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YMP blitz secures grand final berth

YMP turned on the power from the start to take charge of the netball semifinal against Gisborne Girls' High School at the YMCA last night. Their opening blitz overpowered Gillies Electrical Gisborne Girls' High School Senior A, and YMP won the match...

Horouta pip GBHS for place in semis

DESPITE losing to High School Old Boys in the final game of Doleman Cup round-robin play, Horouta qualified fourth and will play defending champions OBR in the semifinals on Saturday. Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates, who beat Gisborne Boys’ High, meet...

NABBA East Coast championships ‘a first-class show’

BODYBUILDINGVISITING competitors claimed four of the six top categories in the NABBA East Coast Bodybuilding Championships at the War Memorial Theatre on Saturday. New Zealand representative and Gizzy Muscle gym owner Tawhiri Walsh’s gym took top...

Remembering a Starr

PREMIER rugby teams on both fields at the Oval lined up as a sign of respect for a man described by Waikohu coach Geoff Pari as “everything to anyone who has been involved with the club (Waikohu Sports Club)”.Mr Rutene lived his entire life at...

Club bowls news

Poverty BayPoverty Bay Bowling Club’s Rex Rigney pre-Christmas tournament followed its traditional format of three short one-hour games of triples using section play. It was sponsored by Ryman Healthcare Kiri Te Kanawa Retirement Village and held...

Christie’s run at Ballito Pro continues

Gisborne-Mahia surfer Ricardo Christie’s Ballito Pro run continued with a Round 5 win at the World Surf League Qualifying Series 10,000-point contest overnight (NZ time).The 29-year-old advanced to the quarterfinals with a victory over Hawaiian...

McFatter in Beckham-Rooney halfway club

Gisborne United leftback Matt McFatter wouldn’t compare himself to Manchester United stars David Beckham or Wayne Rooney . . . or perhaps he would. On Saturday he scored a goal from a similar distance to a couple of the most famous strikes by the...

Resurgence continues

The High School Old Boys revival continues with a 112-0 demolition of Tapuae in premier rugby at the Oval on Saturday. But the size of the 18-try victory over bottom-placed Roseland Tavern Tapuae makes it hard to gauge just how much Earthwork...

Insect bite sidelines young rider’s ‘Coastie’

Mainlander Olivia Robertson had been hoping to make her Larsen Sawmilling Showjumping Championships debut on board a “Coastie”. One of her top horses is locally-bred Ngahiwi Cisco, who also made the trip to Gisborne but has been scratched after...

Winning could be a numbers game

HECTIC — that’s what Game 3 of Gisborne men’s club basketball league could be tonight, when the firebrands of City Lights take on Pure Sound. The Pound drew 30-30 with SE Systems last week and City Lights had the bye. Rust could be an issue for...

Gisborne's high-performing hockey umpire brings up her century

Gisborne hockey's Olympic and World Cup umpire Amber Church marked her 100th international game this month when she officiated in the fourth and final transtasman test between the women's Black Sticks and the Hockeyroos. Church officiated in all four...

Heartbreak for Bay

RUGBYTHE look on Poverty Bay skipper Tamanui Hill’s face said it all after his side blew a great opportunity to put themselves into contention for a top-four spot in the Heartland Championship. They lost 37-34 to Thames Valley in a thriller at...

Paikea break new ground in Australia

Fantastic — that word fairly describes the Paikea club’s ground-breaking exploits in Queensland, Australia, last week. In Paikea’s first 15-a-side foray overseas they won the under-13 section of the 24th Gold Coast Rugby Carnival. Three months...

Bryant plays an innings to remember

CRICKETA GOOD young cricketer has left his mark. Kelan Bryant scored his maiden century yesterday — 115 not out off 58 balls — in the last interschool game of the season. He hit eight sixes and 13 fours in Gisborne Intermediate’s 108-run win...

Bridge results

Congratulations this week go to Sue Hayward and Noel Minnaar for their score of 76.19 yesterday. Carolyn McMurray, Trish Corson 63.49 Yvonne Waide, Eileen Lee 61.11John Rouse, Graham Maclaurin 58.73 Helen Kerisome, Stephen Franks 50.79Robin Corson...

Holt the best of the Gizzy drivers

SPEEDWAYA JAMMED gearbox off the start line in the last heat of the finals cost Gisborne’s Ben Holt (4G) any chance of a podium finish in the New Zealand stock car championships. He was the only Gisborne driver to make the finals and finished...