoa Bowling Club this weekend. Historically this event attracts the biggest number of teams during the season...17 Mar 08:49 PM
PremiumPremiumSportBay age-group hockey teams ‘punching above their weight’Poverty Bay teams are “punching above their weight” in age-group hockey tournaments, Poverty Bay Hockey Association operations manager Louise Teneti says. The under-13 girls’ team — coached by Emily Willock and managed by Tina Smallman —...17 Mar 08:49 PM
PremiumPremiumSportBridge club resultsTUESDAY, October 1 — Self Storage Pairs 1North/South East/WestJohn Hudson, Jeff Allen 57.00 Glenys Evans, Trish Corson 58.50Raewynne Cook, Sally Knight 56.00 Anne Roberts, Caroline Taylor 55.50WEDNESDAY, October 2, 9, 16 — Woodward Chrisp...17 Mar 08:48 PM
PremiumPremiumSport‘These Guys Are Good’THE old PGA Tour campaign slogan “These Guys Are Good” resonated throughout the Awapuni Links yesterday as the birdie blitz continued at the New Zealand amateur. Masterton's Kerry Mountcastle led another “day of red” with a course...17 Mar 08:48 PM
PremiumPremiumSportTVC and Opotiki battle to drawTVC versus Opotiki Sports was a brilliant game of rugby. A crowd of 300-plus — roughly 100 of them Tihirau Victory Club fans — gathered at the Princess Street Reserve in Opotiki on Saturday and witnessed a five-try thriller. Last season's East...17 Mar 08:48 PM
PremiumPremiumSportYMP advance straight through to finalYMP A made it three wins from three games against arch-rivals Lytton Old Boys in their hockey semifinal on Friday night to advance straight through to the men's championship final. In another big result, the YMP women scored a psychological boost...17 Mar 08:48 PM
PremiumPremiumSportCity Lights and Ngati Porou set the bar highIconic clubs City Lights and Ngāti Porou have proved that class is permanent in Gisborne Basketball Association competition. And the Setting Suns brought the 450 fans in attendance to their feet three times on finals night at the YMCA. Matt Tong's...17 Mar 08:48 PM
PremiumPremiumSportBoys’ High, OBR meet in deciderCRICKETTHE last week of Gisborne’s summer of cricket is here, with the final of the DJ Barry Cup between OBR and Gisborne Boys’ High School. Coastal Concrete OBR and Galaxy World GBHS have been the two in-form teams all season. Each of them has...17 Mar 08:48 PM
PremiumPremiumSportGOLF ROUNDUPIf you have a story, tournament to promote or results you wish to have printed, contact The Gisborne Herald at 869-0633 or email sports@gisborneherald. co. nz17 Mar 08:47 PM