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Hometown hero

GISBORNE born and bred driver Daniel Corrin powered way to win the New Zealand saloon car championship here on Saturday night — a title he said “means the world” to him. The 22-year-old now races out of Mount Maunganui’s Baypark speedway but...

Bennett and Raroa improve by the week

These guys are thriving. New umpires Marty Bennett and James Raroa love their cricket, want to improve and are improving by the week. In their first season as officials at Senior B club level, the pair are four games into a 16-round schedule that...

Team journey gets started,Culture of side bolstered when individuals know roles,Poverty Bay reps to have new name

POVERTY Bay start their representative cricket season this weekend with two short-form games against Northern Districts Maori. Bay coach and former New Zealand test all-rounder Lance Cairns says it will be the start of this group’s understanding of...

TVC ready for the challenge

RUGBYTihirau Victory Club make their first trip to Kahuitara — home ground of Hikurangi — in the modern era tomorrow, and it will be hard work. TVC know that their 52-0 win v Ruatoria City was a case of stretching their legs, as opposed to...

Top nights of racing in Gisborne

It was organised chaos at the start of a repechage race at the MTF Finance New Zealand Stockcar Championships in Gisborne. This was one of two repechage races to decide the last six spots for the 30-car finals on the Eastland Group Raceway track and...

Turn me loose

JAMES Grogan cannot wait for the Poverty Bay’s Heartland Championship opener against Ngati Porou East Coast in Ruatoria on Saturday.“That is if I’m picked,” said the LeaderBrand Poverty Bay loose forward, who laughed when The Herald...

Cranswick in eye-catching form

You can never, ever take your eyes off Stu Cranswick in a football match. No one knows this better than Thistle Massive coach John Stirton. He even had a plan for keeping the Gisborne United player-coach in check. Cranswick still scored a hat-trick in...

Record set

Mareikura-Hiro, a new intermediate boys’ team coached by waka ama pioneer Matahi Brightwell, won two gold medals and a silver at the Waka Ama New Zealand national sprint championships at Lake Karapiro last month. And one of the crew, Jarrod Hill...

Ormond Te Wharau, Hinemoana win tournament

Ormond Te Wharau won the boys' round robin and Hinemoana (Horouta Wananga) won the girls' at the 2022 Primary School Interschool Badminton Competition held at the Badminton Centre this month. Schools taking part were Te Wharau, Waikirikiri, Te Kur...

Gisborne duo still in the hunt

GISBORNE surfer Finn Vette's hopes were still alive in all three of his divisions heading into this morning's action at the national surfing championships in Dunedin. Vette, the youngest surfer in the open men's field at 15, is also contesting the...

Gisborne results from Eastern Regional champs

Open mixed: East End (Joel Meuli/Julia Padrutt) 1; Mairangi Bay (Samuel Mayhew/Rachel Clarke) 2; Waikanae (Christy Tate/Quaid Thompson) 3. Open female: Briana Irving (Waikanae) 1; Sophie Sandford (Mt Maunganui) 2; Madison Kidd (Whangamata) 3. Under-19...

Sights set on Games

TRIATHLONGETTING “hammered” in training by one of the country’s best triathletes may sound rough, but a young Gisborne up-and-comer sees that as a win. A 2019 Eastland Port sponsorship recipient, Josiah Ney recently signed on with...

Doleman Cup final tomorrow

OBR club captain and top-order batsman Ian Loffler has thrown down the challenge to the Pirates batsmen ahead of tomorrow’s Doleman Cup 40-overs final at Harry Barker Reserve.“I’m biased but we have the best bowlers in Gisborne . . . there...

Moascar Cup on the line

Gisborne Boys' High School first 15 play the biggest game of their rugby season to date in Rotorua tomorrow. The Duane Hihi-coached and Nathaniel Hauiti and Carlos Hihi-led GBHS challenge Rotorua Boys' High School for the Ranfurly Shield of secondary...

Skills developed at tournament

Eastland team members had a great opportunity to develop their skills and game tactics at the under-15 national teams’ badminton competition in Palmerston North this month. While the team had some big losses, many of the games within the ties were...

Ella Williams makes top 30, and Olympics

SURFINGKiwi surfer Ella Williams has provisionally qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, securing the Oceania slot after placing the highest of the Oceania surfers at the ISA World Surfing Games presented by Vans yesterday. Williams will be part of...