HORSE SPORTSA HORSE called Nugget was a star of the Tahora Horse Sports. Nugget, ridden by 11-year-old Rimu Horo, was the horse with most points. And the favour was returned when Rimu, riding Nugget, was named the B Grade child (aged 8 to 11) with...
AN eerie lull has descended upon the Gisborne surfing community following the SNZ Health 2000 National Surfing Championships in Gisborne this month. Lull may be the wrong word, New Zealand’s most talented surfers left town leaving record numbers of...
THE PB crew finished half a second ahead of a composite Waitara crew. Poverty Bay ended the regatta with a medal tally of 16 gold, seven silver and 14 bronze through the age groups, although had to settle for second club overall, as Arawa won 20...
THE body is sore but Ivan Te Momo, back home after playing in a lost test series for Blind New Zealand against the Blind Lions, says his passion for rugby is back. The casual player for OBM’s senior 1 side said he was likely to be back at the club...
TWO Barns-Graham Cup men’s pairs final victories, both on extra holes and accomplished 36 years apart. Bill Allen believes it’s a record “I don’t think will ever be broken” after he and Roy Skuse won the 2016 edition of Poverty Bay Golf...
GisborneFIVE seasons after winning his first Gisborne-East Coast Open singles title, Jamey Ferris added a second singles crown to his growing list of bowling achievements on Sunday. Still a junior bowler and a rising star in the sport, Ferris was...
Poverty Bay’s livewire openside flanker Callum McDonald’s performances in the Heartland Championship were rewarded with selection for the New Zealand Heartland 15 squad, and he came off the bench in the second of two games, a 46-19 win against...
Former Poverty Bay player John Stewart (pictured left) will wear the jersey of Super Rugby’s newest franchise in the 2016 competition. Fijian Stewart has been named in coach Mark Hammett’s 34-man Sunwolves squad. Winger/midfield back Stewart...
CricketTODAY — C Grade, Nelson Park, 3.15pm: Primary Reps v Campion, GGHS v GBHS. Mercantile, Harry Barker Reserve, 5.30pm: M5, Sons of Hadlee v Boundary Violators; M6, TBC v Outlaws; M7, Wannabes v AGFirst; M8 v Mangapapa Garage v Maccas...
RUGBYThe effects will be long-lasting — 2017 champions Tihirau Victory Club have produced the performance of the year so far in East Coast club rugby: an incredible 13-10 comeback win against previously unbeaten Uawa. TVC (now 22pts) unseated Uaw...
They're back in business. The Gisborne Boys’ High School first 15 of 2022 began their rugby campaign with a win on Saturday. It was the team’s first taste of victory since Amos Roddick’s crew beat New Plymouth 18-17 at the GBHS Rectory ground...
FOUR Poverty Bay Kayak Club members have received a huge boost heading into the sprint national champs, which started today. Kim Thompson and Britney Ford have been named to represent New Zealand in under-23 crew boats for the world junior and u23...
THE little things make a difference. That’s what Poverty Bay under-16 rugby coach Tuki Sweeney took out of his side’s 26-7 loss to Manawatu at Wanganui Collegiate yesterday.“With the strong westerly wind, handling was a factor,” Sweeney...
RESULTS from the Larsen Sawmilling Equestrian Championships held at Showgrounds Park over the weekend —SHOWJUMPINGOpen horse A2 1.20m, horses 7 years and under (sponsor Leaderbrand Produce): Olivia Newsom (Tauranga) Charmed Escudo msnz, 1; Olivi...
On paper, Thistle’s game against Havelock North Wanderers at Childers Road Reserve tomorrow doesn’t count for much. Thankfully, football is not played on paper. Havelock have already clinched the Central Federation League title and Thistle are...
Fourteen-year-old Gisborne Girls’ High School student Sian Williams played great bowls all day on her way to winning her first centre title, the Village Butchery Centre Closing Trios. While having a go at outdoor bowls in 2016, Williams found out...
KARTING by Rockin’ RobinA good crowd and a good turnout of karts made for some great racing on Sunday at Eastland Kart Club’s first points meeting of its eighth season. Racing was close in the Young Guns class. Vinzent MacGregor won two races and...
NETBALLTHE high school teams were on the receiving end of some strong play from higher-ranked teams when Round 2 of the Pak’nSave netball premiership opened at the YMCA last night. Taste One High School Old Girls controlled their match against...
RUGBYThey showed character. Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates made reigning East Coast club champions Uawa work for their 27-5 win at the Oval on Saturday. Uawa led the Buccaneers 20-0 at the break. Loosehead prop Jesse Sweeney scored Pirates’ second-half...
Cricket by Jack MalcolmRAIN halted local cricket after three hours of play on Saturday. All premier and Hope Cup games were abandoned. The rain came at the perfect time for Galaxy World Gisborne Boys’ High School and Coastal Concrete OBR after they...
George Williams fell out of his kayak twice in the Waimakariri. Jo Teesdale was swept off her feet crossing a river in the Southern Alps. Different spills, similar result . . . wet and freezing. In both cases it was straight into the compulsory...
WAYNE Tautau retained his Gisborne Cosmopolitan Club A Grade snooker title when he beat Rip Morgan in the final last Saturday. Twelve players contested the A Grade championship. They included B Grade players Tiny Thompson and Nathan Coombs, who...
GISBORNE Thistle striker Corey Adams is set to make his return tomorrow from a seven-week layoff with a shoulder injury. Thistle play Palmerston North Marist Reserves in a Central Federation League football game at Childers Road Reserve at...
BADMINTONONE win, one loss. Badminton Eastland were pleased with that return from round 3 of the inter-association super-veterans North Island division 2 league. Eastland lost 7-2 to competition leaders Waitakere (3) then beat rivals Hawke’s Bay 6-3...
PERSONAL bests are to be a regular occurrence for teenager Jessica Hayward as her fledgling golf career progresses. The latest came on Sunday — a PB low round on her home course at the Taste One/First Light Frozen Christmas Hams Tournament. Hayward...
TRAMPOLINEFIVE of Gisborne's trampolinists and tumblers are working towards qualifying for international competition and an event in the city this weekend will give them a helpful gauge of where they're at. The Central Championships start today at...
THE women’s football league enjoyed great weather and great sportsmanship over the weekend. Gisborne Laundry Services Thistle celebrated a 10-0 victory over United. Thistle coach Blake Mulrooney said it was great to see a nice game in the morning...
Gisborne Boys’ High School won the DJ Barry Cup on Saturday in a dramatic finale that had the crowd standing to applaud the players as they left the field. Seb Wilson played a hand he won’t forget — a heroic 87-ball innings of 14 not out...
AT THE halfway stage of the two-day 243-kilometre Coast to Coast at Klondyke Corner yesterday, they must have said, “Who is George Williams?"The 31-year-old Gisborne farmer came out of the tough mountain run from the West Coast through the...
IT’S back to the drawing board for LeaderBrand Poverty Bay coach Mana Otai after his side were given a lesson in wet-weather rugby by Horowhenua Kapiti in a Heartland Championship game here on Saturday. The 39-5 bonus-point win takes Horowhenua to...
GISBORNE connections feature in the New Zealand Sport and Recreation Award winners announced last night as part of the Sport New Zealand annual conference in Christchurch. A partnership between Softball New Zealand and the Poverty Bay Rugby Football...