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Local Tongans in World Cup party mode

GISBORNE'S Tongan community came out in force to celebrate their team’s win over the Kiwis in the Rugby League World Cup on Saturday. The game was held in Hamilton but a crew of 40 to 50 Tongan supporters here made a big effort to get behind their...

GMC Green, YMP 2 win

THE Green Machine went back to back in the Poverty Bay senior women's hockey championship on Saturday and YMP 2 hoisted the Covid Cup in the men's final. GMC Green defeated YMP 2-1 in a thrilling end-to-end contest to decide the women's title for...

Extra-time cup win for United

GISBORNE United player-coach Stu Cranswick scored a hat-trick in his side’s 4-1 extra-time win against Massey Celtic in Federation Cup football in Napier on Monday. The news wasn’t so good for Gisborne Thistle, who lost 4-2 to Red Sox Manawatu...

The body is healed

HOCKEYIT’S good to be back, says Black Stick Mac Wilcox. The 22-year-old has been staying with his parents on their sheep and beef farm near Tolaga Bay this week. Training with the national men’s hockey side starts on Monday. The Black Sticks men...

Tūranga Mana Wāhine out to finish in style

The mighty Tūranga Mana Wāhine will take the field for the last time this year tomorrow. They take on Thames Valley Vixens at the Oval — kick-off at 12.30pm. Last weekend the Wāhine turned on a try-scoring clinic in their 73-3 win over Ngāti...

YMP show their title credentials

YMP proved they have the potential to take out club rugby's premiership with their performance at the Oval on Saturday. Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates struggled to get a foothold against the storming East Coast Farm Vets YMP team, who were 69-20 winners...

Young heads cool under pressure

CricketPressure is fertile soil from which good cricketers grow. That’s what Grace Levy, Liam Barbier and the rest of the Bollywood Stars bowlers proved on Wednesday night, holding it all together to beat High School Old Boys Pups by 21 runs. Round...

Corrin named Junior Black Fins co-captain

OLIVIA Corrin is having a great year in the water. The Gisborne surf lifesaver, who competes for the Midway club, has been named co-captain of the New Zealand youth team — the Junior Black Fins — for the International Surf Rescue Challenge this...

Bodybuilders flex their muscles

NATIONAL Amateur Body Building Association 2017 East Coast championships at War Memorial Theatre

Battle of attrition: Jags improve but Massey take points

HASTINGS club Western Rangers filled a bus with players, team veterans, sponsors and supporters for their Pacific Premiership football game at Childers Road Reserve in Gisborne on Saturday. They were thrilled with the 7-0 victory over ALH Gisborne...

Redemption on THC minds

HOCKEYA REMATCH between YMP A and THC headlines Poverty Bay club hockey this weekend at Harry Barker Reserve, and THC have a long way to come back from the thrashing they got last time the two sides met. YMP A dished out an 8-0 whitewash when the...

Around the greens

GisborneTwo bowlers barely in their teens — Ashli Ferris, 14, and Nathan Trowell, 13 — caused a buzz of excitement around the greens when the Gisborne Bowling Club’s pairs championships were decided at the weekend. The youngsters battled hard...

Scoreboard

BadmintonNorth Island interprovincial masters’ Division 3 competition, second round: In Rotorua, Eastland defeated North Harbour (4) 8 matches to 4; Eastland def Counties Manukau (2) 8-4. GolfPoverty Bay (1) have retained the Oligoi Jug men’s...

Campion earn extra-time win

Campion College beat Gisborne United 2-1 in extra time of their Braybrook Cup semifinal to give themselves a chance of the league-and-cup double. Campion will play the final of the knockout competition of Gisborne women's football against Bohemians...

A win and a loss for Eastland

EASTLAND had a win and a loss in the third round of the inter-association super-veterans’ Division 2 badminton competition in Hawke’s Bay on Saturday. They defeated Hawke’s Bay 9 matches to 0, and then lost to Bay of Plenty 8 matches to 1. All...

Bridge results

Glenys Evans, Beverley Evans 61.69 Jean Bennett, Robin Bennett 62.30Eileen Lee, Anne McCombe 58.68 Jesse Graham, Joy Marden 57.14Trish Corson, Bette Parker 52.31 Linda White, Gary Chalmers 51.19Carolyn McMurray, Elizabeth Jackson 70.24 Sally Knight...