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Fearnley MVP as battling Bay lose opener

They put up a fight. The Poverty Bay Year 7 boys team lost Game 1 at the Riverbend cricket camp to Hutt Districts by two wickets yesterday. Hutt captain and Most Valuable Player Noah Boyle won the toss and elected to bowl on the artificial pitch at...

Schools clash grabs the attention

NETBALLTHE match many netball fans look forward to hits the YMCA boards when Gisborne Girls’ High School Senior A play Ritana Senior A tomorrow night. The school clash promises to be another beauty. Ritana (Lytton) earned bragging rights when these...

BATTLEGROUND: THE RECTORY

Poverty Bay to host Hawke's Bay Saracens in Gisborne on Saturday

Late season start breaks with tradition

THE Poverty Bay Cricket Association has broken with tradition and will start a week later than usual.“Normally we have our first games on the Sunday of the A and P Show weekend but this year we’re starting the following week, Saturday the...

Fourth place in pool for Gisborne side

Gisborne finished fourth in their pool at the Netball New Zealand Open Championships in Palmerston North. That put them in the ninth-to-16th playoff group in the 20-team tournament. Yesterday evening Gisborne lost to Cambridge, 50-26, which put them...

Tough first day for Gisborne Boys’ High

Gisborne Boys' High kicked off the Condor 7s national secondary schools competition with a win and three losses in Auckland yesterday. Two Gisborne schools are competing — Gisborne Boys High in the open boys division and Gisborne Girls' High School...

OUT AND ABOUT

It was one of several events in the city, ranging from the What Now children's TV programme crew shooting an episode at Marina Park to sand flying at the beach motorbike racing nationals held at Makorori to snooker enthusiasts chalking up their cue...

Big turnout for opening event of summer series

GISBORNE Mountain Bike Club's first event of a three-race summer series was a hit. Almost twice as many riders took to the Fox Street Trails for the Emerre & Hathaway Summer Series opener as competed in the same event two years ago. Around 60 mountain...

Whanganui show how in Federation League

Thistle still seeking missing piece of puzzle

Four titles to Gisborne club

Four Surf City Squash Club teams won their grades at National SuperChamps tournaments held across five locations last week. It is the first time any club in the history of the event — stretching back over 50 years — has won four titles. The club...

Rugby league roadshow visits

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Gisborne Club Darts Association results

Individual highlights180s: Thao Duncan (2NZ Say My Name Again)(2), Webster (Webby) Lewis (2NZ Say My Name Again), Kayne Arahanga (2NZ Say My Name Again), Mike Hughes (2NZ Bullz), Colin Edwards (2NZ Bullz)(2), Gary Poi (2NZ Bullz), Cris Kiri (2NZ...

Path narrows on way to final

NETBALLTHE pathway to the Gisborne premier-grade netball grand final beckons for Whangara Old Girls and Waikohu. But only one of these teams will take that path after their game tomorrow. A real battle is on the cards. Tomorrow’s 11am clash at the...

Top two show why they are dominant

Riverina and Gisborne United showed why they are the dominant teams in local women's football with powerful performances at Harry Barker Reserve on Sunday. Gisborne Laundry Services Riverina had a well-deserved 5-1 win against a Bohemians side who...

New Zealand's best under-19s rise to the occasion at the surf lifesaving nationals

New Zealand's top under-19s were at Midway Beach yesterday as part of the national surf lifesaving champs

Men off to flying start

NETBALLTHE inaugural men’s netball competition got off to a high-flying start at the YMCA last night. Six teams have been formed for the new league, and some outstanding skills were produced across the three games.“Some very good netball skills...