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Skipper’s six wins game

. . . and High School Old Boys cruise to victory

GBHS first 11 turn victory corner

CRICKETThey’ve turned a corner. Gisborne Boys’ High School’s first 11 showed signs of improvement in their 32-run loss in a 30-over cricket game against Napier Boys’ High School in Gisborne on Monday. Yesterday, as the Poverty Bay...

Under-15s gather steam

The Gisborne Boys' High School under-15 rugby team have momentum. But despite their 52-36 win against a Whakatane High School mixed side at the Rectory a fortnight ago, the Trevor Crosby-coached crew have to keep pushing. At Rugby Park, Whakatane, at...

Bay a win away from playoff place

POVERTY Bay coach Mana Otai says he can see “light at the end of the tunnel” as he prepares for Saturday’s crucial Heartland Championship rugby match against Thames Valley in Te Aroha.“One of the things that I place a lot of emphasis on when...

Upset of the round to Lytton

LYTTON High School pulled off the upset of the round when they beat Wainui Sharks 3-0 in Eastern League Division 1 football at Lytton on Saturday. Bottom of the table at the start of the match, Lytton moved to seven points, one point above QRS Wairo...

Boys’ and girls’ teams finish first and second

SUPERB — that’s the best way to describe the Gisborne Basketball Association (GBA) under-11 teams’ showing at the Rotovegas Invitation Tournament at the weekend. The boys rebounded from a first-up loss to beat the the same team in the u11...

W1 champions: Williams sisters ace finals

TENNIS has the Williams sisters. So does waka ama. Gisborne siblings Akayshia and Rangi-Riana Williams repeated history at the waka ama sprint nationals on Lake Karapiro yesterday. With similar power to tennis’s most famous sisters (Serena and...

Golf Roundup

He's got a common name but there was nothing ordinary about Tom Smith's scoring at the Halberg Foundation Eagles Golfing Society fundraising tournament on Sunday. Waikohu member Smith ran away with the men's net, thanks to a round of...

Doleman Cup results

Pirates 99, Olly Tilley 37, lost to OBR 100/4, Ian Loffler 39. GHHS (1) 77, Clarence Campbell 3-7, lost to Horouta 80-1, Marty Brandos 26no. Campion 197-6, James Torrie 98no, beat HSOB 181, A Kumar 68, Patrick Mathers 5-45, Caleb Greaves 3-16

Strong Gisborne entry for regionals

WAIKANAE, Midway and Wainui surf lifesavers will be among over 800 athletes from 31 clubs taking part in the Eastern regional championships at Mt Maunganui this weekend. Among those competing are Olympians, Black Fins and New Zealand representative...

KIRK CUP WINNERS

CRICKETTo think that Poverty Bay’s Kirk Cup win against Hawke’s Bay on Sunday was a thrashing would be a mistake. It was cricket on a knife-edge. While the margin was eight wickets, the best way to describe Bollywood Poverty Bay’s first game...

Kart racing under way

Eastland Kart Club last weekend held the first points meeting of the club's 10th year. The club, started by the late Murray Michie, has some big meetings coming up this season. Judging by last Sunday's racing — which was top notch — the action on...

Spirited start to delayed season

HOCKEYGMC, Gisborne Girls’ High School, YMP and Lytton Old Boys NZ Fruits all tasted victory in the opening round of senior hockey at the weekend. The YMP women’s team got the delayed season under way on Friday night with an 11-0 victory over...

Gisborne's first Special Olympics basketball team

For Leityn Swann, basketball is more than a sport, it's a lifetime passion. Swann played for Lytton High School team Ritana and Gisborne's representative Division 2 team the Rising Suns.“Representing Gisborne was a big thing for me, so to be able...

Sea 2 Sky success for Reid

TRIATHLONTAYLER Reid won the Sea 2 Sky Challenge in Christchurch at the weekend by over two minutes. The result is another accolade in a successful summer of racing for Reid, who has consistently finished either first, or second behind New Zealand...

GMC Kowhai in line to take the win

HOCKEYTHE bottom four teams in the women’s hockey competition begin the weekend hockey round tomorrow night and both games should be more evenly matched now the division has been split. GMC Kowhai, GMC Gold, Roseland Tavern Te Aowera and YMP B will...