STEVE Gibbs is a two-times world champion. In the toughest conditions of his long competitive career, the 60-year-old Gisborne wave ski surfer lifted the world veteran title at a heavy Atlantic beach break on the Portugal coast, adding it to the...
UNISON and teamwork were the key words as the big rigs of waka ama sprint racing — the double hulls — went toe to toe for medals at the national champs on Lake Karapiro yesterday. Gisborne paddlers were in the thick of the action and three crews...
THE Sanders Cup yachting title went down to the wire on Poverty Bay at the weekend and was decided on the last race. The defending champions took the trophy back to Northland. In shifting conditions yesterday, the fleet was buffeted by changing wind...
Before I talk about the game of the week, let me briefly recap on one asset crucial to an accomplished dart player’s arsenal. This week, 2NZ 6-Shooter’s comfortable 9-6 victory over 2NZ McCannics was probably helped by Alf Cross when he managed...
EvoEvents Horse Grand Prix Series: Brooke Edgecombe (Waipukurau) LT Holst Andrea 1; Jesse Linton (Hastings) Kings Larkin 2; Jesse Linton (Hast) LT Holst Elsbeth 3; Tyla Hackett (Waiuku) Global PH Cocofino 4; Julie Davey (Hast) Just D 5; Oliver...
DEFENDING Doleman Cup champions Pirates face the real possibility of not making the playoffs heading into tomorrow’s final round-robin clash against Gisborne Boys' High School 1, at Harry Barker Reserve. Landmark Homes Bains Construction OBR top...
BEACH VOLLEYBALLNew Zealand elite beach volleyball players Julia Tilley, of Gisborne, and Alice Bain had their best career result last weekend, narrowly missing out on a medal at the Anchor International Beach Volleyball Carnival in Phnom Penh...
Poverty Bay made it two out of two in their home-and-away games against Ngati Porou East Coast, and they did it with a touch of showmanship. The Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay rugby team beat the Coast 42-16 at Whakarua Park, Ruatoria, on...
ON JULY 17, 150 young dart players from 12 regions around New Zealand descended upon Auckland to compete at the 2016 Youth/Junior National Dart Championships. Gisborne sent eight of its finest to represent Region 7 in what would be their greatest...
Tolaga BayTHELMA Waru lifted a relentless female assault on Tolaga Bay to another high on Sunday. Women golfers have been piling up the stableford points in recent weeks and Waru continued that trend . . . and then some. In what was her first sub-100...
High School Old Boys had a great year. Under skipper Carl Shaw, Bollywood Stars HSOB won two of the three premier-grade trophies — the 40-over Doleman Cup and the DJ Barry Cup 50-over competition (Galaxy World Gisborne Boys' High School won the...
WAIKATO'S Claudia Ashby, sister of Rio Olympian Bradlee Ashby, was the best of the New Zealand swimmers at the FINA Junior World Open Water championships in the Netherlands. Claudia (Fairfield club) was 22nd in the girls’ 18-19 years 10km event in...
Gisborne East-Coast recently held its Champion of Champion Pairs tournament for junior men and women at Kahutia Bowling Club, and the senior men and women played at Te Karaka Bowling Club. In the junior women's first round, Barbara Gibson (Skip) and...
POVERTY Bay openside flanker Callum McDonald has been rewarded for consistent performances in the Heartland Championship rugby season by being put on standby as injury cover for the New Zealand Heartland 15. Although the Bay finished second-last in...
WAIROA Athletic host High School Old Boys in the last game of Poverty Bay premier rugby’s round-robin format . . . and despite being second-bottom of the table they can end the season with a trophy. Charteris Choppers Athletic will lift the...
Enterprise Cars OBM gave Tom Solomon and Keith Henderson a winning start to their premier rugby coaching careers with a 47-14 win aganst Tapuae at the Oval. New skipper Jake Holmes opened the scoring with a try after 10 minutes and kicked the first...
INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS180s: Lee Tamihana (Cossie DONE & Dusted), Gary Grant (RSA Rose and Thorns), Mike Jones (Roseland ), Mike Price (Cossie 2 PHL), Lee Barbarich (2NZ Rebels), Shane Horne (2NZ Rebels).Best start (140): Sha Hohipa (Cossie DONE &...
