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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 —...

Parkes turning out for Otago

He’s in form and he’s ready. Gisborne product and Kirk Cup-winning Poverty Bay men’s cricket captain Thorn Parkes made his first-class debut for the Otago Volts today, against the Auckland Aces. The four-day Plunket Shield match at the...

Three teams top the table

TONIGHT we find out who can bump, who can shoot and who can run. In Week 6 — the halfway point — of the Gisborne men’s club basketball league, defending champions City Lights take on the Dragons in a top-of-the-table clash at 5.30pm, open-court...

Whiteman too sharp for her old adversary

?The women’s section was played at Poverty Bay Bowling Club on Saurday, with 14 teams entered. Four 15-end games with a time limit of two hours were completed. The top eight teams based on wins and net total shots qualified for post-section play at...

Big games in C Grade tomorrow

These are big games. Tomorrow the Gisborne Boys’ High School Colts — unbeaten in the C Grade — play the Primary boys and Campion College meet Gisborne Girls’ High School in nine-a-side Twenty20 cricket.“They have some great young players...

Bridge results

FOUR players from Gisborne Contract Bridge Club had encouraging results at the Hawke’s Bay Bridge Congress in Napier. Beverley Evans, David Johnstone, Delwyn Arthur and Vincelle Marvin were the top-placed junior team in the intermediate/junior...

Mangapapa top points for interschool triathlon

Mangapapa School finished with the most points in the primary interschool triathlon run at Nelson Park last week. A total of 321 students from 15 schools took part in the run-bike-swim triathlon, which was organised by Mangapapa School. Points for the...

Traverse a family affair for many

The Waimata Traverse has turned into something of a family affair. Defending champion Craig Hoskin won the title again but the rest of the family did not simply turn up as support crew . . . they also conquered the 55-kilometre road bike...

Scoreboard

FootballMen, Pacific Premiership: Heavy Equipment Services Gisborne United 3 Eskview United 2; Gisborne Vehicle Testing Thistle 5 Napier Marist 0. Gisborne Championship, Division 1: Carpet Court Thistle Massive 3 Gisborne Boys’ High School (1) 0...

BATTLE OF THE BAYS

THE visitors took the lion's share of honours in tightly fought Lucy May and Bays Bronze women's golf clashes between Poverty Bay and Hawke's Bay this week. Players from clubs throughout both provinces converged on Poverty Bay golf course on Monday...