Gisborne United Premiers are steamrolling their way to football's Eastern League 1 title. And while Wainui Sharks have an outside chance of hauling them in, United could be forgiven if their thoughts turn to the question: what next?They have shown...
East Coaster Kimiora Poi says her decision to accept an offer from the Mainland Tactix for the 2018 ANZ Premiership season is the best decision she ever made. The 20-year-old centre capped an outstanding season by being named in the Silver Ferns...
A WET start did not deter many riders from attending the second day of the winter showjumping practice series being run by the Gisborne Pony Club. The series is running over four Saturdays. The first two days were on May 7 and 28, and the next two...
180s: Kayne Arahanga (2NZ Kings), Hunter Eyles (2NZ Kings) start, John Love (Cossy Done & Dusted), Sha Hohipa (Cossy Done & Dusted), Mythias Reeves (RSA Outlaws), Ani Kaa (2NZ Wahine Purotu).Highest start (180): Hunter Eyles (2NZ Kings).Highest...
Gisborne ParkA NEW face looks set to be a familiar face on the golfing scene after Anuresh Chandra’s senior men’s club championship final victory on Sunday. Chandra, who bar the club champs matchplay has played only two official 18-hole rounds at...
It's one thing to have a plan, but quite another to see it through against quality opposition. Yet that is exactly what the Keenan Ruru-Poharama-coached Gisborne Boys' High School did to beat premier-grade veterans The Raiders 63-60 in the 4v5...
A 2-2 draw between United and Gisborne Boys’ High School showed why hardly anyone gets rich betting on sport. Boys’ High held Eastern League football’s perennial title contenders at bay for the last, hectic 20 minutes of their match at Anzac...
Call for more people to take up the whistle
Congratulations to Beverley Evans and Glenys Evans for their score of 77.78 on Friday and also to Tracy Clayton and Hans van der Kuijl for their score of 72.02 on Thursday. Joy Marden, Eileen Lee 58.33 Trish Corson, Robyn Cheyne 57.14Caroline...
Gisborne’s young indoor bowlers are showing up their more experienced centre members, winning several centre titles in the past 12 months. The young winners’ form continued when 14-year-old Sian Williams won the centre women’s singles and...
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RUGBYFIRE, intensity and rugby smarts — striking the right balance between passion and composure — might be how the Lee Bros Shield is won. The Poverty Bay club rugby premier-grade final between OBM and YMP at Rugby Park tomorrow promises to be...
Daniel and Ethan Cook and their Smartcookies Racing Team won the sports team category at the Bronwyn Kay Agency Sporting Excellence Awards on Friday night
One returning as coach of NPEC; the other will be head coach of Poverty Bay
THIRTEEN-year-old Kayla Trowell played great bowls all day for her 15-year-old brother Nathan Trowell to win the Poverty Bay-East Coast final of the New Zealand Mixed Pairs for the second year in a row, this time beating David Lynn and Marise...
RUGBYTHE Ngatapa forwards have been grabbing the headlines so far this season in Poverty Bay premier rugby. But Larsawn Ngatapa’s young, new-look backline could yet play their part in the green-and-whites’ first Lee Bros Shield victory since...
FORMER Gisborne Boys’ High School lock Isaia Walker-Leawere is one of 11 newcomers in the Hurricanes Super Rugby squad for next season. Boys’ High first 15 coach Tom Cairns is not surprised by the 20-year-old’s promotion after he debuted for...
A MAMMOTH second-wicket partnership of 219 between Robbie Tallott (108) and Drew Scott (100 not out) propelled Gisborne Boys’ High School to a 23-run victory in a vital DJ Barry Cup cricket match against Horouta. Boys’ High made 236-2 after being...
GOLFPOVERTY Bay surged into the overall lead in Round 2 of the Oligoi Jug men’s interclub pennants at Patutahi on Saturday. The defending champions trounced Electrinet Park (2) 10-2 to move ahead of Park (1) after those teams were tied at the top...
Thom Berry, Ian Loffler and Jimmy Holden are three of the most influential players in OBR's cricket history. Their match-effort in Coastal Concrete OBR's 43-run victory over Siteworx Civil Horouta on Saturday put their club in the DJ Barry Cup...
DRAMATIC BACKDROP: Auckland boat Fairview flies across the water with a logging boat in the background during the Thunder Out East round of the New Zealand Offshore Power Boat Racing series last February. Gisborne will host the first round of the...
The Sport Gisborne Tairāwhiti and Gisborne Herald Fun Run and Quarter Marathon for 2022 has been postponed. The annual event is highly anticipated each year and was due to go ahead on Sunday 3 April. Prior to the Government's most recent...
The Gisborne BMX Club’s summer season is well under way, with 42 riders attending the last club night. STRIDERSIndia Gill and Damien Smith moved from the strider track to the tail end of the big track and rode it well. Ivy Lasenby, Scott Pheasant...
HOCKEYEVEN contests look likely for many of the hockey games in Gisborne this weekend. Several are too hard to call. The match between LOB NZ Fruits and YMP B at 1.45pm on Saturday could go either way.“That could be the game of the weekend,”...
“GIRLS cricket is on the rise across the country.”So says Northern Districts under-15 girls team coach and Poverty Bay Cricket Association district manager Mel Knight — a point reinforced by the standard at the national u15 tournament in...
Women's par: M Philip 97-30-67, +3; M Winiata 94-28-66, +3. Patutahi open opening day tournament, Canadian mixed pairs stableford: D and A Cook 53, T Smith/M Tuapawa 50, D Te Maro/M Philip 48, W Baty/S Gray 45, S Pittar/S Robertson 43, L Green/V...
Tihirau Victory Club are champions in 2022. Cape Runaway's cadre of heroes beat Pango Productions Waiapu 39-17 to claim their second Enterprise Cars Ngati Porou East Coast club rugby title, on this occasion in perfect conditions at Te Kura Mana Maori...
INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS180s: Marcus Leach (Cossie DONE & Dusted), Matt Reedy (Cossie DONE & Dusted), Monty Reedy (Cossie 2 PHL), Mark Stenning (RSA Rose and Thorns), Denise Renata (Cossie Titans), Winston (Black) Wanoa (Roseland).Best start (180)...
They did it for their country, their region and their club, along with their whanau and supporters . . . and our latest crop of champions also did it for themselves. They not only proved to themselves they could match it with the best at the Va’...
NGATI Porou East Coast coaches Troy Para and Wayne Ensor will not have brothers Kris and Kareti Palmer for the Queen’s Birthday clash against Poverty Bay at Tolaga Bay on June 2.“They’ve both gone to Australia and we’ll miss them. They have...
A hard-fought win to YMP B against Gisborne Girls' High and a dour draw between Gisborne Boys' High and Waituhi were highlights of local hockey at the weekend. Another feature was the close contest between Ngatapa and GMC Green, despite the final...
SURF LIFESAVINGBIG guns Mount Maunganui are favourites to win regional surf lifesaving glory at Midway Beach this weekend. But watch out for Waikanae. The Tairawhiti/Gisborne Eastern Regional Championships (ERCs) start at 4.30pm tomorrow with double...
WAIKOHU coach Jason Tuapawa says his players can’t wait for tomorrow’s premier club clash with OBM at Rugby Park.“The boys were flat after HSOB defaulted (last Saturday) but they’ve put that behind them and moved on, and can’t wait to play...
WAINUI surf lifesaver Laura Quilter tasted medals of all three colours at the Orange Cup pool championships in the Netherlands. Auckland-based Quilter and Gold Coast-based Midway clubbie Chris Dawson are in the seven-strong Black Fins squad competing...