Nga Uri a Maui Tahi were Grade 1 winners, with Makauri Shooting Stars runners-up at the primary schools Fast 5 netball tournament at Victoria Domain this week. Grade 2 honours were shared by Mangatuna and Ngatapa/Rere. Both had 16 points while Kaiti...
Two clubs united in respect . . . and in rugby. The second 2018 derby match between Roseland Tavern Tapuae and Charteris Choppers Wairoa Athletic at the Sports Grounds on Saturday took on greater significance with the loss of Tapuae player Fabian...
RUGBYTHEY can move mountains. And on Sunday, Barry Cup holders Waikohu did just that against Hikurangi — aka “The Maunga” — 88-0. Waikohu scored 14 tries in Game 3 of the five-game Barry sub-union series at Te Karaka Domain. Now only fearsome...
EASTLAND faced an uphill fight and were jubilant to return with two wins from the second round of the inter-association super veterans’ Division 2 badminton competition in Feilding on Saturday. They beat Hawke’s Bay 8-1 and Oroua 5-4. Eastland...
YMP were on fire when they started the premier-grade netball grand final at Victoria Domain on Saturday. They virtually took the match away from Whangara Old Girls in the first 10 minutes. YMP Sunshine Brewery won the final 30-23. They led by seven...
HockeyNorth Island mixed tournament, Taupo, pool play: Lytton High 3 Waitara High 0. Lytton topped pool. Quarterfinals: Lytton 5 Bream Bay College 0. Lytton v Huanui in top 4 semifinals. Mary Clinton Cup, Gisborne, quarterfinals: Campion College 4...
GISBORNE driver Brenden Gooch reached the summit of streetstock racing at the bottom of the country on Saturday night. Gooch stormed from 15th on the grid to win the third and final heat and, with it, the New Zealand title at Riverside Speedway in...
GISBORNEThe club completed all of its championship singles events over the weekend, with the greens running well over the two days. Only six entries were received for the senior men’s singles. Steve Goldsbury took the title after a commendable...
TUESDAY, November 19 — Turanga Pairs 3North/South East/WestVicki Taylor, John Hudson 56.25 Carolyn McMurray, Elizabeth Jackson 69.58Diana Styche, Joy Marden 53.75 Jean Bennett, Robin Bennett 58.75Caroline Taylor, Sally Knight 51.25 Ann McCombe...
?FOOTBALLTHREE Gisborne girls were in a team who won their division of a national tournament that ended in Wellington on Sunday. Leftback Dara Mulrooney, wide midfielder Grace Levy and attacking midfielder Tayla Broughton — all 13 — were in the...
REIGNING champions YMP 1 flexed their muscle and Horouta Gold stormed home in the final quarter in premier netball at the YMCA on Saturday. YMP, unbeaten last year and yet to lose this season, dished out a 72-44 thrashing to Farmlands Ngatapa. Horout...
BOWLSLytton High School’s Paige Richter finished runner-up of the Bowls New Zealand national secondary schools girls’ singles played at Auckland’s Carlton Cornwall Bowling Club this week. Richter turned in a fine performance in her first...
It was an emotional time for Dawne Abraham when she presented the Joyce Boustead Tray to the winners of the RSA Women's Bowling Section Tournament. Dawne presented the tray to Kathy Carroll (skip), Joe Wimutu (director) and Ngawai Turipa (lead). They...
FORMER Gisborne City players Steve Sumner and Brian Turner will receive the Medal of Excellence from supporters group Friends of Football. The medals will be presented at a dinner at the Auckland Grammar Old Boys’ Pavilion, Epsom, on November...
They had control. Gisborne Boys’ High School head coach Mark Jefferson knows his side had the measure of St Peter’s College for 40 minutes at the Rectory field on Saturday. But St Peter’s won the match 35-17. Boys’ High led the Aucklanders...
Poverty BayThe Centenary Year annual general meeting of the Poverty Bay Bowling club on Sunday was well supported by club members. Jon Davies was re-elected president, Bruce Ball is the new vice-president and Ian Carroll is the...
If you have a story, tournament to promote or results you wish to have printed, contact The Gisborne Herald at 869-0633 or email sports@gisborneherald. co. nzGisborne ParkSEEDINGS are just a number. That’s the attitude the lower qualifiers will take...
FAMILY groups were a feature of the BIZminton2020 mercantile badminton competition last Wednesday. Husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, sons and daughters all took the court, playing together in teams. In a couple of cases three generations were on the...
LOCAL sporting codes are taking action to control alcohol consumption on the sidelines. In addition, smokefree, drug-free and positive sideline behaviour will be promoted. Rugby, hockey, rugby league, softball, netball, touch rugby, cricket, Horout...
RUGBYTo the end, the hard way — that’s how the Poverty Bay under-16s finished at the Hurricanes Youth Rugby Council tournament. Manawatu beat the Bay 62-10, for third place in Division A. The Bay finished fourth.“It was a better effort from...
Gisborne karate student Harrison Botting has been given some top-level instruction and finished second in a national event. Goju Ryu Karate Do New Zealand had its annual national camp in Wellington this month. Botting, 13, had two days of training...
IF you are going to “borrow” another kayaker to make up your K4 crew, you want them to be a good one. In Poverty Bay’s case, a great one. Reigning world and Olympic K1 200 metres champion Lisa Carrington lent her prodigious talent to the PB...
BasketballSATURDAY — Miniball league, years 3/4, 10am: C1, Maui Tinihanga v Wainui, (Cinta, Paddy, Kaipo, Lilly); C2, Mangapapa Iversons v Mangapapa Griffins, (Petra, O’Neil, Kellann, Char); C3, Shakers Ballers v Awapuni Ballers, (Karlye...
Tairawhiti has a proud rugby heritage and has always punched above its weight. That trend continued this week with the naming of three players from local iwi and hapu in the Maori All Blacks squad. Lock Isaia Walker-Leawere, flanker Whetukamokamo...
NETBALLTHE Kathleen Henderson Memorial tournament at Victoria Domain tomorrow is the annual pre-season netball hit-out. Nineteen teams will vie for the honours, compared with 28 in the 2018 tournament.“Numbers are lower than usual this year with...
Gisborne Bowling Club held its annual triples championships last weekend with some interesting results. It took three games for the junior women's competition to be decided. After losing their first game to Adrienne Torrie, Karen Pinn and Nanette...
SURF lifesaving athletes selected from the three Gisborne clubs will take part in a comprehensive competition programme held over one day of high-level racing this week
TIGHT games were the order of Day 2 at softball’s Division 2 North Island Secondary Schools’ Championships in Gisborne. Gisborne Boys’ High School beat Palmerston North Boys’ High School 5-4 yesterday and were top of their group at the...
Poverty Bay coach says Saturday’s result no indicator of season ahead
The second meeting of Gisborne Boardriders Club's longboard circuit was held over the weekend in perfect conditions. Gisborne Boardriders president and competitor Dan Croskery said conditions couldn't have been better for the competition.“Two to...
Life Education Trust was the winner at the Fight for Life Ed charity boxing event last night. To support the cause, boxers from red and blue teams fought in nine, two-minute fights made up of three rounds. A warm-up bout fought between red team...
THE conditions could not have been more perfect on the weekend for an annual longboard competition in support of domestic violence prevention. The Tauawhi No Violence Longboard Classic, in its third year, played out on a sunny Saturday with clean...