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Gisborne lifesavers Taylor, Fyall and Corrin shine at Sanyo Cup carnival in Japan

SURF LIFESAVINGGISBORNE athletes were to the fore as New Zealand took second place in the annual Sanyo Cup lifesaving competition in Japan at the weekend. Midway Surf Life Saving Club member Cory Taylor was team captain, Waikanae’s Casie Fyall was...

Around the Greens: Club bowls news

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 17-9 to Adrienne Torrie, Karen Pinn and Nanette...

Young guns off to camp

Riverbend experience a highlight for many future stars

Ilminster win earns national cup place

CRICKETIt’s confirmed — with their six-wicket win against Campion College at Campion yesterday, the Ilminster cricket team became the region’s representative in the National Primary School Cup for 2019. Ilminster co-captain Alex Shanks won the...

Local show of strength expected

BODYBUILDINGJOHNNY Walsh got into bodybuilding because he wanted to lose weight. He shed more than 35kg but said it was quite a shock when he won the men’s physique overall title in his first bodybuilding show in Gisborne last year. Walsh, 33, is...

Five newbies in Poverty Bay wider squad ahead of NPEC derby match

The Poverty Bay wider squad to prepare for the Queen's Birthday Weekend derby match against Ngati Porou East Coast features five new faces. YMP forward Stuart Leach has been named in the 32-man squad alongside backs Moses Christie (Waikohu), Braedyn...

Games mission: Andrews giving it her all to get to London

Sydnee Andrews believes she has what it takes to earn her spot on the New Zealand team for the Commonwealth Games. The up-and-coming judo star said she was excited but nervous as she prepares to head overseas to train and compete.“I even sold my...

BIZminton champs

A group of previously unknown players now living in Gisborne teamed up with badminton stalwart Ruth Ledger to win the BIZminton 2022 competition. The inclusion of Ledger in their team meant that Mallu Boys met the condition that all teams include at...

Masters and Boys’ High could have tough start

HOCKEYIT could be a tough start for Lytton Old Boys Masters and Gisborne Boys’ High School when Poverty Bay Hockey’s season gets under way tomorrow night. The students have drawn LOB NZ Fruits and the Masters take on last year’s men’s...

Falcons perched at top of ladder

FALCONS took the lead in the Brezz N Darts Competition with a 14-7 victory over Tigers last week. In the singles, Falcons captain Harley Ngarangione took his game against Shiloh Henry 2-0, winning their first leg on a 105 checkout. On the other board...

Team Reid

TAYLER Reid’s coach could not have been happier despite his charge “backing off” on his way to third in the junior men’s race at the ITU world series round in Edmonton, Canada.“With no disrespect to the event, the big one — the world...

Barry Cup moves onto new Wairoa defender

The Barry Cup has a new home. Waikohu met a very determined Wairoa side that came with passion last Sunday. The game ended in favour of the visitors 20-15, with both sides running in three tries apiece but Wairoa winning by a conversion and...

REID THIRD IN TINMAN

TRIATHLONGISBORNE triathlete Tayler Reid continued his run of form with a podium in the Tinman Triathlon over the weekend. Hosted in Mt Maunganui, the annual Tinman race is part of Triathlon New Zealand’s national series. It was the first race...

NZ IRB champs heading to Mahia

SURF Life Saving New Zealand has decided to relocate the BP Surf Rescue New Zealand IRB championships set down for Gisborne this weekend to Mahia. The Kaiaponi Farms Waikanae club was to host the event at its home beach on Saturday and Sunday. The...

Good hit-out for Poverty Bay-East Coast against the golf champions

GOLF by Chris TaewaIF you’re going to warm up for the national championships, you might as well do it against the best. A Poverty Bay-East Coast over-40s selection did just that last weekend, taking on Freyberg Masters national interprovincial golf...

Great way to finish

A dream becomes a goal with planning and hard work. And so Ngati Porou East Coast — who beat Wairarapa-Bush 34-19 in Masterton on Saturday, and Poverty Bay 31-28 in Gisborne the week before — might have pinched themselves after nine years without...