Tayler Reid won The Gisborne Herald quarter-marathon at Marina Park on Sunday. Reid completed the 10.65 kilometres in 36 minutes 30 seconds to win the open title. Second across the line was 40-49 years age group winner Steve Morrow in 37:11...
RUGBYGisborne’s Charmaine McMenamin has been named in the Black Ferns’ run-on side for the women’s rugby international against the USA at Soldier Field, Chicago, tomorrow. The match is the first part of a Soldier Field rugby triple-header (see...
Saturday, June 26 — Friends from Auckland 8B Multi-gradeTournament, morning sessionNorth/South East/WestPeer Bach, Nicoletta Bartoli (Akld) 60.12 Faith Tiselvoll, Setsuko Lichtnecker (Akld) 64.58Bobby Thomson, Margaret Amor 57.74 Helen Kerisome...
THREE members of Tairawhiti Strength Club competed against Hawke’s Bay’s best at the weekend and came away with three wins and three second placings. Ethan Aberahama, Tania Rauna and Andrew Randall took part in the Central Districts Powerlifting...
They’re no flash in the pan — Ngati Porou are the genuine article. Defending champions Ngati Porou beat rapidly improving Gisborne Girls’ High School 39-29 in women’s club basketball at the YMCA last night. Ngati Porou were without Te Aw...
HOROUTA will take a positive mindset into their quest to win Poverty Bay cricket's DJ Barry Cup tomorrow. For captain David Situ, it doesn't really matter that his team are the top qualifiers and therefore could secure the trophy with a conservative...
Gisborne ParkROD Moore completed step one of his club championship mission at the weekend — top qualifying. Moore impressively handled the windy conditions on Saturday to post 2-over 74 and earn the No. 1 seeding in the senior division. He was two...
BASKETBALLArielle Williams-Mackey wanted to be in Gisborne to announce her scholarship to play sport in America. The basketball prodigy had a wealth of offers from universities across America and ultimately accepted a scholarship from Brigham Young...
Early setbacks did not stop Gisborne Thistle from recording a 4-1 victory over Napier Marist in Central Federation League football in Hawke's Bay yesterday. A miskick in an attempted clearance led to a goal being scored by Marist in the 11th...
HAVING played 69 games at lock for Poverty Bay, Wayne Ensor is no stranger to local derbies. But on Saturday he will be up against his old province as co-coach of Ngati Porou East Coast for their Queen’s Birthday Weekend clash with the Bay at...
SHERIDAN Rangihuna is the first of six Gisborne rugby players in action this weekend in the Mitre 10 Cup semifinals. Rangihuna, from the Gisborne Boys’ High School “class of 2011” and his Wellington Lions teammates play Northland in Wellington...
Town against Country is a rugby match-up older than the trees on the hills, and the players are raring to go. The Civil Project Solutions game acts as a final chance to impress Poverty Bay selectors and earn a spot in the upcoming Heartland...
For Lizzie Rangihuna, competing in a showjumping competition in Ireland won’t just be about the New Zealand team’s equine talents. She wants to “empower more young Maori to take up this sport and to feel proud to do so”.Rangihuna, 20, wants...
YMP have been well served by their coaches and management teams since the club was founded in 1910. And in the best traditions of complementing their players’ muscle and passion with their astute reading of the game, East Coast Farm Vets YMP...
UNITED took a big step towards winning football’s Eastern League for the first time since 2014 when they beat Thistle Massive 5-4 on Saturday. Massive won the league last year and the year before, and they needed to beat Heavy Equipment United at...
Gisborne Intermediate School’s Nathan Trowell and Dylan Foster were unstoppable when they won the Anchor AIMS Games pairs indoor bowls event in Tauranga. They defeated Shweta Mann and Iyolarna Waru from Holy Cross School (Papatoetoe) 7-1 7-2 to win...
