PremiumPremiumSportSurfers with disabilities hit Gisborne's beachesADAPTIVE surfing for people with disabilities is growing and becoming visible as a worldwide movement, says paraplegic surfer Marcus Thompson. The Otaki man was in Gisborne at the weekend with another disabled surfer to compete in an adaptive heat of...17 Mar 08:42 PM
PremiumPremiumSportOn the mats Indoor bowls newsPOVERTY Bay-East Coast indoor bowler Lois Lamont has been selected in the North Island Academy women’s four to play against the South Island Academy next month. They will be part of the contest for the Sam Henderson Memorial Trophy being held at...17 Mar 08:42 PM
PremiumPremiumSportGisborne Club Darts Association resultsINDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS180s: Sha Hohipa (Cossy DONE & Dusted), Dudley Reeves (Cossy DONE & Dusted), Mike Jones (Roseland), Cris Kiri (2NZ Rebels), Kayne Arahanga (2NZ Say My Name Again), Colin Edwards (2NZ Bullz), Bob Fraider (2NZ Eastland Port...17 Mar 08:42 PM
PremiumPremiumSportSilver to Briant in NZ long-distance triathlon nationalsGISBORNE triathlete Mary Briant started 2016 the way she finished 2015, on the podium. Briant, who won the women’s 55-59 years division of the Mount Maunganui Tinman in November, backed that up with a silver medal in the Port of Tauranga Half...17 Mar 08:42 PM
PremiumPremiumSportGutsy Girls’ High in surprise draw with WhangaraNETBALLGisborne Girls’ High School produced one of the outstanding results of the season so far when they fought tooth and nail to draw with top seeds Whangara Old Girls in a premier-grade netball game at the YMCA last night. The Pak’nSave...17 Mar 08:42 PM
PremiumPremiumSportTeen machineBig things, small package could be the catchcry for 14-year-old Joshua Bai, pictured teeing off on the opening day of the New Zealand amateur on the Poverty Bay course this morning. The Auckland Grammar School student is among the 97 players...17 Mar 08:41 PM
PremiumPremiumSportClinical Bay impressCRICKETNEW Bollywood Poverty Bay men’s captain Nick Hendrie had every right to be happy with his team’s wins against Northern District Maori at Harry Barker Reserve yesterday and on Sunday. The Bay backed up Sunday’s three-wicket victory in...17 Mar 08:41 PM
PremiumPremiumSportWAIKOHU ON THE CUSPThe defending premier-grade club rugby champions have swept all before them . . . so far. A win at home against Larsawn Ngatapa tomorrow will guarantee GT Shearing Waikohu the Premier Cup for first-round honours in Civil Project Solutions Premier...17 Mar 08:41 PM
PremiumPremiumSportThompson just out of medalsPoverty Bay Kayak Club member Quaid Thompson fell just short of a medal at the Canoe Sprint Junior and Under-23 World Championships in Bulgaria overnight. Thompson finished fourth in the A final of the u23 men’s K1 1000 metres at Plovdiv. He crossed...17 Mar 08:41 PM
PremiumPremiumSportJust a point in itWaikanae retained the Ralph Morse Memorial Trophy for Gisborne surf lifesaving club supremacy at the weekend. They beat Midway by one point in a titanic battle. In the Gisborne component of the combined championships, Kaiaponi Farms Waikanae scored...17 Mar 08:41 PM
PremiumPremiumSportNZ award sweetens nasty sickness boutGisborne's Matt Scott says being named Open Water Swimmer of the Year at the Swimming New Zealand Awards was “something nice to come home to” after suffering a nasty bout of vomiting, including blood following a race in Portugal last month. Half...17 Mar 08:40 PM
PremiumPremiumSportSATURDAY SPORTAnother busy Saturday of sport was caught on camera by Gisborne Herald chief photograpaher, Paul Rickard17 Mar 08:40 PM
PremiumPremiumSportAround the greensGisborneJuniors Beverly Davy (skip), Kay Goldsbury, Kym Brown and Ginny Sherriff pulled off the shock result of the bowling week when they won the right to match their combined two centre titles against the Glenys Whiteman-skipped Kahuti...17 Mar 08:40 PM
PremiumPremiumSportGolden Aims Games for Gisborne IntermediateAIMS GAMESIT was a golden AIMS Games for Gisborne Intermediate pupils Jodiesha Kirkpatrick and Ollie Egan. They were just two youngsters from Tairawhiti who excelled at what has become a large and high-profile international championships for...17 Mar 08:40 PM
PremiumPremiumSportAnnette Kingi ‘the epitome’ of a life memberNETBALLHIGHLY respected kaumatua of umpiring for the Gisborne Netball Centre, Annette Kingi, has been made a life member of the centre. She has been described as “the epitome” of someone receiving that award. The award citation for Annette Kingi...17 Mar 08:40 PM
PremiumPremiumSportEquestrian sports resultsThe Gisborne area of Equestrian Sports New Zealand held a show hunter and jumping day last weekend with a great turnout, especially of the lower level of up-and-coming riders. JUMPINGPONIES85-90cm: Skye Edwards, Ruby Tunes 1; Jamie de Costa, Silver...17 Mar 08:39 PM
