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Kathleen Henderson tourney an early test

NETBALLTHE Kathleen Henderson Memorial tournament at Victoria Domain tomorrow is the annual pre-season netball hit-out. Nineteen teams will vie for the honours, compared with 28 in the 2018 tournament.“Numbers are lower than usual this year with...

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 to Adrienne Torrie, Karen Pinn and Nanette...

Young riders to do battle

Showjumping in full leap at the 32nd annual championships

Surf lifesaving races this week

SURF lifesaving athletes selected from the three Gisborne clubs will take part in a comprehensive competition programme held over one day of high-level racing this week

GBHS leading NI high school softball comp

TIGHT games were the order of Day 2 at softball’s Division 2 North Island Secondary Schools’ Championships in Gisborne. Gisborne Boys’ High School beat Palmerston North Boys’ High School 5-4 yesterday and were top of their group at the...

Whanganui prove too strong

Poverty Bay coach says Saturday’s result no indicator of season ahead

‘All about good vibes and sharing the waves’

The second meeting of Gisborne Boardriders Club's longboard circuit was held over the weekend in perfect conditions. Gisborne Boardriders president and competitor Dan Croskery said conditions couldn't have been better for the competition.“Two to...

Life Ed's Boxing for Life a hit

Life Education Trust was the winner at the Fight for Life Ed charity boxing event last night. To support the cause, boxers from red and blue teams fought in nine, two-minute fights made up of three rounds. A warm-up bout fought between red team...

Double success for young sailors

Gisborne sailing siblings Jake and Lucy Millar topped the podium with overall first and second placings in Wellington in this year's round of the Wellington Open Skiff Cup Silver Fleet at the weekend. The event was part of a series sailed in the...

Golf Roundup

Tolaga BayPETE Kerekere took the throne while several other players earned royal honours at the King of the Coast men’s open tournament over the weekend. Kerekere raised the Poverty Bay club flag over the nine-hole course after defeating...

East Coast raring to go

Ngati Porou East Coast cast their rugby net nationwide and dig deep to be competitiveAnd their head coach, Hosea Gear, will take tomorrow's clash for the Anaru “Skip” Paenga Memorial Tropy in from his couch on the Sunshine Coast . . . if he's...

T15 blast-off

CRICKETFORMER Black Caps test cricketer Lance Cairns knows all about limited-overs cricket. He played 78 one-day internationals for New Zealand, as well as 43 tests. His advice to players taking part in tomorrow night’s opening round of the Walker...

Turanganui a Kiwa Darts Association results

Round 2 of Turanganui a Kiwa Darts Association’s winter competition was completed with Game 5 on Tuesday night. The third and final round of the association’s season starts on Tuesday night. Individual highlights180s:? Tahuna Irwin (2), Antonio...

Nothing between top teams,And Pure Sound bringing on the next generation

There is nothing between them. Defending champions City Lights and the larger-than-life Old School tied last night’s top-of-the-table thriller 53-all. Week 7 of the men’s club basketball league will wrap up at 6.30pm tonight with the...

Bridge results

Congratulations this week to Elizabeth Jackson and Eileen Lee for scoring 70.83 percent on Friday. Tuesday, October 25 — Sean Shivnan Pharmacy Championship Pairs 9 (Howell movement)Katrine Matthews, Hans van der Kuijl 65.10 Sue Minot, Joy Marden...

Four competitors earn 12 placings

MARTIAL ARTSFOUR members of the Turanganui-Gisborne Kyokushin Karate Club competed in the 49th International Kyokushin Karate Nationals in Hawke’s Bay, and all returned with top-three placings — 12 in all. In the junior division high grade...