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Coast earn respect

RUGBYIn rugby, respect is hard-earned. Ngati Porou East Coast earned more of it with a gutsy effort against Mid-Canterbury at Enterprise Cars Whakarua Park on Saturday. The Sky Blues lost 22-15 to the Hammers, but only Mid-Canterbury captain No. 8 Jon...

Adams out, Patterson back

United lose one player tomorrow, Thistle gain one

'Carnage' for sidecar locals

JUST about everything that could have gone wrong did go wrong for Gisborne combinations at a New Zealand Sidecar Grand Prix meeting described as “carnage” in Palmerston North last weekend. Clive Ireland (56G) and Kerwin Arnaboldi’s night ended...

Top four have eyes on the finals

Whangara Old Girls and Waikohu (1) have joined YMP and High School Old Girls in the preliminary finals of the premier grade netball competition. The Whangara side produced a powerhouse performance on Saturday in the Gisborne YMCA to end Horout...

Runs aplenty in Hope Cup fixtures

Thor had a hammer; so does Thom Berry. The hard-hitting wicketkeeper-batsman clubbed two sixes and four fours in his 37-ball innings of 42 on Saturday. Berry and his Old Boys' Rugby captain, fellow opener Craig Christophers (47 off 28), both retired...

Boys’ High finish top in Tairawhiti school champs

GISBORNE Boys' High School took the top spot at the Tairawhiti High School Surfing Championships on Tuesday. With 2900 points, GBHS narrowly beat Gisborne Girls' High School, who had 2700 points. Campion College finished third on 1500 points. Both...

Gisborne to host winter series round

GISBORNE BMX Club will host riders from around the central North Island on Sunday for a round of the central region winter series. Twelve Gisborne club riders attended the series opening round in Rotorua last month. The series comprises a round in...

Poverty Bay primary team finish with two wins

Two different formats, two wins to finish — the Poverty Bay boys’ primary cricket team followed up their 115-run Twenty20 win against a Hamilton invitation side on Tuesday with victory by 11 runs over the same team in 30 overs on Wednesday. The...

Noogies v Big M should be a thriller

MEN’S NETBALLPLENTY of action looms in the final round-robin games in the men’s netball competition tomorrow night in the YMCA — and one of the best matches so far will be on the cards. The unbeaten Noogies take on Big M at 5.45pm tomorrow in...

HSOB hopes hang by thread

Defending Lee Bros Shield champions High School Old Boys’ hopes of making it four titles in a row hang by a thread. Waikohu and OBM have five games to go before the top-four semifinals; the rest have four. Earthwork Solutions HSOB, who have the bye...

Tourney attracts big field

Gisborne Senior Tennis has attracted players from across the North Island to compete in its annual seniors' tournament this year. Sixty-six doubles combinations are expected to compete in the FMG Gisborne Tennis Seniors Tournament over the weekend...

Braybrook Cup goes to United

FOOTBALLGISBORNE United won the Braybrook Cup women’s knockout competition in a penalty shootout after regulation time ended goalless at Harry Barker Reserve on Saturday. United beat Gisborne Laundry Services Riverina 4-3 in the shootout. Riverin...

Speedster Lines returns for HSOB

FOR High School Old Boys Presidents, it won't be long now. The question is — will the tide turn tomorrow?The defending champions of Senior B club cricket beat OBR to claim the Hope Cup last season as underdogs, but never in the past two years have...

Junior prize-giving rewards outstanding players

CRICKETThe future of local cricket was on show at the Poverty Bay Cricket Association junior prize-giving last week. Individual awards for the development and age-group representative teams —Poverty Bay Boys’ Primary (coach, David McDonald...

Uawa-TVC clash an awesome prospect

RUGBYTomorrow could be cataclysmic. The colossal jostle between Uawa and Tihirau Victory Club at Tolaga Bay is an awesome prospect. Uawa, the home team, beat TVC of Cape Runaway 24-23 in front of 1200 fans to defend the Rangiora Keelan Memorial Shield...

DERBY BLITZ: Slick Bay give Coast early wake-up call

Rugby people here are hard to impress. But all who saw Poverty Bay beat Ngāti Porou East Coast 46-12 at  Whakarua Park in Ruatoria on Saturday to claim the PJ Sayers Cup must agree — the Bay played hard, fast and skilfully. Civil Project...