TINIROTO’s Susie Hamilton has received the recall she didn’t think would happen . . . she’s back in the New Zealand women’s polo team. Hamilton, 31, broke her leg playing polo in Australia three years ago and thought she would never be back...
The Mount Monster looms large for more than a dozen of Gisborne's surf athletes this weekend as they prepare to tackle the most prestigious surf lifesaving endurance race in New Zealand. This will be the 10th year of the gruelling run, swim, ski and...
DARTSPlayoffs were held on Sunday for the men’s and women’s teams to represent Gisborne’s Region 7 at the New Zealand Darts Council Nationals from August 5 to 10 in Rotorua. Turanganui a Kiwa Darts Association (TAKDA) and Gisborne Club Darts...
Rugby league drawTHE Gisborne Tairawhiti Rugby League draw for Saturday is —1pm: Paikea Whalers v Ngatapa Stags. 2.30pm: Waengapu Stallions v Turanga Panthers. Bye: Falcons, Mustangs. Both games to be played at Awapuni Stadium
Gisborne Basketball Association teams will play Sydney teams at the YMCA this weekend. The draw:TODAY5.45pm (women): GBA secondary v Sydney Women. 7pm (men): GBA secondary v Sydney Under-17.8.15pm (M): GBA Men v Sydney Men. SATURDAY9am (W): GBA Women v...
Poverty Bay-East Coast's Top 8 indoor bowlers received accolades from bowlers throughout the country when they toppled Bay of Plenty, Hawke's Bay and heavyweights Tauranga in the Patterson Top 8 challenge event in Tauranga. Their efforts gained them...
THE finale of the Gisborne Speedway Club season on Saturday night was sensational with a second night of great racing and a fireworks show to end the season. Spectators at Eastland Group Raceway were wowed by a fireworks display that one fan...
Chances of heading to Tokyo getting slimmer for Gisborne-raised Jessie Smith
Napier Boys' High School Blues proved too strong for Gisborne Boys' High Colts in a 40-overs cricket fixture at Harry Barker Reserve yesterday. The Blues beat GBHS by 159 runs after captain Joseph Hay-Mackenzie won the toss and chose to...
The grand finalists are now known. Dreamers held off Brick Layers 32-28 in the 1 v 4 semifinal of the inaugural Gisborne Basketball Association women’s draft league and the competition’s No. 2 team Butter Fingers beat Hoops I Did it Again 53-42...
UNITED beat Riverina 2-0 in a top-of-the-table clash in Eastern League women's football at Harry Barker Reserve on Sunday. Riverina were stunned by a United goal three minutes in. A long, looping throw-in from right winger Kayley Knight bounced over...
Less than two months ago the famous bridge hole at Tahunga was underwater after the Hangaroa River rose dramatically during heavy rain and flooding that hammered the district. On Saturday, the remnants of the damage were still evident on the green...
SPEEDWAYGisborne Speedway Club has cancelled its next scheduled meeting on December 11 due to the restrictions imposed by the “traffic light” system around limits for gatherings. The saloon car champion of champions event and the Bruce Ellmers...
Pacific Premiership, SATURDAY, 2.30pm: Harry Barker Reserve 1, Heavy Equipment Services Gisborne United v Napier City Rovers Reserves. 3pm: Marewa Park, Napier, Port Hill United v Gisborne Vehicle Testing Thistle. Eastern League 1, 12.30pm: Harry...
These girls have taken Cambridge by storm. The Mel Knight-coached Poverty Bay secondary school girls’ cricket team today play their last round-robin match at the nine-a-side Northern Districts tournament in Cambridge. The Kayley Knight-led Bay were...
Poverty Bay Rugby's development team Tūranga Tāne beat a spirited Tūranga Pasifika side in Gisborne last Saturday. The match was transferred to the Oval to preserve the Rugby Park surface for the Heartland game as rain was forecast. Despite the...
