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YMP-Waikohu match likely best of the day

NETBALLTHE region’s senior netballers hit the courts at Victoria Domain tomorrow morning to get their delayed competition under way, and the match-up between YMP and Waikohu looms as the game of the day. A start to the season was put on hold due to...

Coaches encouraged

RUGBY by Grant MillerA GAME display by the men in scarlet wasn’t quite enough to get them a win in their last pre-season rugby match before the Heartland Championship, but Poverty Bay’s coaches are encouraged by their players’ poise and...

HSOG, Waikohu in battle royal

High School Old Girls and Claydens Waikohu fought out a battle royal in Pak’nSave premier-grade netball at the YMCA on Saturday, and HSOG got home by the skin of their teeth. Taste One HSOG held a one-goal lead at the end of the first quarter but...

Scott completes medal treble

GISBORNE triathlete Terry Scott now has a National Triathlon Sprint Championships medal of each colour. Scott, who turned 48 this week, won bronze in the 45 to 49 years age group at the nationals in Kinloch, near Taupo, on Sunday. After only deciding...

Gisborne’s Waaka stars for Taranaki with 21-point haul

RUGBYFORMER Gisborne Boys’ High School first five- eighth Beaudein Waaka scored 21 of Taranaki’s points in a 26-19 win against Counties Manukau in last night’s Mitre 10 Premiership rugby competition. Taranaki opened the scoring after four...

Corrin secures her best result so far

East Coast rugby result that no one picked

No one picked this. Saturday was an unprecedented day in the history of East Coast rugby. Never before have a team who did not take the field on opening day later drawn with the defending champions in the first round. And never before have such a team...

Versatile ‘team man’ in first Ngatapa side

OBITUARY: John Hat

Former Wairoa riders in the frame

MOTORSPORT by Andy McGechan, www. BikesportNZ. comFORMER Wairoa riders Tommy Watts and Reece Lister are among the contenders for the national cross-country motorcycling championship series, which wraps up in the South Island this weekend. Both are now...

Jim Doherty’s goal celebration has Kevin Fallon steaming

YOU can’t beat going directly to the source, which is what I should have done before I wrote about Jim Doherty’s first goal celebration for Gisborne City. While my version conveyed the general picture, Jim’s version differs on a few points and...

Turanganui a Kiwa Darts Association results

August 13 results, Round 2, Game 2 —Individual highlights180s: Tahuna Irwin, Sam Kirikino, Irie Eyles (2), Joe Kiri, Tyson Eyles, Renata Leach (3), Dudley Reeves, Ihaka Kaio-Wynyard (3).Most tons (31): Dudley Reeves. Highest start (170): Ihak...

Rough Riders East Coast dedicate victory to Jaymee Watson

HORSE SPORTSA Hicks Bay-founded horse sports team has taken out the top prize at one of the pinnacle events on the horse sports calendar. The Rough Riders East Coast Horse Sports Club were overall winners at the Peggy McDonald Horse Sports...

Corinn and Scott win at Eastern Region Senior Championships

YOUTH was to the fore in Gisborne surf lifesaving clubs’ campaigns at the Eastern Region Senior Championships at Mt Maunganui on Saturday and Sunday. Midway duo Olivia Corrin and Matt Scott had comparable double success at age-group level in...

Uawa top second round too

RUGBYThey have all the cards. Defending champions of East Coast club rugby Uawa added the Jury Harrison Memorial Trophy to the Kath McLean Memorial Trophy as winners of both the first and second rounds with their 59-5 win against Tokomaru Bay United...

Bridge results

MONDAY, November 13 — Turanga Pairs 2North/South East/WestCarolyn McMurray/Elizabeth Jackson 65.28 Ann McCombe/Trish Corson 54.17Katrine Matthews/Hans van der Kuijl 47.22 Sally Knight/Beverley Evans 50.69WEDNESDAY, November 15 — Turanga Pairs 2...

Equestrian results from the Show

Results of equestrian competition at the Poverty Bay A&P Show —Showing, novice hack over 158cm, 0-2 wins: Sarah Gault (Gisborne) El Escolta 1; Fiona Sharp (Hastings) West-lea Harrington Park 2. Novice hack over 158cm, 0-5 wins: Adrienne van den...