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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...

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...

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...

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...

YMP leave it late

Waikohu extended their lead in the Poverty Bay premier competition to five points after High School Old Boys defaulted their game scheduled for Te Karaka on Saturday. GT Shearing Waikohu now have 25 points — five clear of Ngatapa, who had the bye...

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...

Thistle Youth surprise United

Aaron Graham was blunt when asked about Gisborne United Firsts’ game against Thistle Youth in Eastern League 1 football.“It looked as if all 11 of us were hung over,” he said.“It was 2-1 in the end. We were up 2-0 in the first 15 minutes...

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...

Rumble in Ruatoria

Poverty Bay rugby coach Tom Cairns has named a mobile forward pack and experienced backline for tomorrow’s pre-season hit-out against Ngati Porou East Coast. The players have been fizzing at training sessions ahead of the highly anticipated fixture...

Sports draws

Childers Road Reserve 1, Gisborne Vehicle Testing Thistle v Taradale Premiers. 3pm: Park Island (Napier) Ground 2, Napier Marist Premiers v Heavy Equipment Services Gisborne United. Rectory field, Gisborne Boys' High School v Lytton High School; CRR...