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‘Over the moon’: First IronWoman series podium for Olivia Corrin

Gisborne surf lifesaving athlete Olivia Corrin has claimed her maiden podium placing in Australia's premier ironman and ironwoman series. Corrin, from the Dawson Building Midway Club, finished second in the opening round of the Nutri-Grain IronMan...

Dream team make do

THINGS are coming along nicely. The Dream Team, who had hoped to flatten Hearty Ngati by more than 28 points, had to make do with a 78-73 win last night in the final round-robin game of the 2015 Gisborne Basketball Association men’s club...

DO OR DIE: Girls’ High, YMP in battle for grand final berth

A “PUMPED-UP” Gisborne Girls' High School face a “hungry” YMP in a do-or-die premier-grade netball semifinal tomorrow night. The YMCA will be a cauldron for netball fans with two great games in store. Grand finalists Claydens Waikohu (1) await...

Lytton, Ngati Porou last women standing

Defending champions Lytton High are back for Gisborne Basketball Association’s main event while Ngati Porou have the chance to regain No. 1 status in the women’s club final at the YMCA tomorrow. In a replay of last year’s final, the Jayd...

Gizzy grommets rip it up in Summer Slam

MAKO Fukushima and Rori Fukushima were the big winners at the Boardroom Summer Slam at the Pines on Sunday. The brothers went home with a LOST carbon wrap Quiver Killer surfboard, which retails at $1200.“Each year the board is awarded to a grommet...

Big day rolls around

SEPTEMBER 2 has been circled in the diaries of Alicia Hoskin and Alex Bermingham since November last year, when it was planned with coach Gergely Gyertyános that they would leave Gisborne and head to the 2016 Olympic Hopes regatta in...

Poverty Bay Year 6 boys’ cricket team stay in the contest

They're in every game. The Poverty Bay Year 6 boys' cricket team lost to the Eastern Suburbs Tornadoes by two wickets and Karori by nine runs at the Riverbend tournament in Hawke's Bay yesterday. They earned the respect of opposition coaches...

Gizzy’s Bridge set to face All Blacks

WELLINGTON — Two more New Zealanders have been added to the Barbarians squad, which includes Gisborne’s George Bridge, to meet the All Blacks this weekend, meaning Kiwis now make up half the 26-strong invitation side. Former All Blacks Ben Franks...

Youngsters flex muscles

But veterans still have a few tricks up their sleeve

Uawa efforts raise $3000 for cancer charity

They’ve done superbly. Uawa Sports Club members have spent the past two weekends raising $3000 for The Terrier Race Against Time registered charity on behalf of local people affected by breast cancer. Within that, at the clubhouse on June 30, Uaw...

Gisborne racers make podium

SPEEDWAYGISBORNE sidecar duo Clive Ireland and Chris Symon earned a podium place and Rob Miller and “Red” George had success of sorts in the North Island sidecar champs at the Eastland Group Raceway on Saturday night. Ireland and Symon (56G)...

Youth talent on NZ stage

Gisborne Thistle will add to its illustrious history at the Lotto National Under 19 Youth Tournament in Napier this holiday weekend. A Garrett Blair-coached Thistle team will contest the satellite section of the Napier City Rovers-hosted...

Basketball roundup

Gisborne Basketball Association boys’ secondary schools league results from Division 1, Week 1 —Gisborne BHS Junior Diamond 48 (Kiwa Ria-Reneta-Kokiri 13, Rylan Crosby 8) GBHS Junior Black 35 (Jonario Edwards 14, Cruz Robinson 10). Q1, GBHS JD...

United targeting the double

FOOTBALLUNITED take on Thistle tomorrow in local football’s last game of the season, aiming to make it two doubles in a row. Last year Heavy Equipment Services United won the Eastern League Division 1 title and the Bailey Cup knockout...

Sherriff taking part in NZ Open

GISBORNE-born five-goal polo international Glenn Sherriff is in the Semco PDL team taking part in the Land Rover New Zealand Polo Open in Clevedon on February 18. The New Zealand Open started as a grassroots polo tournament in 1977. Now in its 41st...

Turanganui a Kiwa Darts Association results

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...