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‘Junior’ wins centre singles

Fourth-year junior bowler Karen Pinn has won the Bowls Gisborne-East Coast centre women's singles held on the Gisborne Bowling Club greens. Pinn, from the Kahutia club, beat Poverty Bay's Anita Vaotuua 21-14 in the final for her first centre singles...

Boys’ High have a Wigan’s chance

Sunderland, Southampton, Wimbledon, Wigan Athletic . . .If Gisborne Boys’ High School follow those teams’ example and cause their own cup-final upset, they deserve a parade down, well, Stanley Road. Boys’ High and Gisborne United had a dress...

PBEC indoor bowls reps return from Napier with Presidents Trophy

The Poverty Bay-East Coast indoor bowls representative team travelled to Napier and won the Presidents Trophy by beating Hawke's Bay 79 points to 65. The 16-member Poverty Bay team shrugged off the early-morning travel and started the event in style...

Gisborne players cope with big chill

WITH so many humdinger performances involving Gisborne dart players home and away, Tutu is at a bit of a loss as to where to start. On the local scene, Marlene Pohio’s 2NZ (3) had a close-fought 9-6 win against Kehu Beauchamp’s RSA (4).The...

Jay Quinn making waves

SURFINGFORMER Gisborne surfer Jay Quinn has Welsh and British titles under his belt and he’s preparing to defend his European title. But what he’s really after is a berth in Great Britain’s Olympic team next year. Quinn, 35, is eligible to...

Bridge results

Monday, November 7 — Corson Turanga Pairs 2North/South East/WestStephen Francks, Amanda Matthews 62.85 Murray Owen, John Rouse 58.73Gary Chalmers, Sharon Kelman 51.59 Anne Roberts, Raewynne Cook 56.75Hans van der Kuijl, Katrine Matthews 49.65...

New club making its presence felt

MARTIAL ARTSA NEW martial arts club is making its presence felt in the competitive arena. Twelve members of Tu Mana Toa Combat Systems travelled to Hastings for the Bay City Taekwondo Tournament. They brought home four gold, one silver and seven...

Irwin achieves a double at Porirua darts tournament

Tahuna Irwin won the New Zealand Masters men’s title at Kapi Mana Darts Association in Porirua last Saturday. He defeated Jonathan Silcock, of Wainuiomata, 6-2 in the finals. Irwin, of Gisborne’s Brezz’n Darts Club, followed up that success by...

Hicks Bay is back on top

RUGBYUawa claimed the Kath McLean Memorial Trophy as winners of the first round of East Coast club rugby three weeks ago, yet, as the Round 2 race for the Jury Harrison Memorial Trophy resumes tomorrow, Hicks Bay are back at the top. Players from all...

OBR improving but need more runs

The OBR premier cricket side are finding their groove on the park but captain Jonathan Purcell is conscious they need to put more runs on the board.“I would back our fielding and bowling over any other team,” he said.“We still need to score...

Week of success for Barry club

CROQUETBarry Memorial Croquet Club has just enjoyed the most successful week of golf croquet in its history. At the beginning of the week, Ross Thomson paired with Barry Jenkins from the Morrisville club in the Morrinsville Open Handicap...

Sherriff MVP in polo test thriller

GISBORNE’S Glenn Sherriff and English partner Lotti Lamacraft were named most valuable players in the International Polo Day at Kihikihi. Sherriff helped New Zealand beat England 9-8 in a thriller — the winning goal coming in the dying seconds...

Buzzer-beating drama: Women’s Draft League gets a rousing start

It will go down in GBA folklore as Peyton’s buzzer-beater. And last night Butter Fingers guard Peyton Riri provided Gisborne Basketball Association fans with a moment in time with which to remember Opening Night of the women’s Draft League. Riri...

Set for a blockbuster

This is why they play the game — testing themselves against the best players in Poverty Bay club rugby to see who can come together and show their title-winning credentials. YMP against OBM at Rugby Park tomorrow should be a blockbuster. Unbeaten...

Hastings BHS win memorable clash

Gisborne versus Hastings was full of passion. The second-15 rugby pre-Super 8 game at Nuhaka Domain produced six excellent tries on a memorable occasion with Hastings Boys' High School winning the fixture 20-12.“Akina” were led superbly at...

Mission to Nias, Indonesia

Water so hot it melts wax off board