Thank goodness for Matt Smith . . . the mild-mannered, long-serving and very capable referee did an excellent job of controlling one of the biggest rivalries in Civil Project Solutions Senior 1 rugby in Week 2. Smith blew his whistle in Charteris...
The hockey weekend should begin with a hiss and a roar tonight as the four teams in the lower section of the senior women’s competition go head to head, and the results could be just about anybody’s. GMC Kowhai and YMP B play at 6pm tonight...
Monday, July 26 — Woodward Chrisp Restricted PairsNorth/South East/WestCaroline Taylor/Brent Turnbull 64.27 Anne Roberts/Hans Van Der Kuijl 59.32Louise Goodhue/Graham Maclaurin 55.96 Sally Knight/Eileen Lee 57.45Trish Corson/Joy Marden 53.18 Chris...
Gisborne Gymnastics Club competitors have had their first competition of the year, and for many it was their first ever. Gymnasts competed at Hastings, Taupo or Napier, depending on their division.“The first competition is always the hardest as...
They were spectacularly successful. The local basketball fraternity has good reason to be proud of their age-group players, teams, coaches and high-quality development programme/infrastructure. Five teams represented Turanganui-a-Kiwa at the National...
Poverty BayTHIRTY-eight years after playing in the Barns-Graham Cup men’s pairs for the first time, Neil Mackie finally got his hands on the trophy. Mackie and Paul Mullooly beat Roy Skuse and Bernie Rothschild 3 and 2 in the matchplay final on...
Every now and then, a man has to stamp his authority. And that's exactly what player-coach Laman Davies did midway through Pango Productions Uawa's home game against Tokomaru Bay United.“I told our boys that we were holding back, that we needed to...
A “jack of all trades” is sometimes also described as “master of none”, but not Sonny Rutene. In the home, at work and on the rugby field, he was a perfectionist who demanded high standards of himself and those he looked after, relatives...
LACHIE Falloon and Georgie Pitkethley were the standout performers from Gisborne at the opening surf lifesaving carnival of the season. The Kaiaponi Farms Waikanae athletes scored individual and teams success at the Whangamata Classic, held in...
CricketFRIDAY — WALKER SHIELD T15 BLAST, 5.45pm: Harry Barker Reserve, 1, Bollywood Stars v Auto Tyres Eagles; HBR2, Smash Palace Bail Breakers v Eastland Broncos. Superstars, 4pm: HBR, 1, Mixed Schools yrs 2-6 v Mangapapa yrs 4-6; HBR 2, Central...
Uawa turned the tables on the previously unbeaten Noogies and led from start to finish in the final of the inaugural men’s Gisborne netball championship at a packed YMCA last night. The winners were up 7-5 at the end of the first quarter, by 16-11...
CROSSFITTwo Gisborne women can lay claim to being the fittest individuals in the country for their category after winning the 2020 national CrossFit title. Debbie Hutchings and Lily Dodgshun of CrossFit 4010 won their divisions at the national...
HALF of the field in the New Zealand saloon car championships tore round the Eastland Group Raceway track last night in a practice session that set the tone for a “red-hot” event. The Eastlite Carriers-sponsored titles start tonight with three...
Gisborne Motorcycle Sports Club will hold its annual fun day at Makorori Beach tomorrow. There will be no lap-scoring or points; it will be a fun-run event. Organisers say they are catering for all riders, from four-year-olds to baby boomers, and...
FORMER Waikanae Surf Life Saving Club member Ashleigh Hurring casts a watchful eye over lifeguards learning how to jump out of helicopters and participate in major search and rescues involving emergency services. The lifeguards are training for the...
A “super stoked” Matt Scott ended his Oceania championships campaign on a high with victory in the 5-kilometre open water race in Fiji at the weekend. Enterprise Cars Swim Team member Scott won the title in a thrilling sprint photo finish with...
Gisborne kayak paddlers Quaid Thompson and Alicia Hoskin are feeling well prepared for the canoe sprint world championships in Hungary next month. The two paddlers were named in Canoe Racing New Zealand’s squad this month and they’re putting in...
The Poverty Bay-East Coast under-18 indoor bowls team won the Membrey Pearce Trophy in Hamilton. It was the third year in a row they had won it. After weeks of practice and fine-tuning with selector Malcolm Trowell, they came out firing and never let...
POVERTY Bay cricket captain Danny Gibbs says this weekend’s clash against Waikato Valley will be a battle between “two young sides each with a ton of potential”.“Clint Price, the Valley coach, has a good young side but so have we,” Gibbs...
INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS180s: Lorenzo Kaa (2NZ Rebels), Matt Reedy (Cossy DONE & Dusted) 2, Cris Kiri (2NZ Titans) 2, Glenn Higgins (2NZ Corys 6-Shooters).Best start (140): Brian Leach (Cossy DONE & Dusted), Matt Reedy (Cossy DONE & Dusted), Eri...
GISBORNE indoor bowlers Lois Lamont and Lyn Kay-Allen are in the North Island Academy squad to play their South Island counterparts at the national indoor bowls championships at Mt Maunganui next month. Another Gisborne bowler, David Lynn, is the...
An East Coast inter-school netball competition can take its game to the next level after being awarded a grant to help out. ANZ Netball Grants give netballers across the country an opportunity to apply for anything they need to continue playing the...
Ten teams contested an enjoyable Matariki “Soup and Bun” Triples Tournament at the Poverty Bay Bowling Club in sunny conditions on Saturday. Each team played three games of 75 minutes. Club members provided a range of delicious soups for lunch. The...
RUGBYHere’s the good oil on East Coast rugby. Uawa remain atop the eight-team club competition with 23 points after Week 5 games. They beat Tokararangi 14-7 at Te Araroa. Hikurangi moved from fourth to second place, on 21 points, by virtue of their...
TWO GISBORNE surfers were among the finalists at the National Primary School Championships at Makorori Beach on Sunday. The concluding heats were held at the northern end of the beach in two- to three-foot surf, after preliminary rounds were held at...
Gisborne Rowing Club celebrated hosting the LVA Regatta for the first time by winning the LVA Shield last weekend. The Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne rowing club have contested the LVA Shield since 1905. As well as being the first time the LVA Regatta had...
Tyler Finau, an Enterprise Cars Swim Team member with a swag of national age-group titles and Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay records, will represent New Zealand in Australia. Finau, 14, is among 35 swimmers selected in a Swimming New Zealand...
THE Vette siblings shone while another member of the Smith family emerged as a rising force in the opening leg of the Grom Series in Whangamata at the weekend. Gisborne surfing development manager Kelly Ryan took an 11-strong Gisborne team to the...
LEAH Scholefield has a good chance of making the final in her age group at the Australian national gymnastics championships in Melbourne later this month, says Eastland Port Gisborne Trampoline Club coach Doug Callahan.“You never want to put too...
It was the inevitable anti-climax, but one that the Smash Palace Bail-breakers profited from. They won last night’s six-a-side “bowl-off” against the Eastland Broncos to decide who would face the Bollywood Stars in next Friday’s grand final...
Jeff Davis has been playing bowls for 11 years, having had his appetite whetted by his Mitre 10 team “Jeff, Joy and Cally”, who competed in mercantile bowls at the Poverty Bay club. He and wife Joy (who started club bowls two years after Jeff...
RUGBYAN AUSTRALIAN rugby player with strong Gisborne links continues to make an impact in the women’s game across the Tasman. Evelyn Horomia is the starting tighthead prop for the New South Wales team in the Buildcorp Super W interstate rugby...
Out to break four-way deadlock for fourth place