CRICKETNo matter the venue, opening batsmen swing big hammers in the Challenge Cup. A change of venue from the Harry Barker Reserve with its good grass wickets to the artificial turf of Nelson Park did not stifle strokeplay. Gisborne Boys’ High...
ONE of the district's most famous golf tournaments has been added to the casualty list of the Covid-19 pandemic. The East Coast men's open, scheduled for the weekend of April 18 and 19 at Te Puia Springs Golf Club, has been cancelled for 2020. The...
CAMPION College teacher Mark Naden and student Luke Hurlstone will be the toast of the school today after Naden scored 134 and Hurlstone took four wickets to propel Campion into Saturday’s Hope Cup final. They will play Gisborne Boys’ High School...
GISBORNE Club Darts Association's Winter League starts on Tuesday, April 6 at 7.30pm. The draw is —2NZ: 2NZ Tao Valkyries v 2NZ (3), 2NZ Tao Spartans v Cossy Double Seekers, 2NZ TCL v 2NZ Kings, 2NZ Rebels v Cossy Done & Dusted, 2NZ Wahine Toa v...
Saturday was a great day for cricket. Scott Tallott made his first score of note this season, 70, in a match-winning partnership of 121 with Dave Castle (69). Their third-wicket stand laid the platform for Bollywood High School Old Boys' 104-run win...
FOOTBALLGisborne sides United and Thistle both won on Saturday and will take their race for football’s Pacific Premiership title down to the wire. United lead the competition by a point from second-placed Thistle. They are the only teams left in...
RUGBYThe time to strike is now. Teams need to take advantage of their home games in Week 5 of the East Coast club rugby competition. At 2.30pm on Saturday, Waiapu — yet to win a game — host sixth-placed Hicks Bay in Rangitukia. Also at 2.30...
GISBORNE born-and-bred Nita Maynard followed up her debut test with a first international try at the Women’s Rugby League World Cup yesterday. The Kiwi Ferns dummy half was among the tryscorers in a 76-0 pool play romp over the Cook Island in...
It’s extremely rare. But on Wednesday night, Blake Marshall did it in the High School Old Boys Pups’ six-wicket win against the Bollywood Stars. He took a double hat-trick — four wickets in four balls — as the Pups dismissed the Stars for 76...
Gisborne Basketball Association ladies’ club competition results, A grade: Dem Air Ballers 39 (Harata Hailey 19) GGHS 25 (Peyton Riri 12).Manu Tu 42 (Melissa Mackey-Huriwai 11, Shean Edwards 10) Stretchmarks 28. Ngati Porou 40 (Bronya McMenamin 15...
Junior football, SATURDAYFirst Kicks A, 4 v 4, 8.15am: Watson Park 12, Makaraka Magic v Te Wharau Kiwi; WP 1, Makauri Dynamos v Bayleys Ngatapa Turtles; WP 8, Kaiti Takitimu v Sonrise Wildcats; WP 6, St Mary's Stars v Mangapapa Storm; WP 3, Manutuke...
FOOTBALLTwo goals in 30 minutes from striker Stu Cranswick set up Gisborne United’s 3-1 victory over Wainui Sharks at Harry Barker Reserve on Saturday. The win extended to four points United’s lead over second-placed Sharks in football’s...
POVERTY Bay coach David McDonald said his team blew a great chance to open their Northern Districts one-day account with a win in Taupo yesterday.“We bowled really well, especially Sam Tallott who took six wickets for 51 runs off 10 overs to...
DJ Barry Cup premier cricket enters its second round this weekend as teams look to consolidate their position before the post-season, starting in less than a month. Coastal Concrete OBR and Galaxy World Gisborne Boys' High School face off in...
TWO goals by Stu Cranswick kept Heavy Equipment Services United hard on the heels of competition leaders Thistle Massive in Eastern League Division 1 football on Saturday. Cranswick has scored 17 league goals so far this season and, as player-coach...
