RUGBYHOW do you turn around a 30-point thumping in seven days and book a spot in Poverty Bay premier club rugby’s Lee Bros Shield final?That’s the question Enterprise Cars OBM have to find the answer to for their top-four elimination playoff...
RUGBYWAIKOHU maintained their lead in Poverty Bay premier club rugby with a 77-3 rout of Tapuae in Wairoa on Saturday. The men from Te Karaka and Larsawn Ngatapa, who ended Enterprise Cars OBM’s unbeaten run 22-17 at the Oval, both have 20 points...
Saturday, 2pm: Bollywood Stars High School Old Boys Presidents v Campion College, Harry Barker Reserve 1; Ngatapa v Gisborne Boys' High School Colts, HBR 2; Rawhiti Legal OBR second 11 v Coastal Ultrasound Horouta second 11, HBR 3. Wednesday...
THE “top club” title goes on the line this long weekend when the district's junior surf lifesavers contest their Gisborne championships, and big sea conditions have already played a part. The solid southerly swell has forced organisers to...
EVEN juggernauts can break down. Three weeks out from Gisborne club basketball’s grand final, Old School’s 1.98m (6ft 6in) Thomas Tindale is in doubt for the Week 9 main event with the Dragons at 8.30pm tonight, with a strained right calf...
Wairarapa Bush head coach Joe Harwood says his team are determined to reclaim the Jeremy David Memorial Cup when they play Poverty Bay in their Heartland Championship opener at Rugby Park tomorrow.“It was a massive disappointment to lose the cup...
RUGBYNgati Porou East Coast face traditionally tough Eastern Bay of Plenty tomorrow in Opotiki for the Basil Simpson Trophy. Holders EBoP are renowned for their exciting brand of rugby, big forwards and talented backs. But the Coast also have good men...
Sara Lamont and David Lynn continued their great run of form, Lamont winning the centre women’s singles and Lynn, the centre men’s singles. Lamont was unbeaten in the qualifying rounds, and beat Nanette Treloar in the semifinal. She then came up...
MONDAY, August 20 — Emerre & Hathaway Pairs 3North/South East/WestCarolyn McMurray, Trish Corson 66.25 Ann McCombe, Eileen Lee 60.00Katrine Matthews, Hans van der Kuijl 62.08 Joy Marden, Bette Parker 55. 00WEDNESDAY, August 22 — President’s...
SURF LIFESAVINGGISBORNE athletes were to the fore as New Zealand took second place in the annual Sanyo Cup lifesaving competition in Japan at the weekend. Midway Surf Life Saving Club member Cory Taylor was team captain, Waikanae’s Casie Fyall was...
Gisborne Bowling Club held its annual triples championships last weekend with some interesting results. It took three games for the junior women's competition to be decided. After losing their first game 17-9 to Adrienne Torrie, Karen Pinn and Nanette...
CRICKETIt’s confirmed — with their six-wicket win against Campion College at Campion yesterday, the Ilminster cricket team became the region’s representative in the National Primary School Cup for 2019. Ilminster co-captain Alex Shanks won the...
BODYBUILDINGJOHNNY Walsh got into bodybuilding because he wanted to lose weight. He shed more than 35kg but said it was quite a shock when he won the men’s physique overall title in his first bodybuilding show in Gisborne last year. Walsh, 33, is...
The Poverty Bay wider squad to prepare for the Queen's Birthday Weekend derby match against Ngati Porou East Coast features five new faces. YMP forward Stuart Leach has been named in the 32-man squad alongside backs Moses Christie (Waikohu), Braedyn...
Sydnee Andrews believes she has what it takes to earn her spot on the New Zealand team for the Commonwealth Games. The up-and-coming judo star said she was excited but nervous as she prepares to head overseas to train and compete.“I even sold my...
A group of previously unknown players now living in Gisborne teamed up with badminton stalwart Ruth Ledger to win the BIZminton 2022 competition. The inclusion of Ledger in their team meant that Mallu Boys met the condition that all teams include at...
