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Gisborne Boys High School prove too strong for Horouta

Gisborne Boys High School have notched their first win of the season with a convincing victory over Horouta. Chasing 123-to-win, Galaxy World GBHS cruised home in the 21st over with seven wickets in hand after strong performances from the whole...

Happy to share their love of the water

Ten budding surfers and their whanau took to the water on Sunday for the adaptive surfing day run by Gisborne Boardriders Club and Parafed. With the event in its third year, club surfing development officer Flo Bub said it was exciting to see...

Masters braced for a torrid night

LYTTON Old Boys Masters have braced themselves for an all-out assault by the rampant YMP A men’s hockey side when they meet in the 7.30pm match on the LJ Hooker turf at Harry Barker Reserve tonight. YMP come off a big win against LOB A last weekend...

Speedway meeting cancelled

GISBORNE Speedway Club has cancelled tonight’s Speedweek saloon car championship meeting due to the threat of further rain, and club president Grant MacGregor says club members are gutted about it. The Holden Trade Club Saloon Speedweek series...

Night of action at Eastland Group Raceway

ACTION-packed and drama-charged racing at the Eastland Group Raceway on Saturday night saw the junior and senior titles in the Eastland Ministock 100 go to drivers from out of town and Hawke's Bay won the New Zealand sidecar teams title. Mount...

First Pirates player to captain rep side

MITCHELL Turner says he is looking forward to the challenge of leading the Poverty Bay cricket team for their Kirk Cup defence against Hawke’s Bay in Napier tomorrow.“I was stoked when Macca (Bay coach David McDonald) asked me to lead the...

YMP versus Ngatapa heart-attack material

YMP player-coach Reihana Wyllie said the last five-minute spell of his team’s 32-22 win against Ngatapa was heart-attack material.“Once Willie (Brown) kicked the penalty, we knew we would move above Ngatapa on the points table but we turned the...

HSOB fight till the end but playoff hopes gone

High School Old Boys’ bid for a fourth straight Lee Bros Shield victory ended when OBM beat Ngatapa at Patutahi on Saturday. But the reigning champs did all they could to stay in the hunt for a top-four spot with a 31-30 win against second-placed...

Thistle call on their Reserves

Four first-team squad members leave for southern parts

REEDY DOES IT AGAIN

Emerre & Hathaway Poverty Bay Open gets under way

Gisborne has two in Black Ferns, one in Barbarians

Gisborne women Charmaine McMenamin and Renee Holmes have been named in the Black Ferns squad to play the Barbarians. Kaipo Oslen-Baker was named in the Barbarians side to face the Black Ferns in a two-game series played over the next two weeks in...

PB host Bay of Plenty in one-dayer

POVERTY Bay coach David McDonald is under no illusions about the task facing his team tomorrow when they host Bay of Plenty in a one-day Fergus Hickey game at Harry Barker Reserve“They’re traditionally one of the strongest teams in the Northern...

Powell, Flaugere the Bowls Gisborne-East Coast centre women's pairs champions

Jan Powell and Kathryn Flaugere overcame a slow start to win the Bowls Gisborne-East Coast centre women's pairs tournament at Kahutia Bowling Club. Poverty Bay Bowling Club members Powell (skip) and Flaugere won only one of their three games in...

Sports draws

CricketTODAY — C Grade, Nelson Park, 3.15pm: Primary Reps v GBHS, GGHS v Campion. Mercantile, Harry Barker Reserve, 5.30pm: M5, Maccas Rebels v Boundary Violators; M6, Mangapapa Garage v AGFirst; M7 Wannabes v Outlaws; M8, TBC v Sons of...

Girls’ High finding their feet

BIG scores were a feature of Poverty Bay club hockey games with matching wins to Gisborne Boys' and Girls' High teams the standout results in terms of closer action. In the women's competition, Amber Dental Gisborne Girls' High School defeated GMC...

United and Massive pulling away

FOOTBALLUNITED and Thistle Massive have pulled away from the field in Eastern League Division 1 football, and their meeting at Childers Road Reserve on Saturday could be pivotal to the competition outcome. Heavy Equipment Services United player-coach...