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Gathering achieved aims

The inaugural Gathering of Stoke Gisborne Longboard Classic scored epic waves at Gisborne’s Midway Beach on Easter Sunday with local surfers Daryn McBride and Hannah Kohn the victors in the premier open men and women longboard divisions. An...

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...

Potential for more premier thrillers

THE Pak’nSave premier grade netball competition has already thrown up some enthralling outcomes and that could continue tomorrow night at the YMCA. Based on recent results there is an air of unpredictability to both games tomorrow night. YMP...

United engrave their name on Challenge Cup

By ending the season as holders of the Challenge Cup, the Gisborne United Pacific Premiership football team earned the right to have their name engraved on the cup and hold it over summer. It will be defended at home games next season. Eight-year-old...

Stepping up: Thistle to play in 2021 Central Fed League

Gisborne Thistle will next year play in the Central Federation League — a step up from the Pacific Premiership they contested this year. Thistle were invited to apply for membership of the 10-team league after all three winning teams of the...

The school teams scored good wins

HOCKEYSOLID wins to both the student teams and more than 40 goals in the other five matches were highlights of weekend hockey on the LJ Hooker turf at Harry Barker Reserve. Gisborne Boys’ High School beat Lytton Old Boys Masters 5-2, after they...

Quarterfinals tough, competitive

BASKETBALLThere’s nothing soft about this. The week 8 quarterfinals in women’s club basketball were furiously tough, competitive contests. Fans at the YMCA saw competition leaders Lytton High School beat Paikea Nation 43-34 and sixth-placed YMC...

Archers out to cash in as Vegas comes to Gisborne

ARCHERY“SHOW me the money” will be the catchcry when top archers from throughout the North Island line up at the Gizzy Vegas Shoot here over the weekend. Gisborne Archery Club is hosting the popular shoot, which does not differentiate between sex...

Top-flight coaching on the way for refs

RUGBYRUGBY referees will get top-flight tuition in Gisborne this month. The session focuses on coaching referees and it will be the first time New Zealand Rugby has brought one of its regional referee development workshops to Poverty Bay. Former test...

Gisborne Netball Centre welcomes changes to Covid rules

The Gisborne Netball Centre has welcomed the announcements on Wednesday from the Government about the changes to the Covid “traffic light” requirements. From midnight tonight there will be no restrictions on the number of people able to attend...

Gold, silver and bronze: Midway lifesavers bring back plenty of each

Midway Surf Life Saving Club competitors came home with three gold, seven silver and five bronze medals from the Surf Life Saving New Zealand Pool Rescue Championships in Auckland at the weekend. Mt Maunganui Lifeguard Service took out the Paul Kent...

STEPPING OUT OF COMFORT ZONES . . .

SURF LIFESAVINGTHE junior surf athletes from Midway brought home 13 gold medals, 13 silver and nine bronze from the eastern regional junior championships at Ohope at the weekend. Their club finished third overall on points. Omanu took the overall...

Te Karaka four win Rahiwi Cup

BOWLS By CrackerjackA WINNING streak on the second day of the tournament won the Bowls Gisborne-East Coast Rahiwi Cup for a Te Karaka team skipped by Mere Nepia. Eight teams contested the trophy for the centre women’s open fours title. Games were...

Quality Napier side outgun Gisborne

They have always had good first 11 sides. And Napier Boys' High's 2020 edition continued to live up that tradition with in their innings-and-86-run win over Gisborne Boys' High School this week. The home side, put into bat in the first innings, were...

Gisborne trio shine in Rarotonga

FIFTEEN-year-old Tayla Hollis took a hat-trick for the Northern Spirit Maori women’s cricket team against Cook Islands at a tournament in Rarotonga. She was one of three Gisborne women to give standout performances in the side, who won all four of...

Sights set on Birmingham

Olympic Games would be the ultimate but Commonwealth Games is more attainable, says Gisborne Judo Club’s Bevan Brooking.“From 2022, judo will be a core sport at the Commonwealth Games, starting in Birmingham, England, and I’d love to be...