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Sharks continue good run

Wainui Sharks continued their run of good form with a 6-1 victory over Lytton High School in the only Eastern League Division 1 football game played last weekend. They are third in the six-team league, on 10 points from six games. Heavy Equipment...

Burton finish a thriller

Result in doubt until last round of pairs games in classic format

McDonald pushes NZ young guns all the way

GOLFA 2-UNDER the card performance would be good enough to win on most occasions. Not yesterday for Gisborne’s top female player at the national women’s interprovincial in Hawke’s Bay yesterday. Tessa McDonald played beautiful golf on Day 2 of...

WAKA AMA: number in youngest age group a champs record

A RECORD 750-plus taitamariki (youth) under the age of 10 raced on the first day of the waka ama sprint nationals at Lake Karapiro yesterday. Horouta Waka Hoe Club's W12 team of midget girls (taitamahine), Hinekahurangi-Ariki, won Heat 1 of the...

Gibbs steps into the breach

CRICKETANDREW Gibbs has captained the Poverty Bay cricket side before and he will lead them again tomorrow in a 50-over match against Hamilton’s second 11. Regular skipper Nic Hendrie is out with a broken thumb and Gibbs, the Bay’s 2018 captain...

HSOB toughing it out

Reigning champions High School Old Boys started the premier club rugby season with a 37-19 win against Tapuae only to be brought crashing back to earth when Larsawn Ngatapa thumped them 44-3 at the weekend. The Earthwork Solutions HSOB side were...

Bridge results

MONDAY, July 10 — Self Storage Pairs 2North/South East/WestKatrine Matthews/Trish Corson 63.89 Eileen Lee/Elizabeth Jackson 73.61Beverley Evans/Murray Owen 46.53 Pippa Williams/Sally Knight 52.78WEDNESDAY, July 12 — Bayleys Real Estate Pairs...

Countback denies NZ place in the playoffs

The New Zealand polo team, captained by Gisborne’s Glenn Sherriff, narrowly failed to qualify for the bronze-medal playoffs in the Federation International Polo (FIP) Championship at the Sydney Polo Club grounds. The Kiwis bounced back from an...

Club bowls news

Gisborne ClubIT has been a good bowling week for Barbara Gibson and Lorna Reeve. Last Wednesday, playing lead, Gibson etched her name on the Doug Neilson Memorial Shield and on Saturday she bagged second place in the Gisborne club’s first...

Whirlwind learning curve for rugby league rookie

GISBORNE born-and-bred Nita Maynard will join a special group of athletes when she makes her Kiwi Ferns international debut at the women’s world cup in Sydney today. Halfback Maynard was yesterday named in the 19-woman squad for the Ferns’ pool...

New name, same aim for defending champs

The 2nd NZEF Association kicked off its Summer Darts League with 10 teams taking the oche on Tuesday. A mix of senior, youth and junior players have set the scene for interesting results over the nine weeks of the first round. Three members of last...

Grand final here we come

WAIKOHU earned their first Lee Bros Shield grand final appearance while High School Old Boys earned the right to defend the title in two barnstorming premier-grade Poverty Bay club rugby semifinals at Barry Park on Saturday. Aon Waikohu got home with...

Sports draws

CyclingSATURDAY — Gisborne Cycling Club ride, no racing, 1.30pm at Nelson Rd Cemetery. All visitors very welcome. FootballSATURDAY — PACIFIC PREMIERSHIP, 2.30pm: Harry Barker Reserve 1, Heavy Equipment Gisborne United v Napier City Rovers; CRR 1...

On the mats — indoor bowls news

David Lynn will fly to Christchurch in September to contest the New Zealand Henselite singles finals, after winning the local final of the event last Sunday. Lynn played John Harvey in the nine-end final. After four ends, Lynn led 4-3 and after End 6...

Three from Gisborne and Wairoa in Traverse field

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A win and two losses for GBHS under-14s

RUGBYUnlucky is not the right word. Yesterday the Gisborne Boys’ High School under-14s struck a very good Hamilton Boys’ High School team on Day 2 of the Colquhoun Invitation Tournament and lost 29-0.“Gisborne threw the kitchen sink at us from...