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Gisborne Basketball Association women's draft league semifinals tonight

Be at the YMCA by 5.30pm tonight. The inaugural Gisborne Basketball Association women's draft league semifinals have points of interest that make them must-see events. And while vaccination passes are mandatory, no cap on crowd numbers applies this...

Steady progress

Boot the difference as Rams beat Coast in Opotiki

Waikanae out in front

SURF LIFESAVINGWAIKANAE took a healthy lead into the main day of the Gisborne Surf Lifesaving Championships today when they scored 15 titles last night in the opening phase of competition at Midway Beach. Kaiaponi Farms Waikanae amassed 127 points...

Taylor and Corrin in the top 10 after second round

Gisborne’s Nutri-Grain IronMan & IronWoman Series athletes Cory Taylor and Olivia Corrin both sit well inside the top 10 after two rounds of the prestigious series at Bondi Beach in Sydney at the weekend. Taylor finished eighth overall after Friday...

Three High School Old Boys players suspended

CRICKETKey High School Old Boys players will be out of action after receiving suspensions following their game against Gisborne Boys’ High School last weekend. Jak Rowe and Scott Tallott have been stood down for two weeks for Level 2 offences...

Familiar look, new challenges

FOOTBALLThe gang’s all here. That’s what it seems like going through the results of the first week of post-lockdown local football. The two “heavyweights” of the past decade in Eastern League 1 — Carpet Court Thistle Massive and Heavy...

Football kicking off

SENIOR club football gets under way in Gisborne this Saturday, two months late but earlier than many expected. Gisbone sides United and Thistle are both at home against Hawke’s Bay teams in the Pacific Premiership. Local leagues start the following...

BRIDGE RESULTS

Pippa Williams, Amanda Matthews 43.84Ann McCombe, Trish Corson 42.99Linda White, Katrine Matthews 38.94Katrina Duncan, Hans van der Kuijl 37.46 Beverley Evans, Jean Bennett 32.28Helen Kerisome, Delwyn Arthur 31.94Robyn Cheyne, Elizabeth Jackson...

Turanganui a Kiwa Darts Association results

INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS180s: Te Kotahi Kaio (Young Guns), Thao Duncan (Dartaholics).Highest start, men (140): Tahuna Irwin 3 (Falcons), John Love 2, John White 2 (Done & Dusted), Te Kotahi Kaio (Young Guns).Highest start, women (100): Manai...

Weekend sports draws

Organised team sporting contests are thin on the ground in Gisborne this weekend. The likelihood of significant numbers of players being away for Queen’s Birthday Weekend has been cited as the reason for the sporting inactivity. No organised...

Latu moves south for decisive career step

RUGBYGISBORNE’S Paula Latu has made his National Provincial Championship debut starting from the bench for the Southland Stags in a last-minute defeat against Otago. Latu moved to Invercargill in preparation for pre-season training after receiving...

Eastland Kart Club's formula hits the spot

Eastland Kart Club organisers seem to have hit on a winning formula. The club’s second annual Anzac Champs meeting, being held at the Aerodrome Road track from 10am tomorrow, has attracted 11 out-of-town drivers from as far away as...

Poverty Bay Cricket Association senior grade draw for Saturday

Doleman Cup — 1pm: Harry Barker Reserve rep wicket, Coastal Concrete OBR v Siteworx Civil Horouta (umpire Jason Trowill); HBR 2, Gisborne Boys’ High School v Bollywood High School Old Boys (Stewart Patrick).Hope Cup — 2pm: HBR 3, Campion...

Gisborne netballers named in national league summer squad

Gisborne netballers Grace Tahuri and Keasi Fonohema-Williams, both from YMP, have been named in the Waikato-Bay of Plenty Synergy Hair national netball league summer squad for 2022/23. They trialled last weekend and have been named in the 28-athlete...

Golf Roundup

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Gisborne Club Darts Association results

Six of the 11 weeks of grading have been played in Gisborne Club Darts Association competition. Results of Tuesday night’s play —Tyson Eyles (2NZ Kings), Kayne Arahanga (2NZ Kings), Nigel Higham (Roseland), Chris Giddens (2NZ Tao TCL) start...