RUGBY by Grant MillerTHE Waikohu backline will have a settled look at last for their crunch rugby game against OBM at Te Karaka tomorrow. Waikohu, Lee Bros Shield champions, have started the Poverty Bay club season with a win, a draw and two...
BOWLSMARTY Ryan has always worn his heart on his sleeve. A splash of colour on his clothing will serve the same purpose on Wednesday, when he welcomes entrants in Kahutia Bowling Club’s Saint Patrick’s Day tournament, The Wearin’ of the...
KARTINGEastland Kart Club members unveiled a plaque in tribute to late club stalwart and founding member Murray “Muzza” Michie last weekend. The custom-designed plaque was positioned on the starter’s box at the club’s track in Aerodrome Road...
Men’s stableford: B Reynolds 38, R Moore 37.P Stewart. C Pipi 93-18-75C Pipi. D Rameka 36, R Moore 36.P Stewart. T Ford 78.T Ford. B Cameron 38, E Parkin 34, D Te Maro 33, N Jones 33, B Cox 32, P Koorey 32.B Walker v T Ford, D Webb v K Papuni; J Kerr...
CYCLINGGISBORNE cyclists Neil Robinson and Nan Baker were among the medals at the Age Group Road National Cycling Championships in Waipukurau at the weekend. Robinson won the 16.9-kilometre time trial and was third in the 66km road race for the...
RUGBYThe Gisborne Boys’ High School second 15 rugby side went down 21-13 to Hastings here on Saturday but they were in it all the way and the game was a cracker. Hastings BHS (Akina) outscored the hosts 3-1 tries to one on Rectory 1, the Xavier...
TWO chances to win the Poverty Bay Open in 2022 has been offset by the cancellation of one of the three “majors” of Tairawhiti men’s golf. Te Puia Hot Springs Golf Club confirmed this week that its annual East Coast Open tournament scheduled...
SPEEDWAYGISBORNE saloon car racer Ethan Cook (1NZ) took giant strides towards another major title last night when he top-qualified at the opening night of the New Zealand Grand Prix meeting in Wellington. The 24-year-old won the New Zealand Saloon...
FOUR club officials have been suspended following an incident during a premier rugby match at Rugby Park. The incident occurred when four officials went on to the field following a scuffle involving players from both Ngatapa and Pirates sides in the...
The Gisborne Trampoline Club's top trampolinists and tumblers are poised to qualify for international competition next year. Lily Arnold was named the best all-round trampolinist of the year at the club's end-of-year prizegiving.“She's very...
Plenty of close competition at the Gisborne Bowling Club on Saturday
Gisborne rowers were shaping up nicely for Maadi Cup but Covid-19 has curtailed their season
GISBORNE paddlers Kiwi Campbell and Sieda Tureia have been chosen by Waka Ama New Zealand as national sprint coaches for elite women and development women respectively. The appointments have been made in preparation for the 2018 IVF World Sprint...
They’re happy with it. Gisborne Basketball Association men’s club basketball defending champions City Lights won Game 2 of Week 8 — the 1 v 2 A Grade quarterfinal — 77-69 against Old School, in overtime, on Monday night. Tiny guard Carlos...
THE honours on the final night of the BIZminton2020 mercantile badminton competition went to 3P's + 1. They defeated Uawa (1) 6 matches to love to clinch the trophy. The 3P's + 1 team of Gabe Perano, Stella Perano, Dane Berry and Debbie Brown (in the...
A 25-strong East Ocean Jiu Jitsu team came home with 16 medals from the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu National Championships in Auckland. The Gisborne-based East Ocean team did the fifth-best of the 35 teams who took part. A record 617 entries were received for...
Netball — Premier: YMP Sunshine Brewery 64 Ritana Senior A 35.A Grade: Uawa Hinematioro 29 Nina’s Kitchen High School Old Girls 23; Claydens Waikohu Masters 55 Taiki 25; Tatapouri Sportsfit 34 Old Girls Whangara 23; IMS HSOG 39 Champers Horout...