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Big meeting, both nights

SPEEDWAYFIREWORKS on the track and in the sky are predicted for Gisborne Speedway Club’s final meeting of the season. The two-night meeting at the Eastland Group Raceway has a Friday night schedule that includes the McCafferty Metal Cartage...

Kiwis pull ahead in young rider clash

New Zealand drew first blood in the Trans Tasman young rider clash at the Larsen Sawmilling Show Jumping Championship here yesterday. Both teams picked up a bonus point in the first of two rounds on the first of three days of competition over the...

Falloon repays coach’s faith

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McDonald faces her toughest assignment

GOLFGISBORNE’S Tessa McDonald teed off this morning in the toughest assignment of her representative career. McDonald is playing No. 1 for Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay at the women’s national interprovincial golf tournament on Christchurch’s...

Gold, silver, bronze to Brott

FORMER Gisborne rower James Brott won gold, silver and bronze medals at the New Zealand Rowing Championships on Lake Ruataniwha near Twizel. The 18-year-old, now studying at Waikato University, was a member of the Hawke’s Bay club's senior coxed...

Season over for jumpers

Showjumping finished for the season at the Glistening Waters and Equestrian Sports New Zealand Jumping Series Final Show at Solway Showgrounds in Masterton this month, and Gisborne riders were among those taking part. Tess Clark and the consistent...

Rising star

POVERTY Bay coach and former New Zealand Maori forward Mutu Ngarimu says Gisborne Boys’ High first 15 captain Isaia Walker-Leawere — who made his senior provincial debut against Thames Valley on Saturday —has “the potential to be something...

Set for grading finale thriller

The premier clash between unbeaten Whangara Old Girls and YMP is shaping up as the game of the day in the final round of Gisborne Pak’nSave senior netball grading tomorrow at Victoria Domain. YMP Sunshine Brewery have lost to Claydens Waikohu 1 and...

Club basketball draw

TONIGHT, women, Round 1, Week 4, YMCA —5.30pm: Turanga v Turanga Health. 6.30pm: Masters v Manu Toa. 7.30pm: Gisborne Girls' High School v Ngati Porou. 8.30pm: Ritana Toa v SE Systems. Men, boys' secondary schools division, Round 1, Week 4, John...

Burton Cup bowls tournament is under way

A full field of 16 teams contested the first day’s play of the revamped Burton Cup tournament at the Gisborne Bowling Club greens. Competition continues tomorrow in what is now known as the Burton Cup Classic Fours. Two teams from Kawerau and...

Remarkable Games ‘fun’

Thirteen rangatahi from Gisborne Girls’ High School, Gisborne Intermediate and Campion College took part in The Remarkable Games last Friday. The kaupapa of the event is to give local tamariki whaikaha (disability) community a safe, supportive...

Palmerston North in sights

RUGBYThey have Palmerston North in their sights. Two weeks after Gisborne Boys’ High School first 15’s epic 17-5 win against 2019 National first 15 rugby champions Hastings on the Rectory field, the Ryan Tapsell-coached crew are taking their...

Good turnout for summer racing

BMXA good turnout of well over 40 riders marked the start of summer racing at Gisborne BMX Club’s track on Tuesday. For 14 members it was a last hit-out before they attended the North Island champs at Auckland’s Mountain Raiders track. StridersJax...

District schools gather for festival

OVER 1100 gymnasts from 28 schools took part in the Gisborne schools’ gymnastics festival last week. Wainui Beach and St Mary’s were equal-first in the primary schools’ division, Gisborne Intermediate was first in the intermediate division, and...

Gisborne Harrier Club throws down challenge

HOW much can you improve your 2.5 or five-kilometre running time in two months?Gisborne Harrier Club is putting this challenge to local runners with its Thursday twilight series that starts tomorrow and continues to the end of March. The club is...

Giants make it three on the trot

SPEEDWAYTHE Gisborne Giants’ third win on the trot in the national superstock teams championship at Waikaraka Park on Saturday night felt the biggest and best yet, team captain Peter Rees said. The Giants team of Rees (2NZ), his son Ethan (127G)...