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No reward for good play

Central played well for no reward when they lost 3-0 to North Harbour in the national under-21 hockey tournament at North Harbour yesterday. Players for the team are drawn from an area that includes Gisborne, and former Gisborne players James Torrie...

Narrow loss for GEC seniors

BOWLS By CrackerjackBowls Gisborne-East Coast’s senior representative teams played their annual intercentre fixture against Bay of Plenty opponents at Kawerau Bowling Club. This year Gisborne-East Coast (GEC) narrowly lost to a Bowls Waiariki...

Heads down Horouta

CRICKETIt’s a big gut-check for Horouta. Since their 185-run win against the Gisborne Boys’ High School Colts in Round 3, “The Waka” have lost their last three games and their captain Heyan Ranasinghe — who belted seven sixes and 16 fours...

On the mats — Indoor bowls news

FOUR Gisborne Boys' High School students and eight Lytton High School students travelled to Mt Maunganui to contest the North Island secondary schools indoor bowls pairs and singles competitions. On Day 1, 24 pairs competed. The 12 qualifying pairs...

Gisborne - East Coast golf roundup

BRING on the Te Kanawa. Individual glory was savoured after the Handicap Cup finals at the weekend but the focus will soon shift to pairs success. Zane Boyle claimed the Holmes Cup senior men’s honours with a 3 and 2 win over Ray Walford in their...

Weka play renews enthusiasm

Senior B teams reaping the benefit of mid-season shake-up

Everyone ‘on notice’

City Lights sticking to their type of play

Turanga seek final upset against defending champions Ngati Porou

BASKETBALLThey can fight back. Turanga go into tonight’s Gisborne Basketball Association ladies’ club final, from 8pm at the YMCA, with the challenge of taking down six-time champions Ngati Porou. But Turanga will not be swept off the floor...

Shanks leads team to JJ Martin victory

BOWLS By CrackerjackThe JJ Martin Memorial Cup winners for 2021 are Leighton Shanks (skip), July Hoepo, Arthur Baty and Willie Murray of Te Karaka Bowling Club. They beat clubmates Brendon McIlroy (skip), Adam McIlroy, Boon McIlroy and Lester Wright...

Thistle benefit from extra week

FOOTBALLGISBORNE Thistle players “get back on the horse” in Napier tomorrow. Two weeks after a 7-2 away loss to Whanganui Athletic, Waikanae Beach TOP10 Gisborne Thistle are away again, this time to Napier Marist. Despite that heavy loss to...

Singles champs crowned

McIlroy brothers decide men’s title, women’s honours to Tolaga Bay’s Olsen

Sonrise champions again with six-wicket win

CRICKETSonrise Christian School beat Gisborne Intermediate by six wickets yesterday to again be crowned Poverty Bay cricket champions for the second year running. Sonrise captain and left-arm opening bowler Johnathan Gray was superb in taking 2-10...

Kobori makes history

The lowest round by a female in the 127-year history of Poverty Bay golf course and a near men's course record highlighted outstanding scoring on day 1 of the New Zealand amateur yesterday. Cantabrians Momoka Kobori and Dominic Brettkelly ended the...

Close contest a fitting finale

NETBALLA FIERCELY contested game between two evenly matched teams will be a fitting finale to the second round of premier-grade netball at the YMCA tomorrow morning. Whangara Old Girls and Claydens Waikohu (1) will meet at 10.30am in a Pak’nSave...

Gisborne cricketer Kayley Knight gets wickets

Gisborne cricketer Kayley Knight dismissed both Canterbury Magicians openers cheaply in a Hallyburton Johstone Shield women’s one-day cricket match at Cobham Oval, Whangarei, yesterday. In the second over of the game, Knight bowled Canterbury...

Defence will be key factor

HOCKEYHOCKEY fans are spoiled for choice this weekend with a series of outstanding games in prospect, particularly in the women’s divisions. The weekend could not get off to a better start on the Hain Farming Turf tonight, with Amber Dental...