CyclingKonica Minolta Gisborne Cycling Club racesSaturday — Aon Insurance Brokers/Steve Wolter Plumbing Summer Series, Race 4: Sign-on is 1.30pm to 1.50pm at Ngakaroa Road with a 2pm start. A and B grades: 53km, Lavenham Road/Quarry plus Ngakaro...
GOLFTWO debutants have been named in the Poverty Bay-East Coast men’s team to contest the Freyberg Masters national interprovincial next month. Patutahi member Dwayne Russell and Electrinet Park’s Selwyn Peneha were confirmed in a six-strong team...
SIX days, four hours and 21 minutes after starting the GODZone adventure race through Fiordland, Gisborne man Gerald Holden’s Lincoln Reunion team crossed the finish line in second place yesterday. They surpassed all their expectations for the...
The Yelverton Shield and Peck Shield Gisborne East Coast centre junior interclub events were held at Poverty Bay Bowling Club last Sunday. Restricted to bowlers with eight years or less playing experience, only Poverty Bay and Gisborne were able to...
“THEY showed more than pride in the jersey; they played with passion for it.”That’s the assessment of Fulton Hogan Poverty Bay under-18 rugby coach Jamie Hutana, whose team lost to Display Associates Wanganui 21-17 in atrocious conditions at...
PANIA Joy Tomoana laughed when asked why she decided to take up netball umpiring.“I realised I was never going to be a Silver Fern,” said the Whatatutu-born Tomoana, who has become the first umpire in the Gisborne centre to gain New Zealand...
MEL Knight has been appointed Poverty Bay cricket district manager on an interim basis following Mohit Rao’s decision to leave the district.“I’m finishing due to personal and family reasons,” said Chenna-born Rao, who was a year into his...
GISBORNE cousins Manaia Mill and Charlotte Morse have spent the week in Auckland preparing for an international football match. The pair are part of the Aotearoa Maori under-14 girls team involved in today's Clash of the Cultures event at...
Ron Robertson, 2011 World Masters Athletics male athlete of the year, started bowling just over a year ago. He had not long before won the eight-kilometre cross-country race for men 75 to 79 years old at the 2016 World Masters Athletics Championships...
RugbyPoverty Bay club competition, premier division: Charteris Choppers Athletic 8 East Coast Farm Vets YMP 48, Enterprise Cars OBM 50 Roseland Tavern Tapuae 5, Larsawn Ngatapa 16 Earthwork Solutions High School Old Boys 15. Ngati Porou East Coast...
Poverty Bay Bowling Club's open fours club championships were held over two days at the weekend and provided great entertainment. The two-life format was used with games of one and three-quarter hours or 15 ends. The women's open fours competition was...
A GUTSY Waikanae trailed defending champions Mount Maunganui by just two points heading into the final day of the New Zealand surf lifesaving championships at Midway Beach yesterday. But as the day progressed, the Mount surged ahead and Mairangi Bay...
RUGBYThey’re never satisfied, but Gisborne Boys’ High School first 15 players and supporters alike have reason to be pleased with the side’s 66-12 start to the rugby season at the Rectory on Saturday. The Mark Jefferson-coached Gisborne team...
Poverty Bay rugby has produced many accomplished referees in the past and the future is also looking bright. Gisborne Boys' High School Year 10 student Joel Pearce has found a passion for officiating. Joel, 15, has worked hard on his skills and is...
GisborneWHEN it comes to the battle for the Bill Edwards Tankard it seems home-green advantage counts for nothing. In recent years the visitors have come out on top when Gisborne and Kahutia bowling clubs have clashed in the friendly annual...
Differentials determined the winners of Poverty Bay Bowling Club’s Easter Triples Tournament. The team of Joe Wimutu (skip), Ngawai Turipa (director) and Larry Kaloukava (lead on Saturday) and Bruce Gledhill (lead on Sunday) won the A Division by...