Poverty Bay-East Coast out to rack up elusive win

HURRICANES players Ricky Riccitelli, Beauden Barrett, Ardie Savea and Carlos Price joined local JAB players for breakfast at the Emerald Hotel yesterday. JAB chairwoman Cara Haines said the youngsters “absolutely loved it”.“The Hurricanes...

Horouta waka ama paddlers Kiwi Campbell and Gaibreill Wainohu are among the nominations for the Halberg Awards in February. Campbell is one of 14 nominees from nine sports for the Coach of the Year award. Wainohu is one of 15 nominees in the Emerging...

RUGBYALL Black great Colin “Pinetree” Meads — noted for his powerful ball-running — didn’t pass the ball often, but Poverty Bay All Black great Ian Kirkpatrick says Meads would pass it to him. Yesterday was the first anniversary of...

It's been proven that they're human: but they're still No. 1. Previously unbeaten Senior B competition leaders Ngatapa lost to defending champions the High School Old Boys' Presidents on February 19 yet go into tomorrow's match with the Gisborne Boys'...

Two typical Josh Adams goals gave Gisborne United the points in football's Pacific Premiership at Harry Barker Reserve on Saturday. Adams's speed and finishing power were put to use in the 16th and 46th minutes to earn Heavy Equipment Services United...

PAUL Stewart continued his strong form for Poverty Bay in the Northern Districts secondary schoolboys tournament at Harry Barker Reserve yesterday. Unfortunately, Stewart’s knock of 50 wasn’t enough to prevent the home side from losing their...

A round of premier rugby in the one day

WHANGARA Old Girls 1 ended YMP 1’s two-season points competition unbeaten run 57-53 in a gripping Gisborne Pak’nSave premier netball game last night. A valiant effort from bottom-of-the-table Farmlands Ngatapa pushed top-four hopefuls Horout...

WOODBANK HSOB coach Wayne Ensor says it is backs-to-the-wall time for his players as they prepare to take on Farmvets YMP at the Oval in premier club rugby tomorrow.“Injuries are starting to pile up, with some players out for a long time and...

IT WILL be a tough contest on Saturday when Waiapu play Hikurangi for the second time this season in Ngati Porou East Coast club rugby. The two last met in the first round and Hiku won 11-10 on the paddock but lost in the protest room. As a result...

Rugby great Ian Kirkpatrick is one of eight former All Blacks who have banded together to “save” the game. He says the drive to play defensive rugby and the emphasis on body size is unappealing to both potential players and spectators.“The...

A hundred games but no conversion for Burns

Poverty Bay age group sports teams are noted for their ability to bounce back from a loss or tough week away. The Grant Walsh-coached, Jack Roberts-led Year 6s who played their last game at the Riverbend/Hawke's Bay cricket camp yesterday are made of...

Walker Shield Twenty20 cricket competition leaders Bain Construction OBR have deferred both their double-header T20 games tomorrow, due to having four players in the Bay team to play Waikato Valley this weekend. That opens the door for their rivals...

THE expression says it all after Gisborne teenager Akayshia Williams’ (above) victory in the junior 19 women’s W1 500 metres final at the waka ama sprint nationals on Lake Karapiro. Williams, of the Mareikura club, won the J19 crown for the third...

Waikohu are back-to-back premier-grade champions after beating OBM 19-5 at Rugby Park. The two teams threw themselves at each other for the full 80 minutes before GT Shearing Waikohu came out deserving victors, lifting the Lee Bros Shield for the...

Heavy loss could act as Heartland springboard

The meandering bends of the Waimata River have been chosen as the perfect terrain for Canoe Racing New Zealand’s premier long-distance kayaking event. Gisborne will next month host the Eastland Port New Zealand Kayak Marathon Championships. Canoe...

Katrina Wooldridge steers clear of mountains these days but she heads towards rough seas with joy in her heart. Wooldridge, 72, used to enjoy climbing mountains, but she says that with arthritis and hip replacement in her medical history...

HOCKEYThey may have lost to defending women’s hockey champions YMP A last weekend, but Amber Dental Gisborne Girls’ High School made a statement with the 4-3 scoreline. The match was closer than commentator Tony Scragg expected, and he said great...

THE Waikanae and Wainui clubs scored 20 gold medals at the Eastern Regional Championships at the weekend and Wainui recorded their best-ever points score and overall position in a major carnival. Surf lifeguards from Kaiaponi Farms Waikanae collected...

THE Tairawhiti senior softball champions have been decided in the pre-Christmas competitions. They are TWK Rams (A-grade men); Rovers 1 (A-grade women), Steelers (B-grade men) and Rovers 2 (B-grade women).A-GRADE MEN’S FINALTWK Rams 9 Spartans 8THe...

Poverty BayGLENN Morley served notice to his Sunday School annual trip cohorts with a career-best-equalling round on Sunday. Morley carded 1-over 73-8-65, for 43 points, for a comfortable division 1 men’s stableford victory, after making eight...

The Challenge Cup took off last week. Now it’s set to explode. The Seb Wilson-led Blues and Royals go head to head with The Admiralty in this meeting of the two Gisborne Boys’ High School teams in Round 2. Although the Blues and Royals have...

NETBALLBOTH the lower-seeded teams in action in premier netball last night at the Gisborne YMCA gave a good account of themselves and pushed their opponents. There were only three goals in it at halftime in the game between Whangara Old Girls and...

‘We really had to grind out the win’

HORIZONTAL rain and strong winds made Stage 4 of the New Zealand Cycle Classic an ordeal for Gisborne’s Callum Gordon and most of the riders yesterday. Gordon was part of the main peloton that finished nearly 20 minutes behind the winner of the...

WHILE some Poverty Bay and Ngati Porou East Coast premier club teams have struggled to get players to training sessions and games this season, Larsawn Ngatapa lead the way when it comes to players travelling long distances to wear the green and...

GISBORNE Gymnastics Club gymnasts returned from the Hastings club championships with a swag of medals. Lukas Ludwig continued his run of good form and won the Level 3 boys’ competition. He also won floor and pommel, and placed second on rings...