Kahutia Bowling Club members completed their championship triples over the weekend despite all the rain during the week. Greenkeeper Frank McLoughlin must be congratulated for his continuing dedication to his duties. He produced first-class playing...
HIGH School Old Boys captain Ajay Kumar says he is looking for a huge improvement all round when his side play OBR in Round 2 of the Doleman Cup 35-over cricket competition at Harry Barker Reserve tomorrow. Tamarind HSOB suffered a shock first-up...
RugbyPoverty Bay club competition, premier division: Enterprise Cars OBM 17 GT Shearing Waikohu 27, Earthwork Solutions High School Old Boys 17 Charteris Choppers Athletic 14, Larsawn Ngatapa 54 Tapuae 0. Senior 1 (provisional): Ngatapa 35 Mahia 15...
BREA Low and Hannah Scholefield brought the curtain down on their Gisborne Trampoline Club careers in style, both winning three medals at the national championships in Christchurch.“These were their last champs for the club as they prepare to go...
Poverty Bay sevens coach Dwayne Russell has called in a transfer player and a loan player for the Provincial Union Cup sevens tournament in the Waikato tomorrow. Oka Sanerivi played his rugby in Waikato but has transferred here for work,” said...
Gisborne Intermediate made its medal mark on the AIMS Games International Sporting Championships in the Bay of Plenty. Gis Int students returned home with a swag of medals led by an outstanding performance by indoor bowler Dylan Foster. Dylan topped...
It is momentous. The tide of sub-union rugby history came in at Tolaga Bay on Sunday as Waikohu ended the three-year reign of Uawa 33-15 to claim the Barry Cup — and the Jim Ruru Memorial Cup, in Uawa hands since 1997 — in front of a crowd of 600...
INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS180s: W Morrell (Roseland); L Kaa (2NZ Rebels); A Taukamo-Pohio (2NZ Vikings); M Reedy (2NZ TCL); J Griffiths, T Irwin (Sugar Men of Mayhem).Highest start (180): L Kaa (2NZ Rebels).Highest finish (119): T Irwin (Sugar Men of...
GISBORNE paddlers ended the elite and club sprint world championships as they started it, with golden performances in Australia on Sunday. The Horouta junior 16 and junior 19 women’s crews continued their dominance of those age groups with...
The final day of competition for PAK'nSAVE Gisborne netball this season will be held at Gisborne Netball Centre on SATURDAY. All games are 4 x 10-minute quarters. Senior finals. Final intermediate and secondary games. Games at Gisborne Netball...
DUST off the old denim and checked shirt combinations hiding in your closet folks, it is rodeo time. At the Gisborne Rodeo everyone from the young guns in the junior section to the seasoned pros in the open section, will ride everything from sheep...
It was celebration time for former Wairoa rider Tommy Watts at the weekend. Back-to-back wins in the South Island earned him his first national motorcycling cross-country title. The 19-year-old Napier-based Watts had a share of the lead in the...
INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS180s: Jesse Noa Noa (2NZ Rebels), Corey Kaio (2NZ Titans), John Kingsbeer (Roseland ), Webster (Webby) Lewis (2NZ Say My Name Again).Best start (180): Corey Kaio (2NZ Titans).Best finish (100): Dudley Reeves (Cossy DONE &...
A BLOCKBUSTER round 1 match is in store after the top 16 of the Te Kanawa Cup men’s pairs were sorted over the holiday weekend. Defending champions Anaru Reedy and Pete Tamatea powered past Rod Moore and Dave Rameka 4 and 3 in their “play-in”...
Lani Latu charges ahead for Manutuke Mustangs in their knockout playoff game against Waengapu Stallions at Awapuni Sports Stadium on Saturday. The Mustangs won 42-22, getting them into the Gisborne Tairawhiti rugby league club final. They will play...
BADMINTONEASTLAND are represented at the New Zealand under-15 team badminton championships, which started in Palmerston North on Sunday. Team members are Stella Perano, Dane Berry, Manaia Puha, Hinekotukurangi Newth, Journey Waru, Adam Riley, Mark...
