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Skate reach broadened

A group of girls are out to change the stereotype of the skate park and make it more inclusive for all. Surely Skate is a programme to encourage women of all ages and skills to give skating a go. It was devised by Sophee Hills, Tessa Hills, Morgan...

Mixed emotions for Holmes as PB play Taranaki in Ranfurly Shield match

RUGBYOBM skipper Jake Holmes will have mixed emotions when he watches Poverty Bay play Taranaki in a Ranfurly Shield rugby match at New Plymouth on Saturday. The 25-year-old Gisborne Boys’ High School art teacher, who played for the Bay last...

Tough lesson for Girls’ High

NETBALLYMP took the Gisborne Girls’ High netballers back to school when they produced a powerhouse display to beat the students by nearly 40 goals in premier-grade netball at the YMCA on Saturday. The defending champions overpowered Girls’ High...

Coast duo would love chance to ‘grow’ team

WITH two games to play in the Heartland Championship, Ngati Porou East Coast coaches Troy Para and Wayne Ensor’s chances of getting their first win since teaming up last year are almost certainly nil. The Coast play North Otago — who are still in...

Gisborne runners excel at Tarawera Trail Marathon

GISBORNE distance runners were on the podium several times at the 1000-competitor Tarawera Trail Marathon and 50km Race last weekend — including a quinella in one age group. Helayna Ruifrok and Nicki Davies finished the 42km marathon together in 4...

Speedway’s greatest - Ivan Mauger remembered

SIX-time world champion Ivan Mauger OBE/MBE was more than once asked why New Zealand’s golden era of motorcycle speedway racing ended with him.“We always had Ronnie Moore to look up to,” Mauger said in an interview seven years before he died...

Golf roundup

Gisborne ParkBrad Reynolds left his cricket bat at home and used the golf clubs to good effect, winning the men’s stableford. Reynolds won on countback after he and Pirates stalwart Derek Craven scored 40 points. ELECTRINET Park results, Sunday —...

Parkes among the runs at tournament

Gisborne cricketer Thorn Parkes is having a good tournament at the national men’s under-19 tournament in Lincoln. Parkes is captaining the Northern Districts side who recorded a tie and a loss in their first two one-day matches. Parkes was...

Edlin received Masters Athletics NZ Merit Award

Gisborne athlete Warren Edlin has received a Masters Athletics New Zealand Merit Award for 20 years of service to the organisation. Edlin started his running career in Hastings on the Nelson Park grass track in 1972. He took part in fundraising for...

For whanau, for fans, ‘for State Highway 35’

Gisborne ROA's Te Ihi A Tu Fight Night

Reave set to trial for Mighty 11s

Gisborne BMX rider Reave Nepia Anderson will trial for her spot in the Mighty 11s on Friday. This is a test style of racing with two teams of four competing against each other. Traditionally a home-and-away series is held between New Zealand and...

First senior 50 for Kayley Knight

CRICKETKAYLEY Knight scored her first half-century in senior cricket, then took three wickets to spearhead Gisborne’s victory effort over Palmerston North in Supercity women’s cricket at Cornwall Park, Hastings, on Sunday. Knight opened the...

Another great day at Tahora

Tahora Horse Sports Club held another successful sports day this month. Competition was keen in all classes, ranging from the adults down to three-year-old Lachie Williams. The Tahora club was grateful for the help of sponsors and local people who...

Fast-paced games expected

It’s all-action Monday. Tonight’s men’s club basketball card lists four fast-paced encounters: the flyers of Brandon Paul’s East Coast play Campion College, the powerful Uawa line-up take on City Lights under Scott Muncaster, Gisborne...

Season taking its toll

It could be last man standing. This has been a superb year in Gisborne club basketball — 12 men’s and eight women’s teams — have made the winter league the biggest in the association’s history. So gruelling have the previous 10 weeks been...

Casey Kopua draws a crowd

Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic skipper and Silver Ferns great Casey Kopua was a popular visitor to the Victoria Domain netball courts on Saturday morning