RUGBYThey’ll get straight to the point. Barry Cup holders Waikohu are well aware that the next team to challenge — Ngatapa — will not be loose, will not be flashy and will not easily take no for an answer. As with Game 1 of the season (an 80-5...
Two husband-and-wife teams dominated proceedings at the Bowls Gisborne East Coast Centre’s 2-4-2 mixed pairs championship played at the Gisborne Bowling Club greens over the weekend. Kahutia Bowling Club’s Betty and Wayne Herring and Te Karak...
There’s something different about it. New players and teams generated incredible energy in Week 4 of the Gisborne Basketball Association women’s club league. Lytton High School, the competition’s youngest champions yet, were too fit for Paike...
Nominations are now open for the 2021 Bronwyn Kay Agency Sporting Excellence Awards. The awards are a chance to recognise and celebrate sporting achievements in the Tairawhiti sporting sector. The qualifying period for the awards is normally 12...
Gisborne driver Ben Holt made the finals but 1NZ Ethan Rees was a shock elimination in qualifying for the New Zealand Stockcar Championships at Baypark, Mount Maunganui, last night. Holt (4G) was second-top qualifier in his group last night. Gisborne...
MONDAY, October 2, 9, 16 — Open TeamsResults will be available at the conclusion of this event. WEDNESDAY, October 4 — Singles 3North/South East/WestAdele Walters/Nola McKee 62.00 Sally Falkner/Elizabeth Jackson 55.50Ann McCombe/Carolyn McMurray...
FORMER Gisborne rower James Brott goes into next week’s National Rowing Championships on the back of medal-winning performances at the North Island club champs at Lake Karapiro. The 19-year-old won a silver medal in the men’s senior pair, with...
It will be remembered for its intensity. Ngatapa Green Caps' 33-run Hope Cup final win over High School Old Boys Presidents to retain the mantle of Senior B club champions was a closer affair than the margin suggests.“It was another all-round...
GISBORNE Thistle travel to Palmerston North tonight, hoping the weather stays friendly and the Central Federation League outlook becomes clear. Thistle sit fourth in the seven-team league, in no immediate danger of being overtaken and with no...
HOCKEYIT could be a tough start for Lytton Old Boys Masters and Gisborne Boys’ High School when Poverty Bay Hockey’s season gets under way tomorrow night. The students have drawn LOB NZ Fruits and the Masters take on last year’s men’s...
FALCONS took the lead in the Brezz N Darts Competition with a 14-7 victory over Tigers last week. In the singles, Falcons captain Harley Ngarangione took his game against Shiloh Henry 2-0, winning their first leg on a 105 checkout. On the other board...
The Barry Cup has a new home. Waikohu met a very determined Wairoa side that came with passion last Sunday. The game ended in favour of the visitors 20-15, with both sides running in three tries apiece but Wairoa winning by a conversion and...
TRIATHLONGISBORNE triathlete Tayler Reid continued his run of form with a podium in the Tinman Triathlon over the weekend. Hosted in Mt Maunganui, the annual Tinman race is part of Triathlon New Zealand’s national series. It was the first race...
SURF Life Saving New Zealand has decided to relocate the BP Surf Rescue New Zealand IRB championships set down for Gisborne this weekend to Mahia. The Kaiaponi Farms Waikanae club was to host the event at its home beach on Saturday and Sunday. The...
GOLF by Chris TaewaIF you’re going to warm up for the national championships, you might as well do it against the best. A Poverty Bay-East Coast over-40s selection did just that last weekend, taking on Freyberg Masters national interprovincial golf...
A dream becomes a goal with planning and hard work. And so Ngati Porou East Coast — who beat Wairarapa-Bush 34-19 in Masterton on Saturday, and Poverty Bay 31-28 in Gisborne the week before — might have pinched themselves after nine years without...