Te Kotahi Kaio 2, Corey Kaio 2 (Kidz & Himz); Anaru Cashmore 2 (Ruahine Rua); Jarrod Waikawa (Whanau Magic); Tahuna Irwin, Sam Kirikino (Falcons); Dudley Reeves (Tigers).Jarrod Waikawa (Whanau); Corey Kaio (Kidz & Himz).Sam Kirikino (Falcons).Kino...
A 38-hole Sunday ended in Te Puia Springs Handicap second 16 glory for Allan White at the East Coast Open.“Whitey” defeated Poverty Bay clubmate Peter Clayton with a par on the first extra hole in the matchplay final on Sunday arvo. Earlier, he...
A BIT of community spirit goes a long way. Just ask the boys from Lytton High School’s first 15. The team started out with three players this year — Lytton is not typically renowned as a rugby school — but word quickly spread about the team’s...
GISBORNE Thistle are prepared for another big challenge when they take on Havelock North Wanderers in Central Federation League top-four football in Hawke’s Bay tomorrow. Thistle are three points behind second-placed Havelock and six ahead of...
YMP A and defending champions GMC Green will meet in the grand final of the women's A Grade hockey competition. Both sides had comprehensive victories in their sudden-death semifinals at the weekend. Reigning men's champions HPY Advisors Lytton Old...
RUGBYWhat do a three-try-scoring force of nature and a Lee Brothers Shield-winning captain with one good eye have in common?The answer is that they both featured in the last play of Waikohu’s fourth defence of the Barry Cup. The holders’ in-form...
THE Gisborne Girls’ High School equestrian team returned triumphant from the Woodford House Secondary Schools Equestrian Event in Hastings. Teacher Vicky Mottart took away six riders to the event. The girls competed in showjumping, dressage and...
Wainui Sharks continued their run of good form with a 6-1 victory over Lytton High School in the only Eastern League Division 1 football game played last weekend. They are third in the six-team league, on 10 points from six games. Heavy Equipment...
GOLFA 2-UNDER the card performance would be good enough to win on most occasions. Not yesterday for Gisborne’s top female player at the national women’s interprovincial in Hawke’s Bay yesterday. Tessa McDonald played beautiful golf on Day 2 of...
A RECORD 750-plus taitamariki (youth) under the age of 10 raced on the first day of the waka ama sprint nationals at Lake Karapiro yesterday. Horouta Waka Hoe Club's W12 team of midget girls (taitamahine), Hinekahurangi-Ariki, won Heat 1 of the...
CRICKETANDREW Gibbs has captained the Poverty Bay cricket side before and he will lead them again tomorrow in a 50-over match against Hamilton’s second 11. Regular skipper Nic Hendrie is out with a broken thumb and Gibbs, the Bay’s 2018 captain...
Reigning champions High School Old Boys started the premier club rugby season with a 37-19 win against Tapuae only to be brought crashing back to earth when Larsawn Ngatapa thumped them 44-3 at the weekend. The Earthwork Solutions HSOB side were...
MONDAY, July 10 — Self Storage Pairs 2North/South East/WestKatrine Matthews/Trish Corson 63.89 Eileen Lee/Elizabeth Jackson 73.61Beverley Evans/Murray Owen 46.53 Pippa Williams/Sally Knight 52.78WEDNESDAY, July 12 — Bayleys Real Estate Pairs...
The New Zealand polo team, captained by Gisborne’s Glenn Sherriff, narrowly failed to qualify for the bronze-medal playoffs in the Federation International Polo (FIP) Championship at the Sydney Polo Club grounds. The Kiwis bounced back from an...
RUGBY by Jack MalcolmPOVERTY Bay fell to Mid Canterbury in a golden-point thriller in Heartland Championship rugby in Ashburton on Saturday. After trailing 19-5 early in the second half, Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay mounted a courageous...
YOU don’t win the pinnacle title of Poverty Bay-East Coast men’s golf through luck. There can be a fortuitous bounce off a tree on the out-of-bounds fenceline. A thinly hit chip can smack into the flagstick at breakneck speed and drop in the...
GISBORNE-Mahia surfer Ricardo Christie’s first contest of the year came to an end in messy waves at Newcastle, Australia, yesterday afternoon. Christie finished third in his three-man Round 4 heat of the Burton Automotive Pro Qualifying Series...
NETBALLIT’S crunch time in the premier netball competition tomorrow night when YMP go head to head with High School Old Girls to decide the other premier finalist. The 7.30pm Pak’nSave competition match-up tomorrow night will draw a big crowd...
WAIROA bowlers Peter Robinson and Glenda Kapene won the Gisborne-East Coast Centre mixed pairs bowls tournament at the Poverty Bay greens. Robinson and Kapene went through undefeated, and beat Kahutia’s Francie Adair and Alastair Macpherson in the...
October 30 is going to a be a rugby day like no other. That is the date on which the Ngati Porou East Coast women will come to Gisborne in search of their third straight win. Standing in their way will be the Ron Tamatea-coached Poverty Bay team. The...
TWELFTH place in the open men, third best of the classic women; Gisborne’s two competitors in the Coast to Coast accomplished their Coast to Coast missions in style by the time they crossed the finishing line at New Brighton Beach on...
Results from Day 2 and Day 3 of the Larsen Sawmilling North Island Jumping and Show Hunter Championships in Gisborne:JumpingEasts Outdoor Work and Leisure New Zealand v Australia Young Rider Test final result: New Zealand — Emily Hayward (Te...
FORMER Ngati Porou East Coast prop Ziggy Fisiihoi become the first Sky Blues player to be signed by a Super Rugby franchise, when he was named in the Chiefs squad for the 2016 season. Rua Tipoki had already played Super Rugby before teaming up with...
Gisborne ClubIT has been a good bowling week for Barbara Gibson and Lorna Reeve. Last Wednesday, playing lead, Gibson etched her name on the Doug Neilson Memorial Shield and on Saturday she bagged second place in the Gisborne club’s first...
GISBORNE born-and-bred Nita Maynard will join a special group of athletes when she makes her Kiwi Ferns international debut at the women’s world cup in Sydney today. Halfback Maynard was yesterday named in the 19-woman squad for the Ferns’ pool...
The 2nd NZEF Association kicked off its Summer Darts League with 10 teams taking the oche on Tuesday. A mix of senior, youth and junior players have set the scene for interesting results over the nine weeks of the first round. Three members of last...
WAIKOHU earned their first Lee Bros Shield grand final appearance while High School Old Boys earned the right to defend the title in two barnstorming premier-grade Poverty Bay club rugby semifinals at Barry Park on Saturday. Aon Waikohu got home with...
CyclingSATURDAY — Gisborne Cycling Club ride, no racing, 1.30pm at Nelson Rd Cemetery. All visitors very welcome. FootballSATURDAY — PACIFIC PREMIERSHIP, 2.30pm: Harry Barker Reserve 1, Heavy Equipment Gisborne United v Napier City Rovers; CRR 1...
David Lynn will fly to Christchurch in September to contest the New Zealand Henselite singles finals, after winning the local final of the event last Sunday. Lynn played John Harvey in the nine-end final. After four ends, Lynn led 4-3 and after End 6...
RUGBYUnlucky is not the right word. Yesterday the Gisborne Boys’ High School under-14s struck a very good Hamilton Boys’ High School team on Day 2 of the Colquhoun Invitation Tournament and lost 29-0.“Gisborne threw the kitchen sink at us from...