ALICIA Hoskin and Quaid Thompson gave standout performances at Blue Lakes 1, the first sprint kayaking regatta of the season. They dominated their races in both their own age group as well as older classes, and showed the benefits of solid base...
Gisborne ParkBART Watene won the men’s stableford with 41 points, one more than nearest rival Evan Morley. Sunday, (January 3) — men’s stableford: B Watene 41pts, E Morley 40pts, C Pipi 37pts. Twos: C Pipi. Approaches, nearest the pin: S...
NETBALLTHE ability and experience of the higher-ranked premier-grade netball teams shone through at the YMCA last night with wins to the “Old Girls” teams. Whangara Old Girls trailed Tapuae after the first quarter but after that took charge to...
BADMINTONEastland masters will play their final round of the inter-association season at Gisborne’s Badminton Centre in Childers Road tomorrow. They will host Wellington (2), Horowhenua Kapiti (1), Horowhenua Kapiti (2) and Bay of Plenty...
Kayley Knight will long remember 2022. Poverty Bay and Northern Brave all-rounder Knight took her opportunities in India on the New Zealand women's cricket development tour last month and has earned selection for the NZ side to play in the inaugural...
FOOTBALLCAMPION College came from 2-0 down to force their cup final against Gisborne Boys’ High School (3) to penalties. Campion won the shoot-out 4-3 to take the Emerre & Hathaway Cup at Harry Barker Reserve last Saturday. Boys’ High went 1-0 up...
The Bowls Gisborne East Coast Centre triples winners have been found. In the women's competition, the Kahutia team of Glenys Whiteman, Marie Wright and Paige Richter came through with a better differential than Te Karaka trio Sarah Brown, Del Tamanui...
Poverty BayPETE Kerekere and William “Wi” Brown reigned supreme at the Enterprise Motor Group men’s open foursomes on Saturday. But they had to come from behind to do it. Postman Kerekere and greenkeeper Brown overcame a two-shot deficit to win...
WAIROA are the latest sub-union to get a shot at wresting the Barry Cup off holders Waikohu at Te Karaka Domain tomorrow. Fronting with the best possible team is a mark of admiration by defenders and challengers alike and that's what Wairoa coach Sid...
Tayler Reid turned in one of the performances of the day despite New Zealand finishing well out of the medals in the World Triathlon Mixed Relay in England. Gisborne triathlete Reid posted the second-fastest time for the Nottingham-based race, which...
CAMPION College’s loss will be Pirates’ gain as Sam Patterson prepares to play his last game for the school tomorrow. Poverty Bay medium pace bowler Patterson will farewell his teammates when Campion take on Bollywood Stars High School Old Boy in...
GISBORNE athletes are among the thousands of students competing in the massively popular AIMS Games International Sporting Championships in the Bay of Plenty. This year’s Games have attracted 10,000 middle school students from 302 schools...
Mackey and Tangaere-Manuel bring wealth of experience to new governance roles in New Zealand Rugby
RESULTS of Gisborne Speedway Club’s meeting at the Eastland Group Raceway on Saturday night —Stockcars — Race 1: James Kirk (31G) 1, James Clarke (29G) 2, Jordon Fleetwood (16G) 3. Race 2: Clarke 1, Kirk 2, Jason Lovell (67G) 3. Race 3: Lovell...
TENNISYOUNG tennis players who want to make it in the sport learn how to cope with losing and move on quickly to the next challenge, says long-time coach Noel Craft. Though the burn from losing is said to last longer than the satisfaction of winning...
The Show must go on . . . that was the mantra from riders, volunteers, supporters and judges when torrential rain fell on already sodden ground, creating a problem for the showjumpers. And that is where the Gisborne region really stands out...
Margie McKee, John Hudson 59.52 Vicki Nickerson, Hans van der Kuijl 58.33Caroline Kirkpatrick, Jeff Allen 53.57 Anne Roberts, Diana Styche 53.13Yvonne Waide, Eileen Lee 52.38 Delwyn Arthur, Murray Owen 51.19John Jones, Eileen Lee 64.55 Ann McCombe...