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Thompson Sr pockets 8-ball title

He fell just short in the Gisborne Cossie 8-ball Pool Open Singles tournament played under chartered rules in August. But Phil Thompson Senior went one better than that runner-up finish to claim the 8-ball open singles tournament played under...

Old boy Rowland stars for Campion

CAMPION College old boy Michael Rowland defied the Bollywood Stars attack to score an unbeaten 100 off 123 balls in a third-round DJ Barry Cup 40-over cricket game at Harry Barker Reserve on Saturday. Rowland, back on holiday, hit eight fours in...

Gisborne Trampoline Club members sparkle on big stage

TRAMPOLININGGISBORNE Trampoline Club opened the year with a 10-medal haul at the Mid Island Gym Sports Invitational Competition in Rotorua.“It was the first competition of the year and we took away a team of 12, who all did well,” head coach...

Whalers win five from five at tamariki tourney

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Game to promote Movember causes

Local cricketers and businesses have come together this year for the first Movember Friendly T20 game tomorrow. Organiser Tyler Phelps had been running the event for the past two years in Melbourne and wanted to bring the tradition back home. He and...

Chivers focusing on bid to wrestle at Games

BYRON Chivers has a kickboxing world title but his full focus is now on wrestling. The 22-year-old from Gisborne, now living in Auckland, is preparing for wrestling's Oceania Championships, which start at the end of January in American Samoa.'I want...

Off to storm the Mount

Gisborne will be well represented across almost all events at the Eastern Regional Surf Life Saving Championships at Mt Maunganui this weekend. Competition is due to start tomorrow afternoon. Last year, Kaiaponi Farms Waikanae finished fifth on...

William the conqueror

Relief was the overriding feeling for William Brown as he carved out a place in Poverty Bay-East Coast golf history at Tolaga Bay on Sunday afternoon. The 27-year-old clinched his first King of the Coast men's open title in a matchplay battle that...

Australians take early lead

AUSTRALIA'S young riders have taken the early lead in the Trans Tasman clash which got under way yesterday at the Larsen Sawmilling Showjumping Championships in Gisborne. The visitors — Stephanie MacKillop aboard Mosaic II (owned by Vicki Ridley)...

And now there are 17 qualifiers

Gisborne Trampoline Club will take the biggest number of representatives “for quite some time” to the national championships at Tauranga in October, says coach Doug Callahan.“We had three more trampolinists qualify at the Auckland champs —...

Weekend softball draw

Senior grade, Waikirikiri ParkFRIDAY — 6.15pm: D1, Raptors v Moana Toa; D2, Young Gunnz v LB. SATURDAY — 1pm: D1, GGHS v Velociraptors. SATURDAY —Emerging Sox intermediate softball (Year 7/8) — 11am: D1, Ilminster Tahi v Ilminster Rua; D2...

Both clubs stretched to limits at premier-grade basketball final

Hands up — who loves basketball?Last night’s premier-grade men’s grand final at the YMCA had both clubs stretched almost beyond endurance in front of the smallest house in Gisborne Basketball Association finals history. That said, no one sat on...

Tomorrow’s Stars results from A&P Show

Arabella Murphy, Corivale Black Magic, 1; Maisy Murphy, Jack Black, 2; Zara Trafford, Pebbles, 3. Amelia Doole Baker, Fifi, 1; Zara Trafford, Pebbles, 2; Arabella Murphy, Corivale Black Magic, 3. Arabella Murphy, Corivale Black Magic, 1; Zar...

Ngatapa beat reigning champs

Briant’s batting and Walsh’s spin bowling prove key

Committed Gold defence earns victory reward

HOROUTA Gold beat Whangara Old Girls with room to spare for their second win of the Premier Grade points rounds on Saturday in the YMCA. JT Contracting Horouta Gold won the Pak'nSave premiership clash 49-41 and the quarter scores painted the picture...

Few certainties in Coast rugby

RUGBYSomeone has to front up to Uawa at home next Saturday. That and the fact Ruatoria City and Tokomaru Bay United will not feature in the 1 v 4, 2 v 3 semifinals on July 20 are the only certainties in East Coast club rugby heading into Week 14 and...