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Poverty Bay made Thames Valley work hard for their win

Poverty Bay and Thames Valley were deadlocked at 34-all until a late penalty in the Heartland Championship match. Thames Valley won 37-34

Gisborne Bridge Club results

HSOB and Horouta off to a bright start

HIGH School Old Boys and Horouta opened their accounts with convincing wins in Doleman Cup cricket at Harry Barker Reserve on Saturday. Bollywood Stars HSOB beat Gisborne Boys’ High School by five wickets, while Coastal Ultrasound Horouta beat...

‘Super proud’ of Gisborne performance

GISBORNE-Tairawhiti open and youth coach, Dion Williams, is “unbelievably proud” of their performance in the New Zealand Representative Challenge at Mount Maunganui.“We took two all-local teams away with a focus on development and...

Christie and Slater advance in Sydney Surf Pro

GISBORNE-Mahia surfer Ricardo Christie is building solidly towards his 2019 World Surf League Championship Tour campaign. Christie yesterday advanced to Round 3 of the Sydney Surf Pro at Manly Beach. He was second in his Round 2 heat of the Qualifying...

Coach rapt with regional silver

HOCKEYGISBORNE hockey coach Matt King came home from the New Zealand under-18 regional tournament in Wellington a happy man after the Central Region men’s side finished runners-up last week. King was head coach of the team, who had a win and two...

Bridge results

MONDAY, May 23 — Sean Shivnan Pharmacy Open Championship 4North/South East/WestPhilip Beale/Michelle England 71.67 Eileen Lee/Ann McCombe 61.67Graham MacLaurin/Anne MacLaurin 57.08 Helen Kerisome/Pippa Williams 50.83WEDNESDAY, May 25 — Craigs...

Shield challenge something to savour

Poverty Bay will end a 10-year drought when they play Taranaki in a Ranfurly Shield match at New Plymouth tomorrow. The Bay’s last challenge was in 2008 when Auckland brought the Log o’ Wood to Rugby Park. Playing that day for the home side was...

Throttles kept wide open

It was action all the way at the Gisborne Motorcycle Sports Club beach-racing nationals at Makorori. A good turnout of spectators, visitors and local racers ensured the throttles were wide open. Dylan MacGregor, riding his Yamaha R1 in the senior open...

Centennial celebrations to be a highlight for bowling club

Poverty Bay Bowling Club has been on corner of Hall Street and Ormond Road since 1920

Lytton wake-up call for Waikohu

Waikohu set themselves up nicely for the Gisborne premier-grade netball playoffs with a solid win at the YMCA on Saturday, but not before Lytton Senior A gave them a wake-up call. Claydens Waikohu won 72-52 and led throughout, albeit narrowly early...

A win and a loss for start of campaign

Eastland Masters started their badminton season with a win and a loss in Rotorua. Eastland lost to Wellington (2), 8 matches to 4, then beat Waikato (2) on games won . . . the teams were level at 6 matches each, but Eastland’s 14-13 advantage in...

Three cricket teams have points to prove

High School Old Boys, Campion College and Gisborne Boys' High School all have a point to prove tomorrow. Bollywood Stars HSOB Presidents, the 2020-21 Hope Cup holders, will be out to bounce back from their nine-run loss to Campion. The Mark...

Ace round by Andy Higham

POVERTY Bay-East Coast representative Andrew Higham had a hole-in-one on his way to the lowest round by an amateur in the long and proud history of the Poverty Bay golf course yesterday. Painter-decorator Higham fired 8-under 64 — one better than...

YMP out to keep up winning streak

REIGNING premier netball champions YMP (1) will look to continue their winning ways and make it two from two in Round 2 of the Pak’nSave Gisborne Premier Netball Competition tomorrow. The champions went undefeated all season last year and have yet...

HSOG have edge in form over Whangara

The four top netball teams in Gisborne take the court at the YMCA tonight. One game should be decided on form, but the other could be close. In-form Taste One High School Old Girls play the rebuilding Whangara Old Girls (1) in Pak’nSave premier...