From waka ama to CrossFit — sporting success will be celebrated at the Tairawhiti Maori Sports Awards this weekend. The judging panel have evaluated the nominations and are ready to announce the winners and runners-up of each category at Te Poho o...
NGATAPA overcame a gritty High School Old Boys to post their second win of the Poverty Bay premier club rugby competition — 34-20 — at the Oval on Saturday. A week after both sides had victories against Eastern Bay of Plenty opponents in...
A hat-trick and a tie in one game — Ngatapa Green Caps and Horouta could hardly have crammed more drama into their cricket on Saturday. Horouta seam bowler Tushar Balat took a hat-trick off the third, fourth and fifth balls of the 18th over of...
The early-season form book should give clues as to the outcome of most of the senior hockey games this weekend, starting tonight with the clash between GMC Kowhai and YMP A in the women's competition. The two sides take the Hain Farming Turf at Harry...
OBM player-coach Clint Pirihi refused to take the credit for his side’s 27-14 win against Ngatapa in the Senior 1 final at Rugby Park on Saturday.“It’s been a collective effort from all the boys, especially our captains, Dayne Williams...
A COURAGEOUS second-half comeback fell agonisingly short for Poverty Bay in their representative match against Wanganui in Napier at the weekend. Played in front of a live TV audience as the curtain-raiser to Hawke’s Bay’s Ranfurly Shield match...
SWIMMINGGisborne Boys’ High School had their house swimming sports last week, with Tawhirimatea winning. Tawhirimatea came second in the Year 10 division and first in the Year 9. Tane Mahuta were second, Tangaroa came third and Tumatauenga were...
Poverty Bay Hunt Sports results from the well-attended competition day held in great weather at Showgrounds Park this month —East Coast Farm Vets Novice Park Hack/Hack (0-3 wins): Ayla McIntosh (Candy Arizona) 1; Rosalyn Waghorn (RnB Whorley Marz)...
CyclingKonica Minolta Gisborne Cycling Club races, SATURDAY — Club Ride (no racing), starting at 1.30pm from Nelson Rd cemetery. New riders considering racing at some stage are very welcome to come have a group ride with club. All visitors...
They took it on the chin. The Gisborne Boys’ High School first 15, second 15, under-15s and u14s came up against high-quality opposition at St Peter’s College on Saturday. The home teams prevailed 4-0. The Gisborne teams’ losses were: first 15...
NETBALLGISBORNE Girls’ High School Senior A have a lot to play for when they take on Waikohu in premier grade netball at the YMCA tomorrow. And so do their opponents. Both teams need to win this Pak’nSave competition match. The students head into...
TAYLER Reid is just over four weeks away from the biggest race of his life. The Gisborne triathlete will contest the ITU world cup sprint race in Tongyeong, South Korea. It could be a Commonwealth Games trial event. Barring injury, Ryan Sissons has...
POVERTY Bay will defend the Bill Osborne Taonga for the first time against Wairarapa Bush in Gisborne on August 27. The 2022 Heartland Championship draw was released yesterday and this year's competition will feature the added attraction of the...
Poverty BayTHE club holds its first winter mini tournament tomorrow. It will be the first of six mini tournaments to be held on occasional Thursdays during winter. Teams will play mixed triples over three games, each of six ends or one hour. All...
SHE went for the experience. She returned home as New Zealand’s second-fastest under-13 girls’ cross-country runner. Myah Houthuijzen was once again the darling of Gisborne Harriers Club after her performance at the New Zealand Cross Country...
Do the mahi. Enjoy the treats. Anaru Reedy summed that up as he got the 2020 edition of the Emerre and Hathaway Poverty Bay Men's Open off to a sub-70 start on the Awapuni Links yesterday. Reedy, who shifted from the host Poverty Bay course to...
Who's going to step up with the bat for Poverty Bay?That's the million-dollar question that captain Cohen Loffler's Bay side have to answer heading into Day 5 of the Northern Districts Emerging Youth under-19 cricket tournament at Harry Barker...
