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Gisborne - East Coast golf roundup

Poverty BayA putter designed by a golfing great and bought at a pub in front of a future English football star is playing a starring role in the 2019 Barns-Graham Cup men’s pairs. Arthur Bacon, the oldest man in the field (86), and Darryl Grant won...

GBHS beat Horouta in season opener

The best thing Gisborne Boys' High School can do is to keep themselves small — stay under the radar. But that is no longer possible. The GBHS first 11's re-entry to premier grade cricket led by Nathan Trowell came with a bang in the season-opener...

First-up win for Whiteman, Young

BOWLS By CrackerjackGLENYS Whiteman and Ray Young won the first centre event of the Bowls Gisborne East-Coast season, the Diane Bruce Memorial Trophy 2-4-2 Centre Open Mixed Pairs, last weekend. An entry of 24 teams contested the tourney, held at...

Whangara keen to develop bench strength

WHANGARA Old Girls and Horouta Gold clash in Pak’nSave premier-grade netball in the YMCA tomorrow morning and it could be a lot closer than the points table would suggest. Whangara top the table and Horouta are fourth. They meet at 10.45am. Whangar...

Lower seeds shine in premier grade

NETBALL - THE lower seeds in Gisborne premier-grade netball gave a good account of themselves at the YMCA on Saturday, with two games that could have gone either way. The games were so close that both losing teams earned a bonus point. Gillies...

New tennis pro ready to serve

GISBORNE Tennis Club’s new professional coach Petr Tumpach says the support of the club’s committee and members made it an easy decision for him to leave Auckland.“I’d heard so much about Gisborne and its great summers from a friend,” said...

Thompson builds on result

CANOEINGGISBORNE’S Quaid Thompson has finished second in the B Final of the K1 1000 metres at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Copenhagen. The result effectively gives him 11th place in the kilometre race at the world champs. The result...

Yanz takes some stick over Australian cricket team's shenanigans

RUGBYNGATAPA’S Aussie import Mark Yanz is not impressed with his national cricket team.“What they did (in the ball-tampering plan against South Africa) was disgusting,” said the 21-year-old who made his debut for Larsawn Ngatapa in their 26-25...

Thomson makes Scotland squad

RUGBYGISBORNE-raised Blade Thomson had another head knock in his debut for Scotland last month but that hasn’t stopped him being named in their Rugby World Cup squad. In the past year, concussion problems have beset the loose forward, who has...

Medal whitewash at sprint nationals

Horouta crew Eastland Heli Whitewash and Mareikura’s Nga Tama Toa collected medal doubles on day 3 of the waka ama nationals on Lake Karapiro yesterday. Whitewash lived up to their name by winning the junior 16 men’s W6 500 and 1000 metres...

Dreams come true for club

STEPHEN “Beaver’’ Donald just made the 2015 rugby season even better for Barry Cup holders Uawa. The Tolaga Bay club and sub-union have the plushest changing rooms on the East Coast after being selected as the latest winner of the ANZ bank...

Bridge results

TUESDAY, August 13 — Emerre & Hathaway Pairs 2 (Howell movement): Anne Roberts, Trish Corson 59.40; Louise Goodhue, Beverley Evans 58.81; Sally Knight, Caroline Kirkpatrick 54.29. WEDNESDAY, August 14 — Jean Broadhurst Winter Pairs 2North/South...

Second karting meet a scorcher

EASTLAND Kart Club’s second meeting of the season was a scorcher both on and off the track. Lance Sutherland and Paul Farmer raced neck and neck in the Rotax class race, with Farmer managing to cross the line first. The Swann family took first and...

GEC to face BoP in new rep format

The representative programme for the 2019/2020 lawn bowls season gets under way tomorrow when four Gisborne-East Coast teams play their Bay of Plenty counterparts at Whakatane Bowling Club. The venue has two Tiger Turf carpet greens — the same...

Sports give youth opportunities to shine

GISBORNE sporting stars of the future get plenty of opportunity to develop. In the past week, young sporting men and women have had events in lightweight rugby, primary school badminton and a Gisborne Boys’ High School invitational surfing...

Girls’ High, Horouta Gold stay up

The Premier Grade teams were again too strong for the challengers from Premier Reserve in the final “challenge round” games on Saturday. Gisborne Girls' High School and Horouta Gold had convincing wins. Promotion/relegation games across all grades...