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Warren wins the open handicap at Gisborne Cosmopolitan Snooker Club

SNOOKERJOHN Warren won the Suncity Open Handicap Tournament held by Gisborne Cosmopolitan Snooker Club last Saturday. Warren defeated Phil Thompson Snr 2-0 in the best-of-three-frame final. Sixteen players contested the tournament, and Warren played...

Around the greens,club Bowls news delivered by Graham Reeve

GISBORNEThe fours championships were completed last weekend and some high-quality bowling was on display. The open women’s championship went to Bobbie Beattie, Tanya Harrison, Joy Wallace and Kay Goldsbury, with two lives intact. They beat Carol...

No ‘premier’ games annoys female footballers

GISBORNE District councillor Amber Dunn yesterday voiced the concerns of the city’s female footballers, who say Central Football had refused them the chance to play on Gisborne’s premier football pitch “time and time again”.Dr Dunn asked the...

NZ squash award for former Gisborne woman

Former Gisborne woman Aileen Buscke, who represented New Zealand at squash, received life membership of Squash New Zealand this month in recognition of more than 50 years’ involvement in the sport as a player and coach. Aileen, now in her 70s, has...

Gisborne Boardriders Club takes top position

GISBORNE Boardriders Club reclaimed the No. 1 status at the national surfing championships held in Gisborne last month. Helped by a five-title haul, Gisborne finished ahead of Point Boardriders of Raglan in the always hotly-contested club points...

McDonald makes Heartland XV

RUGBYPOVERTY Bay openside flanker Callum McDonald is “beyond happy” after being called into the New Zealand Heartland Championship XV. An injury to South Canterbury flanker Nick Strachan has McDonald — who was on standby — on the verge of...

Promise shows early

The Ngāti Porou East Coast look like producing rockin' rugby in the style of last year ahead of this Saturday's Heartland Championship season opener at Ruatoria. Having run in seven tries to defeat Eastern Bay of Plenty 39-12 at Princess Street...

Never say die

Gisborne United are football’s Pacific Premiership champions for 2019.A last-minute goal by skipper Kieran Venema gave them a title-clinching 3-2 victory over Eskview at Petane Domain, Hawke’s Bay, on Saturday. Second, one point back, were...

Uawa edge TVC in Coast battle

IT WAS an intense battle for dominance from the start when leading Ngati Porou East Coast club rugby teams TVC and Uawa met at Tolaga Bay Domain on Saturday. TVC had won two of their games this season by large margins and lost to Tokararangi by only...

Spring and autumn for strikers

STRIKERS in the spring and autumn of their careers took the eye in Eastern League Division 1 football on Saturday. Teenage striker Josh Adams, just setting out on his senior career, scored two goals and had a hand in the other two as Heavy Equipment...

YMP and LOB put on a thriller

THE top YMP men's team produced the senior hockey result of the weekend with a win against arch-rivals Lytton Old Boys. In the women's matches, Paikea's victory over Girls' High was the hardest-fought contest. YMP A defeated the other previously...

City push Uawa to the brink

It’s about quality, not quantity. Week 9 of East Coast club rugby had two tough-as-teak clashes on Saturday. Uawa — whose only loss came in Week 6 — were pushed to the brink by Ruatoria City before claiming victory 24-17 at Whakarua Park. In Te...

WINTER TOURNEY WEEK

The Rosemary O'Brien tournament is part of the secondary school Winter Tourney Week featuring a range of sports. The combined Gisborne Girls’ High/Campion College team lost their game against Papamoa 4-1. Several Gisborne schools are involved in...

‘Old salts’ to pass on their experience to aspiring sailors

YACHTINGBEGINNERS are set to team up with experienced sailors at the Poverty Bay yachting champs this weekend. The Gisborne Yacht Club invited some recent learn-to-sail graduates to join more seasoned sailors in two-person yachts to get more “bums...

Not fazed who they play

WHO plays who in the semifinals of the Poverty Bay club rugby championship playoffs will be decided tomorrow afternoon at Paddy’s Park in Patutahi when Ngatapa host Pirates. The winners will play in-form Earthwork Solutions High School Old Boys in...

Hoskin and Thompson chase spots for the Tokyo Olympic Games

GISBORNE kayak paddlers Quaid Thompson and Alicia Hoskin are among a small group of New Zealand athletes in Australia chasing quota spots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. They will be in Penrith, Sydney, competing at the Oceania Canoe Sprint...