The GDC Smashers won the BIZminton2021 competition when playoffs were held on the final night of play. It was the Smashers’ first mercantile badminton title. In the playoffs they defeated Anaura 3+1 in some close matches. In the previous week’s...
Strap yourself in. Monday’s Central Federation Cup quarterfinal between Gisborne Thistle and Gisborne United will be quite a ride. United have been hanging out for a chance to test themselves against a Thistle side now playing two levels of football...
MARTIAL ARTSRavyn Simpson was a champion at 13.A member of Rangataua o Aotearoa, a martial arts club whose instructors and students use the Maori language, Ravyn — who turned 14 on June 1 — is the Aotearoa Muay Thai Association flyweight...
Poverty Bay-East Coast indoor bowler Keith Setter was the star of the Queen’s Birthday Weekend Tournament in Rotorua. Had there been a player-of-the-tournament award, Setter would have won it hands down. Setter started the weekend by gaining...
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The best thing the Duane Hihi-coached Gisborne Boys’ High School first 15 can do now is stick to what they do best. Last Saturday they beat Wellington College 33-24 in Round 1 of the Tranzit Coachlines First 15 Rugby Festival at Porirua Park. Their...
Colin Christie knows about going close in a men’s shootout final. He’s been second three times in the past.“Peter Hatwell beat me twice and I was second to Kim Travers one year,” Christie said after clearing the final hurdle in the 2022 Sean...
GISBORNE Intermediate teams came away with a first placing, two seconds and a third at the Bay of Plenty-Poverty Bay Intermediate Schools Winter Tournament held in Tauranga and Mt Maunganui. The Gis Int boys’ and girls’ teams played each other in...
TRAMPOLININGGISBORNE trampolinists had one final chance to compete before the upcoming nationals in July. The Midland champs held in Rotorua was also a chance for the younger club members to get their first experience in an out-of-town...
IKE Ruru made the short trip from Waikohu a productive one as the hams were dished out in the Enterprise Motor Group Patutahi Christmas tournament on Saturday. Ruru highlighted his 90-24-66 with a two in posting one of the rounds of the day. Waikohu...
HOCKEYTHREE rising stars of Gisborne hockey were given a chance to show their talents on the national stage last week. Goalkeeper Cole Manson stripped up for the Hawke’s Bay squad for the Men’s u18 tournament, while Kelsey Teneti and Alesh...
Poverty Bay Golf club greenkeeper William Brown is the 2022 King of the Coast men’s open champion. Brown defeated 2021 champion and Electrinet Park member Anaru Reedy 3 and 2 in the matchplay final of the annual open held on the Tolaga Bay...
FORMER New Zealand softball captain, selector and coach Naomi Shaw says the Tairawhiti Softball Association did an excellent job of hosting the North Island under-15 tournament, which finished on Sunday.“It was an extremely well-run tournament...
FOOTBALLA DRAW between Gisborne Championship football big guns United and Thistle Massive has left Wainui Demons alone at the top of the table. Coates Associates Wainui Demons beat Lytton High School 4-2 at Lytton to give them maximum points after...
GISBORNE BMX riders and supporters will this weekend mark the official 30th birthday of their club. They are celebrating with a national qualifying meeting at their track on Saturday, and afterwards will gather at the Jolly Stockman Hotel to share...
REBUILDING will be the focus of local teams in the central region under-13 tournament starting tomorrow at Waikirikiri Park, says Tairawhiti Softball Association president Walton Walker. Two boys’ teams and one girls’ team from Tairawhiti will...
It was an Adams family benefit when Gisborne United beat Taradale 8-1 in Pacific Premiership football at Harry Barker Reserve on Saturday. Striker Josh Adams scored five goals and elder brother and player-coach Corey scored three. Meanwhile, Gisborne...
some close ties were played in BIZminton business house badminton last Thursday as players sensed the approach of this week's final night. Carbon Crusaders defeated previously unbeaten Slammers with some very close matches. Two of their wins were...
Form and status should dictate the outcomes in local hockey this weekend. The senior men get things under way tomorrow night on the LJ Hooker turf at Harry Barker Reserve. At 6pm, Lytton Old Boys Masters take on Gisborne Boys’ High School in a match...
MISTAKES in sport at most levels can be damaging. Mistakes in sport at the highest level can be fatal. That is one lesson Gold Coast-based Gisborne surf lifesaver Cory Taylor took away from his first taste of the Nutri-Grain Ironman Series, which...
The Ngāti Porou East Coast Kaupoi are rugby champions in 2022. The Hosea Gear-coached, Sam Parkes-led Sky Blues beat the Mid-Canterbury Hammers 25-20 in the Lochore Cup final of the two-tier Bunnings Warehouse Heartland Championship at Enterprise...
WILLZ Donnelly has travelled to Prague to chase his squash dreams and fight for contention in the New Zealand Commonwealth Games team. Speaking just before he travelled, he said it was exciting to be taking the next step in his playing career as he...
Senior hockey this weekend gets off to a right royal start as THC look to get the winning feeling back when they take on Lytton Old Boys A in the opening match at Harry Barker Reserve tonight. THC are expected to bounce back strongly from their...
YOUNG athletes from around the district put their running shoes to the turf yesterday in what was one of the biggest school get-togethers since the pandemic struck. Four hundred and forty students from 21 schools were registered in the Primary...
Marathon kayaking comes to Gisborne’s Waimata River this weekend, and the Thompson family will feature . . . one way or another. Husband and wife Alan and Liz Thompson played key roles in bringing the New Zealand Kayak Marathon Championships to...
POVERTY Bay are into the semifinals of the national under-15 girls’ tournament in Carterton. The PB side powered past Wellington 6-3 in yesterday’s quarterfinals, courtesy of a hat-trick to captain Heni-Kamaia Thompson, a double to Kelsey Teneti...
CRICKETIN a three-team competition, Poverty Bay cricket's DJ Barry Cup must feel like a stop-start affair for the players. But the business end is near and the two teams on the park tomorrow — Horouta and High School Old Boys — will be out to...
HAVING led YMP to premier club rugby glory in 2022, Shayde Skudder has shifted his focus to the grass of another sporting arena. A talented golfer, Poverty Bay Heartland rugby squad member Skudder will make his national interprovincial debut on Mount...
Winiata Tarawa, of YMP, and Niao Savage, of Uawa, have been rewarded for impressive club form with selection for the Heartland under-19 rugby team. The team will compete in the Jock Hobbs Memorial tournament, which starts at Taupo on Sunday. Savage...