PremiumPremiumSportChristie into round 3 at Hawaiian ProSURFING?PATIENCE and power were key as Gisborne-Mahia surfer Ricardo Christie advanced to round 3 of the Hawaiian Pro Qualifying Series contest this morning. Christie, on a mission to return to surfing’s elite Championship Tour, selected and rode...17 Mar 08:39 PM
PremiumPremiumSportBeatson wins by fine marginSEVEN hundredths of a second was all it took for showjumping veteran Maurice Beatson to take the honours in the Equissage Horse Grand Prix at the Poverty Bay A and P Show in Gisborne on Saturday. A small field lined up for the “big” class of the...17 Mar 08:39 PM
PremiumPremiumSportHain and Untouchable leadingMERRAN Hain and Untouchable are leading the EJ Gordon Show Hunter Series for Horses, with 12 points. Isobel Bevitt, with Where’s Wally, and Sophie Petro, with Wainui Soda Pop, are equal first in the pony section, on six points. In the Bernin...17 Mar 08:39 PM
PremiumPremiumSportA special place for the Bibby familyGISBORNE will always hold a special place in the hearts of Kelly and Hamish Bibby. The Ongaonga couple are in the city with their four children for the Larsen Sawmilling Showjumping Championships. But if it weren’t for Gisborne, and more...17 Mar 08:38 PM
PremiumPremiumSportEAST COAST INTO LOCHORE CUP PLAYOFFSTHE proposition “that which does not kill us makes us stronger” is about to be tested. Ngāti Porou East Coast shift their focus to the Lochore Cup after a nine-tries-to-one 57-5 loss to Heartland Championship leaders South Canterbury in...17 Mar 08:38 PM
PremiumPremiumSportJunior and youth league startedTuranganui a Kiwa Darts Association started a junior and youth mixed darts league in Gisborne on Sunday. It will run on Sundays for seven weeks every Sunday. Players aged from eight to 18 are being registered with the association and its Tao Matarau...17 Mar 08:38 PM
PremiumPremiumSportMasters, Boys’ High in the firing lineTHE big guns will roll out tonight, with Lytton Old Boys Masters and Gisborne Boys’ High School set to be on the receiving end in the first games of this weekend’s hockey round on the LJ Hooker Turf at Harry Barker Reserve. YMP A play the Masters...17 Mar 08:38 PM
PremiumPremiumSportUnited women make the semifinalsFOOTBALLGISBORNE United beat Wanganui City 12-0 in Napier on Sunday to reach the semifinals of Central Football’s Women’s Federation Cup. They play Taradale at Harry Barker Reserve on Sunday, August 19, for a place in the final. United knew little...17 Mar 08:37 PM
PremiumPremiumSportFast 5 funTHE future of Gisborne netball was on show this week as over 200 boys and girls took the Victoria Domain courts for the primary Fast 5 tournament. The 21 teams were divided into two sections, with the winners of each section meeting in the final. Te...17 Mar 08:37 PM
PremiumPremiumSportManson and Hawes in top formGISBORNE pistol shooters Aaron Manson and his partner Natalie Hawes were in top form at the North Island International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) champs in muddy conditions at Carterton. Manson made it five straight North Island titles...17 Mar 08:37 PM
PremiumPremiumSportOCEANS 20 HEARTENS CLUBSMIDWAY missed out by only one point on the fifth place they wanted in the Oceans 20 junior surf lifesaving competition at Mount Maunganui. The four-day event ended on Sunday afternoon with Dawson Building Midway just one point behind...17 Mar 08:36 PM
PremiumPremiumSportGisborne Club Darts Association resultsMonique Renata, Kayne Arahanga 2, Tyson Eyles, LeRoy Eyles, Harley Ngarangione (2NZ Kings); Lorenzo Kaa, George Vaotuua (2NZ Rebels); Kelvin Tamihere (RSA Stallions); Tristan Reeves (RSA XFMO); Terry O’Neill, Alf Cross (Cossy 6 Shooters).Harley...17 Mar 08:36 PM
PremiumPremiumSportNo slip-up at home for TVCRUGBYEverything is under control. Whereas Uawa have a powerhouse forward pack, Tokararangi have young blood and Hikurangi are fearless, TVC are efficient. They are well-organised and well-disciplined, and pride themselves on their defence. They led...17 Mar 08:36 PM
PremiumPremiumSportTuranganui a Kiwa Darts Association resultsGreat nail-biting play came down to the last game when Tigers beat Falcons 11-10 in Turanganui a Kiwa Darts Association semifinal action on Friday night. The Tigers were ahead 9-8 with the fourth and final set to play. Falcons captain Tahuna Irwin...17 Mar 08:35 PM
PremiumPremiumSportSharp the big winner in end-of-season awardsGisborne Boys’ High School batsman Graham Sharp was the big winner at Poverty Bay Cricket Association’s end-of-season prize-giving. He received the Heikell Cup for player of the year, and all but one of the premier grade’s batting awards (Matt...17 Mar 08:35 PM