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Close results highlight of round

HOCKEYTIGHT wins to GMC Gold, Lytton Old Boys NZ Fruits and JNL Paikea, and a fighting loss for Gisborne Girls’ High School against women’s competition leaders GMC Green were highlights of club hockey at the weekend. Sharon Bramwell, Jo Foster...

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YMP-GMC game a weekend highlight

The senior women’s match between unbeaten YMP A and the Green Machine on the LJ Hooker turf at Harry Barker Reserve tonight looms as the match of the round this weekend. Defending champions YMP beat GMC Green 4-1 last time they met. The prediction...

Record entries of boats and anglers in Bonanza

ONLY one marlin was caught in the Gisborne Tatapouri Sports Fishing Club’s Enterprise Motor Group Autosure Bay Bonanza but there were plenty of other fish. There were 126 boats entered and 465 anglers making record numbers for the 33rd...

Country clubs win seniors

TOLAGA bay won the Gisborne-East Coast champion of champions senior men’s fours tournament, while Te Karaka won the senior women’s competition. Five games of round-robin play settled the contest for both senior women and men at the greens of host...

Lily best all-round on tramp

Lily Arnold has won Gisborne Trampoline Club's trophy for best all-round trampolinist. She received the club's top award at the end-of-year display and prizegiving. Club head coach Doug Callahan said Lily gave 100 percent to her training, worked hard...

Little gains will be key, say Gisborne jetsprinters

JETSPRINTINGGISBORNE driver Blake Briant and navigator Kate Hoogerbrug will try to get small improvements out of their superboat in the second round of the New Zealand Jetsprint Championship. The couple finished third in their Harvest Transport boat...

PB cricket cancelled

ALL Saturday cricket is cancelled. Recreational Services closed Harry Barker and Nelson Park, meaning games will not be played tomorrow. The junior season has space for the missed game to be made up at a later date, however, a strict premier grade...

Players’ registration under scrutiny

RUGBYTHREE JAB rugby championships have been decided, with Pirates winning two finals and Ngatapa, one, in matches played at Rugby Park. Pirates defeated YMP 22-19 in the under-13 final, Ngatapa beat Pirates 30-10 in the u11 final and Pirates beat...

Unofficial record the highlight for Quilter

GISBORNE surf lifesaver Laura Quilter won three gold medals and swam an unofficial world record time at the Queensland Pool Championships on Australia’s Gold Coast at the weekend. Wainui club member Quilter recorded a time of 33.21 seconds for the...

Riders seek qualifying points

EQUESTRIANAll roads lead to the Hawke’s Bay A&P Showgrounds in Hastings for local equestrians, with the Land Rover Horse of the Year running from March 12 to 17. Several Gisborne riders have been out and about in North Island competition trying to...

Marsh, Mihaere to defend pairs title

GISBORNE Sam Marsh and Heather Mihaere will defend their A-grade mixed pairs title in the FMG seniors tennis tournament at the Gisborne Tennis Club, starting at 8.30am tomorrow. Marsh and Mihaere beat Auckland couple Steve and Kim Parkinson in the...

‘Solid’ bowling effort from the Bay

Some days the ball follows you. That was the case yesterday for Poverty Bay Year 6 cricketer Caleb Taewa, who held three catches in Game 1 of the Riverbend tournament. The Jimmy Holden-coached Bay yesterday lost by 51 runs to Cornwall Blue at Frimley...

Honoured for participation

They are a symbol of the many who give freely and generously of their time for the love of their sport

Contrasting games ahead

NETBALLONE close, one not so close would be the prediction ahead of the two premier-grade netball games at the YMCA tomorrow night. The Pak’nSave matches start at 6pm tomorrow night with Gillies Electrical Gisborne Girls’ High School Senior A in...

Unexpected fun run of swell favours surfers

AFTER a mixed surf forecast, last weekend (including the Friday) ended up providing some of the most fun waves in a long time. A peaky three-foot north-east swell, mixed in with just the right amount from the south, made for some amazing A-frame...