New Zealand's top under-19s were at Midway Beach yesterday as part of the national surf lifesaving champs

NETBALLTHE inaugural men’s netball competition got off to a high-flying start at the YMCA last night. Six teams have been formed for the new league, and some outstanding skills were produced across the three games.“Some very good netball skills...

A NEW coach, tougher training regime and change in running style has Gisborne’s Tom Smith excited about his racing comeback in Auckland this weekend. Smith, who will be representing Gisborne Athletics Club this season, moved to the big city in...

FOOTBALLGISBORNE Thistle completed an unbeaten home season with a 3-3 draw against Maycenvale United on Saturday, but they did it the hard way. Thistle were a man short for the last 37 minutes of this Pacific Premiership football game at Childers...

GOLFA REALLY good morning. A tough afternoon. Poverty Bay-East Coast summed up the fickle nature of golf on Day 1 of the Toro national interprovincial in Christchurch yesterday. The 13th-ranked PBEC team hit the Clearwater fairways running, giving old...

FootballTONIGHT — Men’s division one, 6pm: CRR2, Thistle Massive v Gisborne Boys’ High School. Saturday — Men’s Division 1, 2.30pm: Wainui, Wainui Sharks v Carpet Court Thistle Reserves; CRR1, Heavy Equipment Services United v Shipwreck...

CRICKETWHEN Andrew Gibbs broke his leg playing football last year, he was told he might not walk for 18 months. But, after a lot of rehab, the former Poverty Bay cricket captain is due to return to the crease for the rep side tomorrow. Bollywood Stars...

The primary school cross-country season is under way and the cream of Central School’s crop were found at Waiteata Park yesterday. Support from family, teachers and fellow students was a feature, with the kids at the foot of the fields receiving as...

Running/walkingGizzy Coffee Run/Walk Series No. 3 — Sunday, Adventure Playground, Gisborne. Registration: 8.30am. Start: 9am. Short, medium, and long courses — all welcome. Free for Gisborne Harrier Club members and under-7s. $15/$5 adult/youth...

Shaun Ryan of Tauranga and Andrew Syme of Cambridge were the big winners in Gisborne Archery Club’s Gizzy Vegas competition at the weekend. Ryan won the recurve and Syme, the compound. Gisborne archer Chris Underdown won a combined division, in...

KEAGHAN Hartshorne had family support stretching all the way back to the East Coast as he contested the under-23 division of the world rafting championships in Indonesia last week. Grandparents Terry and Vencie Hartshorne (nee Wawatai) were following...

ANYONE looking for signs about how the Poverty Bay club rugby season may shape up will have found some clues at Patutahi on Saturday. The Ngatapa club hosted a 15-a-side tournament at Paddy's Park and the day was a chance for players to test their...

AMATEURS in name, professionals in attitude. That’s the Poverty Bay under-18 women’s sevens teams to compete at a New Caledonia sevens tournament next week.“We’re taking two teams — Red (13 players) and White (11 players) — and the girls...

THE two top teams in Gisborne premier grade netball remain locked together on the points table after both secured convincing wins at the YMCA last night. In the first of the Pak'nSave competition games, Claydens Waikohu (1) beat Gillies Electrical...

TWO Patu Tahi boxers will travel to Christchurch next month to fight for the national Golden Gloves title. Khadyn Kahukiwa-Kora and Tyla Kahukiwa-Larby qualified for the national competition by virtue of their performances at the North Island Golden...

GISBORNE men’s club basketball semifinal results from last night’s action at the YMCA —City Lights 79 (Scott Muncaster 20, Aubrey Yates 20, Carlos Pedraza 13, Zade Donner 10) GBHS Black 49 (Daley Riri 21, Henare Tofilau 18, Adam Nepe...

Eastland Kart Club's season came to an end last Sunday. The racing was hard and fast as drivers were after all the points they could get. In the rookies' class, Pyper Irvine had two wins and a second placing in her best racing so far. Nixen Gooch had...

A RUGBY-FEST will be on offer at the Rectory ground from 11am tomorrow, when the third and final round of the Hurricanes festival of rugby will be held.“Anyone who comes along will see eight of the best first 15s in the Hurricanes region,” said...

POVERTY Bay Heartland team captain James Grogan and Gisborne Boys’ High first 15 playmaker Austin Brown are to play for Taranaki’s Spotswood United Club next season. Flanker Grogan will join his former GBHS first 15 teammates Jared Proffit and...

A handful of goals in two games of high drama decided the finalists in Gisborne premier-grade netball. Whangara Old Girls will play YMP Sunshine Brewery after they won their semifinals at Victoria Domain on Saturday. Extra time was needed before...

GisborneTHE Alex Allan Triples, which had been rained out in September, were finally decided at Gisborne Bowling Club last Wednesday. Despite clashing with the chartered clubs’ bowls in Hawke’s Bay, a 30-strong field turned out for the...

FOOTBALLGerry Marsden walked into Liverpool’s Odeon cinema for a Laurel and Hardy film. It was raining when he started to leave, so he decided to stay for the second part of the double feature and watch the comedy duo one more time. And with that...

GISBORNE rider Tess Clark had a great start to the year at the Central and Southern Hawke’s Bay Jumping Show at the Dannevirke A&P Showgrounds. She was placed fourth on Sinatra in the Bayleys Real Estate FEI World Cup class. She was also placed...

CHRIS Niven has won the Beth Meade Memorial Cup as the Comet Swimming Club swimmer of the year. Niven set three club records in one race, the 1500 metres at the New Zealand Age-group Championships. On his way to a sixth-place finish, Niven set club...

Tonight the chickens come home to roost. Eastland Broncos skipper Craig Christophers will need all the experience of his 20-plus years in cricket as his underdog side face a daunting challenge in their Walker Shield T15 Blast semifinal at Harry...

THE treble is the “target for tonight” for Gisborne streetstock racers as they prepare for the New Zealand grand prix at Eastland Group Raceway tomorrow. The World War 2 bomber command parlance is the perfect description for what is set to be an...

While many sports teams have had the disappointment of their annual tournaments being postponed, the Poverty Bay under-13 boys' hockey team have been given the go-ahead to compete in the 2021 Lower North Island Hockey Festival. With no other...

LUKAS Ludwig, Jade Swann and Ella Arthur are Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay junior gymnastics champions. They were overall winners of the Level 3 boys’ and Step 5 and Step 1 girls’ competitions respectively at the Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay Junior...

CRICKETIt will take a big effort for anyone to beat Hope Cup leaders Horouta with just two weeks of the club cricket season to go. Coastal Ultrasound Horouta and Stirling Logging Ngatapa Green Caps both have 24 competition points, Campion College...

Monday, May 9 — President's Pairs 2 (Howell movement)Eileen Lee, Ann McCombe 64.76 Katrine Matthews, Hans van der Kuijl 56.67Mark Joblin, Frank Nieuwland 52.38 Anne Roberts, Raewynne Cook 51.90Caroline Kirkpatrick, Robyn Cheyne 51.43 Katrin...