“I love it when a plan comes together” is a quote made famous by actor George Peppard (Colonel John “Hannibal’ Smith) in the 1980s television series The A-Team. It’s also a line Gisborne umpire Jo Cumming could use after being appointed...
Waikohu tore up the form book when they beat Whangara Old Girls by a point in premier grade netball at the YMCA on Wednesday night. Claydens Waikohu (1) beat Whangara 46-45 in a game that had the “wow” factor. The quarter scores tell the...
GISBORNE clubs opened their medal accounts at the waka ama sprint nationals on Lake Karapiro this morning. YMP Waka Ama’s Te Pahou crew won gold in a hotly contested midget boys’ W6 250 metres championship final. They posted 1 minute 24.20...
BOLLYWOOD Stars avenged their Doleman Cup loss, ended OBR’s unbeaten run in all competitions this season and regained the Challenge Trophy with a five-wicket win in DJ Barry Cup cricket at Harry Barker Reserve on Saturday. Stars captain Sam Singh...
Gisborne-Mahia surfer Ricardo Christie faced a tough route to book a slot at the Olympic Games through the ISA World Surfing Games. Christie and fellow Kiwi Kehu Butler, of Mount Maunganui, dropped into the repechage rounds of the men’s competition...
A team from Marewa Croquet Club travelled to Gisborne to play golf croquet against members of Barry Memorial Croquet Club. The last time a croquet team from Hawke’s Bay came to Gisborne was in 2015, when members from the Marewa and Heretaunga clubs...
IT takes a special person to the see the humour in getting thrashed 17-0. Then again, many would say that Lytton Old Boys Masters hockey player Allen Hurne is one of a kind.“I think the headline in The Gisborne Herald should read ‘LOB Masters...
FOOTBALL by Jason TrowillSATURDAY was a special day for Gisborne Boys’ High School football. The school first 11 beat hot favourites Gisborne United 4-2 in the final of local football’s premier knockout competition, the Bailey Cup, at Childers...
HOCKEYTHE Green Machine qualified for the premier women’s hockey final — in a canter — when they defeated Paikea in the sudden-death semifinal at Harry Barker Reserve on Saturday. GMC Green won the match against JNL Paikea 7-1 on the LJ Hooker...
A GradeIndividual highlights180s: Tahuna Irwin (Falcons) 3, Jordan Ngarangione (Falcons) 2, Willie Edwards (Tigers), John White (Tigers), Boyso Awatere (Pounamu).Highest start (180): Tahuna Irwin (Falcons), Boyso Awatere (Pounamu).Highest double...
HIGH School Old Boys skipper Carl Shaw scored an unbeaten ton yesterday and his team will almost certainly meet Horouta in Poverty Bay cricket's DJ Barry Cup final. HSOB were in a dominant position against OBR, scoring 279 for two in 45 overs, but...
THE top four places in the premier rugby competition have been decided after OBM’s win against Ngatapa on Saturday. But the only thing certain about the match-ups is that GT Shearing Waikohu will meet the fourth-ranked team on July 14 . . . at...
BRENT Colbert has not been close to a par round in well over 18 months. But he made it look easy in winning the division 1 men’s stableford on Sunday with 72-8-64, for 44 points. Former Poverty Bay-East Coast representative Colbert’s round —...
Travis Gooch has been coaching rugby in Far North Queensland for the past three years and in that time has helped put the Port Douglas Reef Raiders back on the rugby map. The former OBM and Poverty Bay halfback has handed over the reins at the...
FOOTBALLWHERE have all the goalless draws gone?Once upon a time you could turn on the wireless for the British football results and hear five different ways to read out a nil-all draw. Not any more. Scoreless draws are rare. Have we sacrificed the...
Waikohu coach Jason Tuapawa has thrown down the gauntlet to his players ahead of their premier club rugby match against Ngatapa at Te Karaka tomorrow. Unbeaten after seven games and assured of a spot in the top-four playoffs, Tuapawa wants his...
YMP hoisted the Jan Duncan Memorial Trophy after the netball premiership final on Saturday. Their final-quarter onslaught denied Waikohu any chance of a shot at the title. YMP (1) defeated Claydens Waikohu (1) 59-43, but the final scoreline did not...
INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS from Tuesday180s: Marcus Leach, Errol Tamihana, Toby Ratapu 2 (RSA Men of Mayhem); Pete Archbold, Ngata Monika, Alf Cross (Roseland Dilligaf); Tristan Reeves, Renata Leach (RSA Outlaws); Kayne Arahanga, Hunter Eyles (2NZ...
The Black Fins New Zealand open team had to settle for second to Australia on the final day of the Lifesaving World Championships in Adelaide yesterday. But the junior team, including Gisborne’s Briana Irving, came through to make history by...
GISBORNE'S badminton business house league starts tomorrow, with the first games at 6pm. The organisors decided to have two grades — competitive and social — this year. Fifteen teams entered, and with most choosing to play in the competitive...
NO local surfers remain in the New Zealand Surfing Nationals' open shortboard divisions after Asia Braithwaite was eliminated from the women's side of the draw. With no male surfers in the open division, Braithwaite was the solitary Gisborne...
THAT’S more like it. Just 72 hours after being swept by Kelston, Gisborne Boys’ High School rugby bounced back in epic style last night. The first 15 beat St Edmund’s College of Canberra 45-35 in a thrilling display of running rugby. Twelve tries...
THE Gisborne Giants superstock team goes into action tonight and tomorrow night in the New Zealand superstock teams championships and team captain Peter Rees says they have prepared well. The meeting at the Robertson Holden Palmerston North Raceway...
GOLFTWO Poverty Bay men’s open champions will be crowned in 2022. The 2021 edition, scheduled for September 23 to 25 at Poverty Bay Golf Club’s Awapuni Links course, has been postponed due to Covid-19. The Poverty Bay women’s open to be held the...
GISBORNE’S sports clubs are expected to be given more support to enforce alcohol and smoking bans so they can follow the example of a championship-winning rugby club in making sure “horrendous” alcohol abuse issues of the past do not make...
It’s been a winning streak for local indoor bowls. A team of eight travelled to Napier and won the Hunt Trophy, with 43 points. They beat Napier (33pts) and Central Hawke’s Bay (32pts).Standout players in Poverty Bay-East Coast’s six games were...
RHINOS produced the comeback of the night to beat Ruahine 8-7 in Week 2 of the grading round in Brezz’n Darts Club winter league play on Tuesday night. The short 15-game format meant the captains had to ensure they had their teams lined up...
NETBALLWAIKOHU moved to outright fourth on the Pak’nSave premier-grade netball points table last night, but only by two points. The battle for the fourth playoff spot remains tight. Claydens Waikohu and Lytton Senior A drew 47-all at the YMCA last...
AUCKLAND rider Jess Wedlake was not injured as she left her bike on Sunday. Her front bumper was damaged and was taken off so she could resume racing
RUGBYTAPUAE coach Frank King didn’t breathe easy until his side were up 19-3 in the Poverty Bay club rugby Senior 1 final. Having built that lead against Nuhaka, Tapuae then held on to it for the last 17 minutes and won the Lew Patterson Cup. Key...
A clash between stablemates Cossy 2 PHL and Cossy Shakers ended with a close 8-7 victory to hosts PHL. Cossy 2 mid-pairs Mike Price and Steve “Nizzy” Nisbett led the way with a hat-trick over Shakers’ mid-pairing of John Love and Aubrey Ormond...
A HUNGRY Buller bounced back from a mauling the previous Saturday to outmuscle and outplay Poverty Bay 48-20 in their Week 3 Heartland Championship game in Westport.“They won the physical battle on attack and defence,” Civil Project Solutions...
SEVENS RUGBYNine men’s and two women’s teams will compete in the regional club rugby sevens tournament in the season’s last hurrah at Rugby Park tomorrow. One Hawke’s Bay club, Gisborne Boys’ High School and all local rugby clubs except...
Volunteers from the Gisborne Netball Centre (GNC) were recognised with awards in the Netball NZ Cadbury Volunteer of the Year Awards. Gisborne volunteers took out two of the five awards categories nationwide. The awards were presented at Spark Aren...