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A chance to drift back in time

FOOTBALLGisborne football supporters can travel back in time by turning up to watch Thistle Vintage at Childers Road Reserve tomorrow. Vintage will be Eastern League 2 champions if they beat Gisborne Pro Roofing Bohemians. Draggnett Thistle Vintage...

Champs out to lift their game

RUGBYWeek 1 was mouth-watering. Week 2 looks even juicier. The Oval and Barry Park are the current venues for Civil Project Solutions premier club rugby tomorrow, with all three games kicking off at 2.45pm. On Oval 1, Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates host...

Two new legends inducted at Sporting Excellence Awards

Two more Tairawhiti Legends of Sport were inducted at the Sporting Excellence Awards this month — Raipoia Brightwell (waka ama) and Terry Sheldrake (triathlon).Brightwell, daughter of Tahitian traditional voyager Francis Cowan, was part of the...

Riders converge

It’s all on at Glistening Waters

On the lookout for local legends

NETBALLA CALL is going out to find and celebrate netball’s local legends. They are the game’s supporters whose time and energy keep local netball alive through good and bad times. The ANZ Bank, sponsor of ANZ Premiership netball, is putting out...

Rickard, Hutchins win indoor bowls singles' titles

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2021 grand final rematch

Centre stage in the hockey competition this weekend will be taken by the two leading men's teams when the Lytton Old Boys top team outfit front up to YMP A, in a replay of last year's Grand Final. The 12.30pm clash on Saturday afternoon on the Hain...

Sports draws Wednesday, October 29, 2015

BasketballSATURDAY — Gisborne Basketball Association Miniball League,Years 3/4, Gisborne netball courts, C1, 10am: Awapuni Ballers v Mangapapa Griffins, (Cinta O’Neal, Kaipo, Lilly) C2, Central 34S v Te Harpara, (Petra, Paddy, Kellann, Char)...

Beaten finalists pay tribute

FOOTBALLWAINUI Riverina are a class act, and Bohemians coach Graham Maclean paid tribute to them after they beat his side 4-0 in the final of the Braybrook Cup for women’s football on Sunday.“Riverina played exceptionally well,” Maclean...

Eastland in Rotorua for masters’ games

Eastland representatives travel to Rotorua this weekend for the second round of the North Island interprovincial masters’ Division 3 badminton competition. They will play North Harbour (4) and Counties Manukau (2).The team were hoping to travel...

America by cycle

Ron Skelton never had a moment when he thought he might quit the gruelling Race Across America. The Gisborne endurance athlete completed the race in 12 days, 18 hours and 54 minutes — just over two hours before his deadline. It is the second time...

Sacred Heart will test Gisborne

Belief: from an idea held or the verb, to believe.“Belief” here means self-belief, belief in the team. The Gisborne Boys’ High School first 15 have both. And first 15 head coach Mark Jefferson wants more of both at 11.15am tomorrow against...

Gisborne Club Darts Association results

180s: Lance Cook 2NZ 3, Hunter Eyles (2NZ Kings), Mike Price (Cossy Done & Dusted) 2, Fred Moreland (Roseland), Tristan Reeves (RSA Outlaws), Chris Giddens (2NZ Tao TCL), Richard Moore (Cossy 6-Shooters).Highest start (180): Lance Cook (2NZ...

Barry club members do well on the road

Barry Memorial Croquet Club members enjoyed considerable success at tournaments at Heretaunga in Havelock North and Claudelands in Hamilton. At Heretaunga, John Wilson and Rob Hayes played great doubles croquet, winning five games and losing only one...

‘Up for the challenge’: Jones

A THREE-team Poverty Bay contingent are making their way to King Country territory today. The Tūranga Tāne and Tūranga Wāhine squads will join the Poverty Bay Wekas Heartland team in Te Kuiti. This is the first time since 2002 that Poverty Bay...

Tough assignment for GBHS

Local fans won’t see the Gisborne Boys’ High School first 15 in action here until June 25. Those up to the drive from Gisborne to Waipatu, Hastings tomorrow can see GBHS take on Feilding High School at Elwood Park from 12.30pm, that clash to be...