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Fourth for Reid at mixed relay

GISBORNE professional triathlete Tayler Reid had to settle for fourth at the ITU Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships in Hamberg yesterday. The New Zealand team of Reid, Ainsley Thorpe, Nicole Van Der Kaay and Hayden Wilde clocked 1 hour 20 minutes 46...

Win or lose

Speed and strength — OBM coach Trevor Crosby has no doubt about what YMP will bring to their showdown at MoreFM Rugby Park tomorrow.“They play fast and physical and they’ve got some awesome backs,” he said.“Both teams want to go straight...

IT’S ALL ON . . .

It was another busy Saturday of local sport, with the action ranging from premier club rugby and Challenge Round netball to hockey on the turf and archery indoors. Gisborne Herald photographer Paul Rickard was out and about capturing the action

Elzen wins inaugural tourney

CROQUETINa Elzen won the Barry Memorial Croquet Club’s first open golf croquet singles handicap tournament. Elzen beat fellow Barry club member Christine McCullough 7-5 in a closely contested final. Although the club has been in existence since...

Sports Draws

BasketballSATURDAY — Miniball league, years 3/4, 10am: C1, Awapuni Ballers v Centrales, (Cinta O’Neal, Kaipo, Lilly); C2, Central 34S v Mangapapa Griffins, (Petra, Paige, Kellann, Char); C3, Riverdale Lakers v Wainui, (Paddy, Xzavier, Alici...

Battle of the pitchers could be key to victory

SOFTBALLOld foes Scorpions and Rovers will go head to head in the Tairawhiti senior women’s softball final at Waikirikiri Park tomorrow at 3pm. Scorpions are the form team, having won all their round-robin games. But after a slow start, defending...

Women’s Eastern League: top two teams fight out draw

High-class skills in end-to-end action

YMP run rampant but still have work to do

A rampant YMP produced their best performance of the season and sent a warning to other Lee Bros Shield contenders with a 50-16 thumping of OBM in a premier rugby match at Rugby Park on Saturday. Despite being outplayed up front, East Coast Farm Vets...

Bay boys better on Day 2

The boys were better on Day 2. The Poverty Bay junior secondary schools team at the Northern Districts tournament in Whangarei lost their third T20 game but were closer to the opposition yesterday. Bay captain and opener Nathan Trowell won the toss at...

Nati 7s in Rua tomorrow

POST club rugby season fitness will be tested at the Nati 7s tournament in Ruatoria tomorrow. Most of the Ngati Porou East Coast clubs will be represented at the tournament, which features men’s and women’s teams. The men’s division will feature...

Wairoa Show equestrian results

Horse or pony intro OA: Annabel Alexander, Malibu Hot Shot 1; Tilly Alexander, Wilbur 2; Ella Powdrell, Jacko 3. Horse or pony intro OB: Annabel Alexander, Malibu Hot Shot 1; Anna Spence, Black Creek Melfed Magnum 2; Tilly Alexander, Wilbur 2...

Robertson in form after run of injuries

GISBORNE Thistle leftback Jake Robertson is starting to fulfil the promise he showed when he first played for Team Gisborne in Pacific Premiership football two years ago. Since then Robertson, son of Thistle coach Fred, has been hampered by a serious...

Gisborne Club Darts Association results

DARTSObserving subjects from a distance then putting thoughts to paper is an integral part of a writer’s gift. This is most evident when watching determined play-to-win dart players and, let’s just say, us fun-loving social dart players. The...

Pups’ Swann, Grogan and Ormiston ‘superb’

When the three of them fire, there’s not much you can do. And on Saturday Rhys Grogan (76 not-out off 42 balls with two 6s and 13 boundaries), his fellow opening batsman the left-handed Jarrod Ormiston (52) and their Bollywood High School Old...

Bridge Club results

Povert Bay - East Coast Bridge Club

Partnership key to Ws’ victory

Faith sustained the Ws in their five-run win against the Ts yesterday. The Ws beat the Ts to end the cricket season at Gisborne Intermediate School and claim the TW Challenge Bat. They did it on the back of a 44-run partnership between all-rounder...