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Post-season looms for premier teams

DJ Barry Cup premier cricket enters its second round this weekend as teams look to consolidate their position before the post-season, starting in less than a month. Coastal Concrete OBR and Galaxy World Gisborne Boys' High School face off in...

United stay on Massive’s heels

TWO goals by Stu Cranswick kept Heavy Equipment Services United hard on the heels of competition leaders Thistle Massive in Eastern League Division 1 football on Saturday. Cranswick has scored 17 league goals so far this season and, as player-coach...

Sports draws January 27, 2016

CyclingKonica Minolta Gisborne Cycling Club racesSaturday — Aon Insurance Brokers/Steve Wolter Plumbing Summer Series, Race 4: Sign-on is 1.30pm to 1.50pm at Ngakaroa Road with a 2pm start. A and B grades: 53km, Lavenham Road/Quarry plus Ngakaro...

Russell and Peneha in PBEC team

GOLFTWO debutants have been named in the Poverty Bay-East Coast men’s team to contest the Freyberg Masters national interprovincial next month. Patutahi member Dwayne Russell and Electrinet Park’s Selwyn Peneha were confirmed in a six-strong team...

Sideline a strange country

United, Thistle both have non-playing coaches this year

Gerald Holden's team second in GODZone adventure pursuit

SIX days, four hours and 21 minutes after starting the GODZone adventure race through Fiordland, Gisborne man Gerald Holden’s Lincoln Reunion team crossed the finish line in second place yesterday. They surpassed all their expectations for the...

Shield wins to Poverty Bay, Kahutia

The Yelverton Shield and Peck Shield Gisborne East Coast centre junior interclub events were held at Poverty Bay Bowling Club last Sunday. Restricted to bowlers with eight years or less playing experience, only Poverty Bay and Gisborne were able to...

Bay u18s play ‘with passion’ for jersey

“THEY showed more than pride in the jersey; they played with passion for it.”That’s the assessment of Fulton Hogan Poverty Bay under-18 rugby coach Jamie Hutana, whose team lost to Display Associates Wanganui 21-17 in atrocious conditions at...

Whistleblower Joel on the rise

Poverty Bay rugby has produced many accomplished referees in the past and the future is also looking bright. Gisborne Boys' High School Year 10 student Joel Pearce has found a passion for officiating. Joel, 15, has worked hard on his skills and is...

Around the greens

GisborneWHEN it comes to the battle for the Bill Edwards Tankard it seems home-green advantage counts for nothing. In recent years the visitors have come out on top when Gisborne and Kahutia bowling clubs have clashed in the friendly annual...

Around the Greens: Club bowls news

Differentials determined the winners of Poverty Bay Bowling Club’s Easter Triples Tournament. The team of Joe Wimutu (skip), Ngawai Turipa (director) and Larry Kaloukava (lead on Saturday) and Bruce Gledhill (lead on Sunday) won the A Division by...

Reid back on track with u23 inclusion

GISBORNE triathlete Tayler Reid cemented his place in the New Zealand under-23 team to compete at the ITU World Triathlon Championships in Cozumel, Mexico, next month when he was the second New Zealander home in the Premium Continental Cup race in...

Bridge results

Congratulations this week to Eileen Lee and Trish Corson for scoring 70 percent on Monday night. Monday, June 13 — Winter Pairs 2North/South East/WestJeff Allen, Katrina Duncan 58.33 Eileen Lee, Trish Corson 70.00Bette Parker, Joy Marden 54.17...

Sport runs in Wills, Preston families

NEW Zealand beach volleyball women’s team member Kelsie Wills has a strong Gisborne link. Wills, 25 years old and 6ft 1in, is the granddaughter of former Gisborne residents Barry and Diana Preston. Barry and his brothers Bob and Husky played rugby...

Fifth not a bad effort, all things considered

JETSPRINTING by Grant MillerHAMPERED by mechanical troubles and limited time on the course, Gisborne’s Blake Briant and Kate Hoogerbrug felt fifth wasn’t a bad result in the latest round of the New Zealand Jetsprint Championship. Competing in the...

Belated win to YMP after confusion over score

The teamsheets, two separate TV crews and the referee in the Poverty Bay club rugby game between Ngatapa and YMP at Barry Park on Saturday got it wrong. The result in what was the last game of round 2 of the Civil Project Solutions competition was...