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Secondary school winter tournament week results

HockeyNorth Island mixed tournament, Taupo, pool play: Lytton High 3 Waitara High 0. Lytton topped pool. Quarterfinals: Lytton 5 Bream Bay College 0. Lytton v Huanui in top 4 semifinals. Mary Clinton Cup, Gisborne, quarterfinals: Campion College 4...

Lone wolf Gooch tops NZ pack

GISBORNE driver Brenden Gooch reached the summit of streetstock racing at the bottom of the country on Saturday night. Gooch stormed from 15th on the grid to win the third and final heat and, with it, the New Zealand title at Riverside Speedway in...

Around the greens — bowling club news

GISBORNEThe club completed all of its championship singles events over the weekend, with the greens running well over the two days. Only six entries were received for the senior men’s singles. Steve Goldsbury took the title after a commendable...

Bridge results

TUESDAY, November 19 — Turanga Pairs 3North/South East/WestVicki Taylor, John Hudson 56.25 Carolyn McMurray, Elizabeth Jackson 69.58Diana Styche, Joy Marden 53.75 Jean Bennett, Robin Bennett 58.75Caroline Taylor, Sally Knight 51.25 Ann McCombe...

Gisborne girls in national success

?FOOTBALLTHREE Gisborne girls were in a team who won their division of a national tournament that ended in Wellington on Sunday. Leftback Dara Mulrooney, wide midfielder Grace Levy and attacking midfielder Tayla Broughton — all 13 — were in the...

Comeback win to golden girls

REIGNING champions YMP 1 flexed their muscle and Horouta Gold stormed home in the final quarter in premier netball at the YMCA on Saturday. YMP, unbeaten last year and yet to lose this season, dished out a 72-44 thrashing to Farmlands Ngatapa. Horout...

Extra coaching pays off,Richter runner-up in schoolgirls’ singles

BOWLSLytton High School’s Paige Richter finished runner-up of the Bowls New Zealand national secondary schools girls’ singles played at Auckland’s Carlton Cornwall Bowling Club this week. Richter turned in a fine performance in her first...

Around the Greens: Club bowls news

It was an emotional time for Dawne Abraham when she presented the Joyce Boustead Tray to the winners of the RSA Women's Bowling Section Tournament. Dawne presented the tray to Kathy Carroll (skip), Joe Wimutu (director) and Ngawai Turipa (lead). They...

Kayaking superstar lends her talent to Poverty Bay four

IF you are going to “borrow” another kayaker to make up your K4 crew, you want them to be a good one. In Poverty Bay’s case, a great one. Reigning world and Olympic K1 200 metres champion Lisa Carrington lent her prodigious talent to the PB...

Sports draws

BasketballSATURDAY — Miniball league, years 3/4, 10am: C1, Maui Tinihanga v Wainui, (Cinta, Paddy, Kaipo, Lilly); C2, Mangapapa Iversons v Mangapapa Griffins, (Petra, O’Neil, Kellann, Char); C3, Shakers Ballers v Awapuni Ballers, (Karlye...

Tairawhiti trio in squad for Maori All Blacks

Tairawhiti has a proud rugby heritage and has always punched above its weight. That trend continued this week with the naming of three players from local iwi and hapu in the Maori All Blacks squad. Lock Isaia Walker-Leawere, flanker Whetukamokamo...

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...

Young riders to do battle

Showjumping in full leap at the 32nd annual championships

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...

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...