Talk about a point to prove: Jak Rowe hasn’t bowled since mid-December. But what a game for the Smash Palace Bail-Breakers captain to come back from . . . left-arm seamer Rowe took 1-29 off four overs in Poverty Bay’s nine-wicket annihilation of...
“A GREAT day at the beach with the family” is the focus of The Boardroom Summer Slam surf competition tomorrow. It will be held at northern Makorori Beach and is open to “all kids of all surfing abilities”. Entry is free. A free surfing lesson...
The Gisborne-staged Battle of the Bays intermediate schools challenge continues to thrive. Last Thursday, the beach challenge — organised by Gisborne Intermediate — had 150 students competing in teams of five.“It just keeps getting bigger,”...
THREE years and counting. With their 26-19 win against Matakaoa yesterday, Barry Cup holders Uawa brought a four-game season to an end in front of 600 fans in Tolaga Bay. Uawa won the cup with a 22-20 win against Matakaoa on August 30, 2015, and...
RUGBYSHAYDE Skudder has probably played more than 100 rugby games for YMP but the hooker will formally bring up the milestone against Ngatapa tomorrow. It’s about brotherhood for the 27-year-old skipper — playing for each other. And...
Gisborne ParkThe “ace man” came up trumps again as the Te Kanawa Cup men’s pairs finalists were decided on Saturday. Pete Koorey and Bo Huhu will play Cliff Nepe and John Collier in the handicap matchplay final on Sunday, June 9. Following his...
Gisborne Thistle looked out on their feet at 3-0 down to Napier Marist in Federation Cup football at Harry Barker Reserve yesterday. But inspired by two pieces of Davie Ure magic, they staged a remarkable fightback to draw level and take the game to...
AUCKLAND sevens winger Brody Lam scored two tries on debut for Poverty Bay in a 35-15 win against Ngati Porou East Coast in the Heartland Championship derby game at Rugby Park on Saturday. LeaderBrand Poverty Bay retained the Anaru “Skip” Paeng...
GYMNASTICSGYMNASTS from Gisborne, Napier and Hastings took part in a competition hosted by Gisborne Gymnastics Club at the club’s gym last Saturday. In Step 1, Sage Thorpe was first on beam, with a mark of 13.2, fourth on uneven bars and fifth on...
FOOTBALL by John GilliesGisborne United salvaged a point with the last kick of their game against Napier City Rovers Seconds in Hawke’s Bay on Saturday. Meanwhile, in Palmerston North, Gisborne Thistle lost 5-1 to joint league leaders Palmerston...
FOOTBALLWAINUI Sharks completed their Eastern League Division 1 programme eight points ahead of second-placed Thistle Massive. The race for local football’s top league title was not decided until two weeks from the end of the competitition, but the...
RUGBYAll the big guns fired on Saturday. Week 6 action in the Enterprise Cars Ngati Porou East Coast club rugby championship featured big wins to league leaders Tokararangi (28 competition points) of Te Araroa, Uawa (21pts) of Tolaga Bay and Tihirau...
DAVE Hooper is back at the top of Poverty Bay's men's singles bowls. Hooper defeated Lex Kennedy 22-13 to win the men's open singles six seasons after winning it as a junior. Using the two-life format and playing first to 21 or for one hour and 45...
HarriersGisborne Harrier Club’s inaugural Pub Run is on SATURDAY. The race starts and finishes at Patutahi Tavern (150 Seddon Street, Patutahi).Competitors can walk or run; U12, 2 kilometres; U14/16, 3.4km; women/men, 7.2km. Adults, $5, children...
Shane Gray has broken the 19-second barrier for a lap of Eastland Kart Club's Aerodrome Road track. Gray, a Te Aroha-based member of the Eastland club, does most of his racing on Te Aroha Dirt Kart Club's track but he comes through to Gisborne for...
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HURRICANES utility forward Blade Thomson has confirmed he will join the Scarlets at the end of the Investec Super Rugby season. Gisborne’s Thomson, 27, has been part of the Hurricanes club since 2013, making 40 appearances. That number would have...
A surface like a billiard table made for fast racing at Gisborne Motorcycle Sports Club’s latest meeting at Makorori Beach. Ian Newman showed just how fast it was by doing a demonstration run on his Suzuki-powered GSXR 1000 ATV (all-terrain...
CROQUETGISBORNE croquet players had their endurance tested when they played back-to-back tournaments in temperatures that soared past 30 degrees at times over Auckland Anniversary Weekend. On the Sunday, Barry Memorial Croquet Club players took part...
Victory over High School Old Boys by five wickets is like nectar to OBR. The Senior B club cricket competition leaders made it three wins in a row against their traditional rivals on Saturday. Two weeks out from the Hope Cup semifinals, unbeaten...
INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS from Tuesday180s: M Jukes (RSA); A Cashmore (2NZ Tao Spartans); A Taukamo-Pohio, F Waihape (2NZ Tao Vikings); J Griffiths, T Duncan (Sugar Men of Mayhem); P Stewart (Sugar & Spice).Highest start (180): A Taukamo-Pohio (2NZ Tao...
WANGANUI collected the maximum five points to book a Heartland Championship top-four home semifinal with a 56-10 win against Ngati Porou East Coast in Tolaga Bay on Saturday. With one round-robin game to play, the defending Meads Cup champions, going...
GISBORNE cyclists Callum Gordon, Stephen Sheldrake and Craig Hoskin each won the sprint and king-of-the-mountain jerseys for their grades in the three-day Hub Tour in Hawke’s Bay. Gordon finished a close third on general classification in the open...
Gisborne bowlers will contest the men's and women's centre open fours this weekend. The men will play for the Peace Shield and the women, the Ella Gibson. A round-robin format will be used. Eight men's and six women's teams are entered. Both...
THE JJ Martin Memorial Cup for Bowls Gisborne East-Coast held the JJ Martin Memorial Cup - Open Men Fours at Te Karaka Bowling Club recentlyOnly nine teams entered the centre men's fours tournament this year - two teams from Kahutia, two teams from...
FOOTBALL by John GilliesPort Hill represent the biggest test so far this year for Gisborne United in football’s Pacific Premiership. These sides meet in what should be a thriller at Harry Barker Reserve tomorrow. Port Hill are reigning champions and...
Arthur Hawes is full of mischief when he isn’t bowling, and the programme he came up with for Gisborne Bowling Club’s final day before Christmas left some bewildered. Everyone in the 12 triples teams playing had to skip, play two or lead. It’s...
Player-coach Mel Knight hit a career-best 127 not out and shared a second-wicket partnership of 90 with daughter Kayley as Gisborne beat Palmerston North by 117 runs in a Super City 40-overs game in Hastings on Sunday.“It was predominantly a game...
League fans, remember this name . . . Keanu Wainohu-Kemp. The Gisborne Boys’ High student has signed a contract with NRL club North Queensland Cowboys and will play at junior level. The club is home to one of the biggest names in the history of the...
STAR winger Nehe Milner-Skudder and assistant All Black coach Wayne Smith will accompany the Rugby World Cup to Ruatoria on Thursday, while the trophy only will be displayed to Gisborne secondary school students on Monday. The All Black pair and the...