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'Great enthusiasm' for rugby on Cape

THE year 2012 was supposed to be the end of the world. But for Cape Runaway-based TVC, the farthest flung of East Coast rugby’s active clubs, 2012 signalled the dawn of a new era: they made their first appearance in a final and as No. 1 qualifier...

Teamwork the key

NETBALLHIGH School Old Girls and Waikohu (1) were a class above their opponents in premier grade netball at the Gisborne YMCA on Saturday. F45 HSOG defeated Horouta Gold 60-39 and Claydens Waikohu (1) beat Tapuae from Wairoa 57-38 in Pak’nSave...

Jags line-up changes: Injury, illness and suspension bite

Football was never meant to be like this. Players never got sick. They never went into isolation. They went to training with a cold and if they passed it on, too bad. Feeling a bit under the weather? Put on another layer and sweat it out. Gisborne...

Coombs there or thereabouts . . .

SNOOKERIT could be third time lucky for Nathan Coombs if he contests the Burnie Hart Memorial open snooker tournament next month. Coombs has had to settle for runner-up honours in two Cossie Club snooker events in recent weeks. He lost to Larry...

Turanganui a Kiwa Darts Association results

180s: Tracey (Potz) Te Kira 5 (Tigers); John White (Whanau Magic); Jury Reedy (Waihape Whanau); Ihaka Kaio-Wynyard, Corey Kaio (Kid’z n Him’z); Cyn Tupene, Mihi Awatere (Ruahine Tahi); Wayne (Ursh) Heurea (Ruahine Rua); Willy Te Kira, Chris Te...

Getting down to it

Cobwebs shaken off and the heat turned up

Whangara, Girls’ High in big clash

NETBALLTHE match-up between Whangara Old Girls and Gisborne Girls’ High School looms as game of the round in premier-grade netball tomorrow. Top teams Taste One High School Old Girls, Whangara and YMP Sunshine Brewing go into the third round with...

OBR in nine-wicket win, still team to beat

CRICKET by Ben O’Brien-LeafOBR’s vice-like grip on Senior B club cricket tightened on Saturday. Round 9 in the 18-week quest for the Hope Cup at the Harry Barker Reserve produced an OBR win over Siteworx Horouta by nine wickets, with the Civil...

Football's Pacific Premiership top four to do battle

FOOTBALLTHE top four in football’s Pacific Premiership could look a lot different on Monday. Tomorrow’s games pit competition leaders Gisborne Thistle against third-placed Port Hill, in Gisborne, and second-placed Napier City Rovers Reserves...

Jay Quinn in Hall of Fame

SURFINGSURFER Jay Quinn was inducted into the Gisborne Boardriders Club Hall of Fame at this year’s prize-giving. Quinn has been a professional surfer for nigh on two decades. He won the under-18 world junior surfing title in 2001, followed by the...

Memorable play in Gisborne Basketball Association Secondary Schools’ League

Talented athletes with good fundamentals made Week 6 of Division 1 in the Gisborne Basketball Association Secondary Schools’ League memorable. Round-robin play at the John McFarlane Memorial Sports Centre, Gisborne Boys’ High School, concluded in...

Turanganui a Kiwa Darts Association results

Tracey Te Kira 4, John White (Tigers); Juanita Reeves 2 (Knights); Tahuna Irwin (Falcons); Thao Duncan, Jono Budd (Ruahine Toru).Tahuna Irwin (Falcons); Tracey Te Kira (Tigers).Tahuna Irwin (Falcons); Tracey Te Kira (Tigers).Juanita Reeves...

Two wins in a row for steer-rider Regan-Starr

RODEOREGAN-STARR Ruru has been holding on for dear life since he was four years old. The nine-year-old is a junior steer-rider, which is the children’s version of bull-riding at the rodeo. His love for the sport started the moment he saw videos of...

Four epic finals for the Bay and Coast

The countdown has begun. Four epic finals will play out this Saturday in Poverty Bay and Ngati Porou East Coast club rugby. At Rugby Park in Gisborne from 1pm, the Civil Project Solutions Senior 1 final will pit defending champions and Lew Patterson...

Women’s semifinalists decided

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Season starts with silence

RUGBYLife and rugby on the East Coast have a rich, timeless quality tied to family, nostalgia, wit and joy. Former president and life member of East Coast Rugby Football Union the late John Manuel was a mounted personification of Sky Blue pride —...