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Good results at Golden Gloves

BOXINGGISBORNE boxers showed skill and heart at the North Island Golden Gloves in Taupo. Alhaji Sheriff, 15, from the Gisborne City Hit Pit club, was judged the most scientific junior male boxer at the championships last weekend. He won his...

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...

McDonald finishes on a high

ANOTHER successful national women's interprovincial for Gisborne's Tessa McDonald ended on a winning high in Timaru on Saturday. Playing at No. 1 in the Hawke's Bay-Poverty Bay team, McDonald powered to a 7 and 6 victory over the Aorangi No. 1 in the...

Winning start by Gis Int girls

Gisborne Intermediate girls’ cricket team began their Northern Districts regional finals campaign for the National Primary School Shield with a 41-run win over Mount Maunganui in Papamaoa yesterday. Gisborne posted 110-7 in 20 overs of the...

Victory story

Gisborne surf lifesaving athlete Cory Taylor on Sunday won his second Nutri-Grain IronMan Series event. It was at Surfers Paradise, where he achieved his first victory, in February

Around the greens

Poverty BayMixed triplesThe Beetham Lifestyle Village Mixed Triples was held on Wednesday, November 22. The format was progressive triples over four rounds of 10 ends with a 90-minute time limit each round. Thirty-nine players contested this popular...

Primary school athletics results

Results from the Gisborne primary schools athletics meeting, organised by Te Wharau School and held yesterday at Awapuni Stadium —Ball throwGirls — Year 3: Kalianne Taylor (St Mary’s) 1; Riley Lewis (Wainui) 2; Nyana Ruru (Te Wharau) 3. Year 4...

Mixing it with the bigger boys

Waikanae up-and-comer Lachie Falloon has made the step from Oceans under-14 to u16s this season and the gutsy youngster is looking forward to what’s ahead of him. Lachie was a strong competitor through his junior years, culminating in gold medals...

Waikohu subdue YMP

NETBALL by Murray RobertsonWAIKOHU produced the boil-over result of the season to date in premier-grade netball when they downed defending champions YMP in emphatic style at Victoria Domain on Saturday. Claydens Waikohu (1) led throughout and...

Gisborne teams in action . . .

POVERTY Bay Rugby Football Union's senior representative side regained the Jeremy David Memorial trophy in Napier on Saturday. They beat Wairarapa Bush 36-31. Last year's match was won by Wairarapa Bush 46-26. Poverty Bay also won the under-20s' clash...