Turanganui a Kiwa Darts Association’s Game 4 of Round 1 was played over two weeks due to players attending the Clubs New Zealand nationals and the New Zealand Darts Council junior and youth championships. Round 4Individual highlights180s:? T Irwin...
NETBALLFORMER Gisborne netballer Manaia Hutana has earned a spot in the 2020 Waikato-Bay of Plenty Beko interprovincial team, a selection that has excited netball players and supporters here. The tall former Lytton High School goal shoot moved to...
Gisborne riders were among the leading competitors at the mini motocross nationals. Jaxon Pardoe was second overall in the 6 to 8 years 50cc class and Atawhai Wirepa-Hei was third overall in the 4 to 7yrs 50cc class at the nationals held in Hawke’s...
Former All Black Hosea Gear is back in Gisborne after living away for nearly 20 years. It's no holiday, but he's enjoying the challenge. As coach of Ngati Porou East Coast, he brings provincial, Super Rugby and international experience to the...
180s: M Reedy x3 (Cossy Done n Dusted), C Andrews, M Evans (Sugar Spandangles).Highest start (140): M Reedy (2NZ TCL), P Stewart (Sugar & Spice), J Noanoa x2 (2NZ Rebels).Highest finish (134): C Reiri (2NZ Rebels).(P = pairs won. S = singles won. T...
180s: Ihaka Kaio-Wynyard (2), Te Kotahi Kaio (Young Guns); Anaru Cashmore (Manaaki).Highest start, men (140): Ihaka Kaio-Wynyard (Young Guns);Thao Duncan (Dartaholicz); Marcus Leah (Falcons).Highest start, women (100): Carol Woods, Lynn Edwards...
INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS180s: I Eyles (Men of Mayhem); M Evans (Sugar Spandangles); A Kaa (2NZ Tao Valkyries); K Tamihere (Sugar Stallions).Highest start (140): T Kaio, J Love (Done n Dusted); M Evans (Sugar Spandangles); A Taukamo-Pohio (2NZ Tao...
Gisborne crossfit athlete Tuteari Te Rauna-Lamont finished in the top 10 in his age group in the world after competing at the 2017 Reebok Crossfit Games in Madison, Wisconsin (US) this week. Tuteari placed 10th overall in the 14-15 years boys...
A well-drilled North Otago withstood a last-20-minute charge from LeaderBrand Poverty Bay to win 30-23 at Rugby Park on Saturday. It was the Bay’s third successive Heartland Championship loss but had they played the way they did in the last 20...
They did it in style. Uawa claimed the Kath McLean Memorial Trophy as winners of the first round in Ngati Porou East Coast club rugby for 2019 with a 13 try-fest against Tokomaru Bay United at Tolaga Bay on Saturday. Uawa triumphed 83-7 and Tihirau...
Paul Moretti, of Muriwai, and Elin Tawharu, of Mount Maunganui, have claimed maiden New Zealand Surf Series victories. They won the open men’s and open women’s divisions of the season-ending Backdoor Pro presented by Billabong at Fitzroy Beach...
Patience and perseverance were finally rewarded for the rookie of the Poverty Bay-East Coast team on the penultimate day of the national interprovincials in Bay of Plenty yesterday. PBEC lost 4-1 to section toppers Bay of Plenty on the Omanu course...
RUGBYSunny or sodden, rugby goes on. The Ngati Porou East Coast club competition starts tomorrow at 2.30pm with three classic matches in Week 1. Tokomaru Bay United have a home game against Hicks Bay at Hatea-a-Rangi, Tihirau Victory Club play...
JUST one goal separated Whangara Old Girls and Horouta Gold last time they took the court together in May, and their game at the YMCA tomorrow morning could be just as close. The Pak'nSave premier grade netball match begins at 9am tomorrow,It was...
The game Gisborne football supporters have been waiting for is almost here. Gisborne Thistle will play Gisborne United Premiers in Central Football's Federation Cup quarterfinal at Childers Road Reserve at 2pm tomorrow. The earlier-than-usual kick-off...