BLACK is back.“We're going to win” was the vow from Gisborne fitness instructor Ivan Te Momo on the eve of playing in this afternoon’s first test of three for Blind New Zealand against the Blind Lions. The first test at QBE Stadium, better...
CRICKETAN impressive 93 from Bruce Kerr propelled Poverty Bay to a comfortable and unexpected win against Hamilton B in provincial cricket yesterday. The No. 3 scored at quicker than a run a ball for Bollywood Stars Poverty Bay in pursuit of...
RUGBY LEAGUETWO top Gisborne-Tairawhiti rugby league teams have piled on the points, underlining their credentials for the club title. Paikea Whalers bounced back from a loss by putting Ngatapa Stags to the sword at Awapuni Stadium on Saturday...
Tairawhiti senior softball finals were played recently. Both games were thrillers, with the Rams winning the men's decider 7-6 and Scorpions pipping Rovers 9-8 in the women's final
Gisborne Speedway Club will have eyes on the Whanganui and Huntly speedways this weekend. Those clubs are racing tonight, confident they can fit within the Covid-19 red traffic-light requirements. If it all works out well at those two tracks tonight...
RUGBY SEVENSThey’re going back. Gisborne Girls’ High School will represent Poverty Bay-East Coast in the Condors seven-a-side tournament for the third year in a row. They won what was, in effect, a “best of three” under-19 series against...
Gisborne Girls’ High School senior A produced a strong performance last night in the Gisborne YMCA to recaim inter-school “bragging rights”, when they soundly defeated Ritana senior A from Lytton. Girls’ High won the Pak’nSave premier grade...
CRICKETThe boys got out of Dodge. Northern Knights head coach John Bracewell timed the close of play in the Northern Districts three-day trial perfectly. Although one drop might have fallen before play was called off, the No. 2 pitch at Harry Barker...
All three Gisborne football teams in outside competition had wins at the weekend. Yesterday ALH Thistle beat Rough Habits Hawera 3-1 in a Central Federation Cup game at Skoglund Park, Palmerston North. On Saturday, Heavy Equipment Services Gisborne...
Gisborne Thistle had a tough start to their Central Federation League campaign when they lost 5-0 to Whanganui Athletic at Wembley Park, Whanganui, on Saturday. Goals in the 12th, 23rd and 68th minutes set up what looked like being a mirror image of...
THE Barry Cup holders grow stronger by the week. Uawa’s monster pack will be an even bigger unit tomorrow against Ruatoria than they were in the first defence against Waikohu last Sunday. They have 6ft 4in, 116-kilogram Juston Allen taking Scott...
Nathan Trowell has made Poverty Bay-East Coast indoor bowling history. At 13, he is the youngest player to earn a silver star for five Poverty Bay-East Coast centre titles. He achieved the feat by skipping dad Malcolm Trowell to victory in the biggest...
Gisborne Girls’ High School ace goal shoot/goal attack Princess Tomoana has got the thumbs-up from former New Zealand goal attack and former Silver Ferns coach Ruth Aitken. The Year 13 schoolgirl has been named in the Netball Waikato Bay of Plenty...
The big guns of Poverty Bay women’s hockey clash on Saturday afternoon in the game of the round, and the defending champions would be favoured. The 12.30pm game between YMP and GMC Green has “classic” written all over it. Hockey commentator Tony...
Central Federation League, SATURDAY, 2.45pm: Arena Turf (Palmerston North), Palmerston North Marist v ALH Gisborne Thistle. Eastern League 1, SATURDAY, 2.30pm: Childers Road Reserve 2, Thistle Youth v 1st Class Decorators Wainui Sharks; Harry Barker...
POVERTY Bay assistant coach Dwayne Russell says his side are not looking, at the Lochore Cup as a consolation prize — as they prepare to play favourites Mid Canterbury in the semifinals, at Ashburton tomorrow.“If, and it’s a big if, we win...