RUGBYPOVERTY Bay’s under-18 rugby team have earned themselves a playoff game for third in a Hurricanes region competition after accounting for Ngati Porou East Coast’s u18 team. They defeated the Coast 54-7 at Tokomaru Bay on Saturday and won two...
Gisborne Speedway Club had hoped to open their season with a big meeting this Saturday night, but the Covid-19 Alert Level 2 restrictions have thwarted those plans. Under the Level 2 gathering restrictions the club could not run a meeting with...
EQUESTRIANHORSES have been a part of life for Mura Love since his childhood in Whangara. Having made a career from his passion, Love travels the world judging dressage competitions. However, the Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted his tournament...
The Hawke’s Bay under-16 development team had two days they’ll never forget as guests of East Coast rugby. The Maurice Kururangi-coached Coast ran neck-and-neck with the visitors to halftime — 12-10 to Hawke’s Bay — in the Division B...
FOOTBALLCONFERENCE teams provided the eye-catching results in Gisborne club football at the weekend. Poverty Bay Cup finalists ITM Thistle, who lost a penalty shootout to Heavy Equipment Services United (3) two weeks before, had a 4-0 win against the...
RESULTS of the TSB New Zealand Surf Life Saving Masters Championships at Midway Beach, Gisborne, last week —Beach flags — 30-34yrs, men: Ryan Hohneck (Papamoa) 1; Brook Sanderson (Omanu) 2; Edward Keef (Lyall Bay) 3. Women: Lauren Assink (Mt...
RUGBYFIVE former Gisborne Boys’ High School first 15 players have been named in the Taranaki rugby squad to play Poverty Bay in the Ranfurly Shield challenge match at New Plymouth on July 28. Toa Halafihi, Adrian Wyrill, Jared Proffit, Beaudein...
POVERTY Bay coach Mana Otai has no regrets about their Ranfurly Shield challenge with Taranaki, despite his side copping a 78-0 thumping.“There are things I would change regarding our preparations but it is an honour to play in a Ranfurly Shield...
UNITED are one win away from clinching the Eastern League Division 1 football championship, but they left their run late on Saturday. Jack Feyen scored from a penalty eight minutes from time to give Heavy Equipment United a 1-0 win against Wainui...
FOOTBALLTWO league titles were decided and another was tipped in one direction in Gisborne club football last Saturday. Bohemians clinched the Gisborne Championship Division 2 competition with a close-fought 2-2 draw with Thistle Vintage at Childers...
Several Gisborne riders have been performing well in recent shows as they count down to the Horse of the Year Show in Hastings next week. Sinead Dolman has had a showjumping season she will long remember aboard her three horses — Kiwi Lansing, Kiwi...
THE brilliance and experience of a former world champion ended Ricardo Christie's rookie year on the World Surf League Championship Tour in Hawaii today. Australian and 2012 world title winner Joel Parkinson proved too good for Gisborne-Mahia surfer...
MONDAY, August 6 — Emerre & Hathaway Pairs 1North/South East/WestJoy Marden, Bette Parker 60.83 Ann McCombe, Eileen Lee 58.57Carolyn McMurray, Trish Corson 55.42 Rosemary Rowell, Murray Owen 58.57WEDNESDAY, August 8 — President’s Pairs...
Central School’s Rangi (years 5 and 6) syndicate students hit the pool this week for their swimming sports, which were also known as “Dolphin Day”
RUGBYLYTTON High School’s under-15 girls’ rugby sevens side have started their Condor Sevens tournament in Auckland with two wins and a loss. Lytton defeated Cambridge High School 17-15, lost to Feilding High School 40-7 and beat Waitakere...
CyclingSATURDAY — Gisborne Cycling Club ridee (no racing); 1.30pm at Nelson Road Cemetery. All visitors very welcome. FootballSATURDAY — PACIFIC PREMIERSHIP, 2.30pm: Harry Barker Reserve 1, Heavy Equipment Gisborne United v Western...