A magnificent three-try blitz in seven minutes propelled Poverty Bay to a crucial win in rugby’s Heartland Championship. The Bay defeated Mid Canterbury 52-38 in an entertaining spectacle at Rugby Park on Saturday, placing them eighth on the...
TENNISOVER 100 players took part in the FMG Open Seniors Tennis Tournament at the Childers Road courts in Gisborne at the weekend. Players came from North Auckland, Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, the Bay of Plenty and Hawke’s Bay to compete, with...
WHANGARA Old Girls would be well advised to take their top game with them to the YMCA in the morning because a rapidly improving Gisborne Girls’ High School Senior A team will be lying in wait. The Whangara outfit have won both their games against...
Te Puia SpringsPETER Ngarimu is no one-hit wonder. Following his September 30 club competition winning performance, Ngarimu went even better last Sunday and was rewarded with twice the success. Ngarimu won the men’s stableford with 75-18-57, for 45...
HockeyPoverty Bay hockey, women: GMC Kowhai 0 Ben Holden Ngatapa 2, YMP B 1 Amber Dental Gisborne Girls’ High 6, GMC Green won by default over Te Aowera 0, GMC Gold 2 JNL Paikea 3. Men: LOB Masters 3 LOB B 9, LOB A 0 THC 8, YMP B 0 Gisborne Boys’...
KAYAKINGPoverty Bay Kayak Club emerged from three days of competition as top junior club overall at the national canoe sprint championships last weekend. The club had 22 paddlers competing, and they all returned with at least one medal. Coach Liz...
SAM Brooks will long remember the Pukahu Show in Hawke’s Bay. Eight-year-old Sam won his first showjumping competition there. He was riding Golden Willow Romeo in a 65-centimetre class. Pukahu, last month, was the first equestrian show of the season...
ORGANISERS of the Gisborne Open Racketlon say they want to make it an annual stop on their national tour after a successful inaugural event. Holly Shuja (nee Donnelly) and Jo Shanks, both formerly of Gisborne, shared the women's title after they each...
The final round of the two-week relay tournament was held at the Badminton Centre on Wednesday. Some skilful play and close matches were on show. Remembering the score was still a big issue. Junior players Jesse Russell and Rubi Perano filled in for...
THE last winter meet of Gisborne BMX Club attracted 24 riders to the track on Sunday. Results —Five and underJax Nepia-Anderson was the sole strider on the strider track. He continues to love his riding. Pippa Spence and Stan Donaldson also continue...
Never has a team deserved a World Cup more than this one. They have been the world's best team for every day since the last World Cup. They have been the best team at this tournament from the knockout stages and they were easily the best team in what...
Former New Zealand international footballer Iain Ormond has reportedly died after a short illness. For several years in the early 1970s, Ormond was widely regarded as the best attacking player in New Zealand football. He played on the wing for...
The Poverty Bay Cricket Association draw is —SATURDAY — Premier Grade, Doleman Cup semifinals, 40 overs —1pm: Harry Barker Reserve No. 1, Bollywood Stars High School Old Boys v Siteworx Civil Horouta; HBR 2, Coastal Concrete OBR v Galaxy World...
Lytton Old Boys and Waituhi hoisted the spoils on Saturday as they ran out winners of the premier and senior men’s hockey championships. LOB NZ Fruits and YMP had to be separated by a shootout in the premier final, but Waituhi beat LOB Masters 7-0...
THE organisers of the Rere Falls Trail Adventure Ride are calling for more entries. The ride, on Sunday, October 29, is a fundraiser for the Motu Trails Charitable Trust and will have four distance options all finishing at The Jolly Stockman at...
GISBORNE streetstock racer Cody Gooch maintained his consistent form at the weekend when he finished third-equal in a hard fought Hawke’s Bay Championship meet at Meeanee Raceway. Gooch finished between drivers from Hawke’s Bay and Rotorua, and...
RICARDO Christie has exited the Sydney Pro Qualifying Series contest in a hotly contested Round 3 heat yesterday. The Gisborne-Mahia surfer finished third in the four-man heat from which the top two advanced to Round 4. Christie came up just short in...