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CyclingKonica Minolta Gisborne Cycling Club races, SATURDAY — Club Ride (no racing), starting at 1.30pm from Nelson Rd cemetery. New riders considering racing at some stage are very welcome to come have a group ride with club. All visitors...

Boys’ High teams take it on the chin

They took it on the chin. The Gisborne Boys’ High School first 15, second 15, under-15s and u14s came up against high-quality opposition at St Peter’s College on Saturday. The home teams prevailed 4-0. The Gisborne teams’ losses were: first 15...

Both teams have strong incentive

NETBALLGISBORNE Girls’ High School Senior A have a lot to play for when they take on Waikohu in premier grade netball at the YMCA tomorrow. And so do their opponents. Both teams need to win this Pak’nSave competition match. The students head into...

Reid ready for his biggest race yet

TAYLER Reid is just over four weeks away from the biggest race of his life. The Gisborne triathlete will contest the ITU world cup sprint race in Tongyeong, South Korea. It could be a Commonwealth Games trial event. Barring injury, Ryan Sissons has...

Taonga on the line at home

POVERTY Bay will defend the Bill Osborne Taonga for the first time against Wairarapa Bush in Gisborne on August 27. The 2022 Heartland Championship draw was released yesterday and this year's competition will feature the added attraction of the...

Around the Greens

Poverty BayTHE club holds its first winter mini tournament tomorrow. It will be the first of six mini tournaments to be held on occasional Thursdays during winter. Teams will play mixed triples over three games, each of six ends or one hour. All...

Myah a silver streak at NZ cross-country champs

SHE went for the experience. She returned home as New Zealand’s second-fastest under-13 girls’ cross-country runner. Myah Houthuijzen was once again the darling of Gisborne Harriers Club after her performance at the New Zealand Cross Country...

Sterling start for locals at the Poverty Bay Open

Do the mahi. Enjoy the treats. Anaru Reedy summed that up as he got the 2020 edition of the Emerre and Hathaway Poverty Bay Men's Open off to a sub-70 start on the Awapuni Links yesterday. Reedy, who shifted from the host Poverty Bay course to...

Northern Knights trial ends with the arrival of rain

CRICKETThe boys got out of Dodge. Northern Knights head coach John Bracewell timed the close of play in the Northern Districts three-day trial perfectly. Although one drop might have fallen before play was called off, the No. 2 pitch at Harry Barker...

Triple success: Gisborne teams beat outside opponents

All three Gisborne football teams in outside competition had wins at the weekend. Yesterday ALH Thistle beat Rough Habits Hawera 3-1 in a Central Federation Cup game at Skoglund Park, Palmerston North. On Saturday, Heavy Equipment Services Gisborne...

Jags endure tough campaign start

Gisborne Thistle had a tough start to their Central Federation League campaign when they lost 5-0 to Whanganui Athletic at Wembley Park, Whanganui, on Saturday. Goals in the 12th, 23rd and 68th minutes set up what looked like being a mirror image of...

Stronger by the week,Burghley lead for Sir Mark

THE Barry Cup holders grow stronger by the week. Uawa’s monster pack will be an even bigger unit tomorrow against Ruatoria than they were in the first defence against Waikohu last Sunday. They have 6ft 4in, 116-kilogram Juston Allen taking Scott...

Indoor bowls news

Nathan Trowell has made Poverty Bay-East Coast indoor bowling history. At 13, he is the youngest player to earn a silver star for five Poverty Bay-East Coast centre titles. He achieved the feat by skipping dad Malcolm Trowell to victory in the biggest...

Thumbs-up for Princess from former Ferns coach

Gisborne Girls’ High School ace goal shoot/goal attack Princess Tomoana has got the thumbs-up from former New Zealand goal attack and former Silver Ferns coach Ruth Aitken. The Year 13 schoolgirl has been named in the Netball Waikato Bay of Plenty...

Big guns to clash in women’s hockey game

The big guns of Poverty Bay women’s hockey clash on Saturday afternoon in the game of the round, and the defending champions would be favoured. The 12.30pm game between YMP and GMC Green has “classic” written all over it. Hockey commentator Tony...

FOOTBALL DRAWS

Central Federation League, SATURDAY, 2.45pm: Arena Turf (Palmerston North), Palmerston North Marist v ALH Gisborne Thistle. Eastern League 1, SATURDAY, 2.30pm: Childers Road Reserve 2, Thistle Youth v 1st Class Decorators Wainui Sharks; Harry Barker...