RUGBYPeople will talk — they always do. Any one of the 200 fans whose eyes were glued to the action at the Weka Ball game between Mangapapa and Awapuni yesterday would chatter about the spirited rugby they’d seen. Holders and hosts Mangapapa, who...
A non-event played out at McLean Park 48 hours ago. The hard cricket was played at Frimley Park in Hastings yesterday, with the Poverty Bay Year 6 boys’ team bouncing back from a three-wicket loss to Onslow White to beat North City by five...
IT will be good to catch up with Jim Doherty at The Rivers tonight after all these years. Jim revolutionised the art of goal celebration in Gisborne football. He played his first game for Gisborne City in the Central League first division at Childers...
GisborneGisborne Bowling Club selectors Maurice Allan and Lorna Reeve have chosen four strong teams to contest the Bowls Gisborne-East Coast interclub championships next month. A sprinkling of representative bowlers will add experience to the teams...
YMP can be expected to come out firing on all cylinders at the YMCA tomorrow morning, as they look to bounce back from their shock loss to Gisborne Girls’ High School Senior A on Wednesday night. The defending premiers were outplayed in the final...
RUGBYHicks Bay lost 46-5 to Uawa in East Coast club rugby on Saturday, but did what the underdog has to in the lion’s den. The Coast’s sixth-placed club made it hard for No. 2 team Uawa — a big team with real firepower — to get into...
GISBORNE rider Caroline Coop had a win and two second placings at the National Young Horse Show in Hastings over the weekend. The show highlights the breeding and progress of New Zealand’s young showjumping horses. In the Longspring Sport Horse...
Horouta made a dream start to the Doleman Cup cricket competition on Saturday. Batting first against OBR, they were bowled out with one ball remaining in their innings on the representative wicket, but the chicken had well and truly flown the coop by...
A FIGHT at a junior netball game in Gisborne has resulted in two girls being banned for two weeks. Gisborne Netball Centre has also reiterated the message that it will not tolerate any violence on the court. GNC manager Allisa Hall said two players...
Ann Darrow didn't have to escape the clutches of King Kong yesterday. That's another way of saying Thermisol Poverty Bay's game against unbeaten Wairarapa-Bush Blue was washed out yesterday. Both teams were denied their fifth and final game at the...
GYMNASTICSGISBORNE results at the Hastings Gymnastics Junior Competition are testament to the talent and enthusiasm of Gisborne Gymnastics Club’s young coaches, says head coach Nicola Ludwig.“They deserve a big thank-you for their commitment...
Chris Malone, of Te Aitanga a Mahaki, and Zhana Hutchieson, of Taranaki, surfed to victory at the Aotearoa Maori Titles at the weekend. In doing so, they claimed two of the trials slots for the Piha Pro in March. They fought off some tough opponents...
Paikea Whalers will meet old foes the Seeka Falcons in the Gisborne Tairawhiti Rugby League grand final tomorrow. The Whalers beat the Waengapu Stallions 44-28 in a sudden-death semifinal at Awapuni Stadium last Saturday to book their place in the...
TRAMPOLINETWO of Gisborne’s best trampolinists have had ideal preparation for a world championships qualifier. Kaiya Huta, 17, and Leah Scholefield, 16, won two gold medals each at the North Island champs in Rotorua last weekend. That should stand...
GISBORNE’s Amber Church is going to Rio for the 2016 Olympic Games. The 27-year-old Te Hapara School teacher has been chosen as one of the 16 women to umpire hockey games.“It’s still not sunk in and I don’t suppose it will until I’m there...
RUGBYThere’s a great deal at stake. Both the hosts (Hikurangi) and the visitors (Uawa) at Kahuitara tomorrow have a lot to play for — namely, the Chas Keelan Memorial Shield. The late Chas Keelan, a great rugby man for Hikurangi, would no doubt...