Results of equestrian competition at the Poverty Bay A&P Show —Jumping, Equissage Horse Grand Prix: Lily Tootill (Karaka) Ulysses NZPH 1; Maurice Beatson (Dannevirke) Mandalay Cove 2; Brooke Edgecombe (Waipukurau) LT Holst Andrea 3; Julie Davey...
THE top two teams could not be separated when Poverty Bay Bowling Club held its first twilight triples tournament of the year last Thursday. The forecast heavy rain stayed away long enough for each of the teams to play two six-end games in the Star...
It was not the winning start she was after but still a proud moment for Kimiora Poi and her whanau when she made her Silver Ferns test debut in a 54-41 loss to England in Liverpool yesterday. The 21-year-old Canterbury Tactix midcourter is pictured...
HOCKEYTHE district’s senior hockey players have started training again as they prepare for their semifinals, which have been scheduled now to be played the week after next. Poverty Bay Hockey operations manager Louise Teneti said that providing the...
OBR handed Gisborne Boys' High School their first defeat of the season in Doleman Cup cricket on Saturday. The victory was a team effort for Coastal Concrete OBR, whose batsmen, bowlers and fielders all chipped in. Galaxy World GBHS batted first and...
Gisborne ParkWAIKOHU’S Marg Tuapawa picked an appropriate event to burn up the course — the East Coast fire brigades tournament on Sunday. Tuapawa had not broken 100 since a round of 95 at the Hauraki course in October of 2014. She well and...
BASKETBALLDid we start the fire?That may be something the Dwayne Tamatea-coached Gisborne Boys’ High School basketball team ask themselves if they win just one of their two games today. Last night they won the highest-scoring major victory in the...
FOUR premier team officials will go before the Poverty Bay Rugby Union judicial committee tomorrow night following a scuffle in Friday night’s match between Ngatapa and Pirates.“A complaint has been made regarding two officials from both clubs...
Tegan Fitzsimon has won her third FEI World Cup (NZ League) Series after a nail-biting victory in the final in Hawera on Saturday. The West Melton rider steered Windermere Cappuccino to double clear over the Gary Sinclair-designed course at the...
CENTRAL Football junior coach of the year Sam Parkin comes from a family steeped in Gisborne football history. Sam’s great-grandfather, John William Parkin, brought his family from Bolton to Gisborne in 1924.“We understand he was the first...
HIGH School Old Boys No. 8 Siosiua Moala had an extra incentive to play well in Saturday’s Lee Bros Shield premier club rugby final. Moala’s brother All Black midfielder George flew in from Auckland to support his older (by one year) brother.“I...
For the second week straight, Wednesday night basketball had 100 fans on their feet every quarter. In Division 1 of the boys' secondary schools league at the John McFarlane Memorial Sports Centre, the Robert Fysh-led Campion College seniors beat...
JUNIOR indoor bowlers Olivia Barnard and Rachael Rickard were among the award-winners at the Waerenga a Hika Indoor Bowling Club’s final club-night of the year. In the annual prize-giving held after the evening’s games, eight-year-old Olivia was...
FOOTBALLGISBORNE teams Thistle and United are braced for a Hawke’s Bay backlash following wins in their opening Pacific Premiership matches last Saturday. In games played in Gisborne, Thistle beat Hastings side Western Rangers 4-1 and United beat...
SATURDAY'S Heartland Championship game between LeaderBrand Poverty Bay and Ngati Porou East Coast at Rugby Park is shaping up as one of the most crucial in the long history of local derbies. It is a must-win game for both teams, who are on no points...
HOCKEYTHE hockey round this week promises to produce some enthralling contests and none more so than the round opener tonight between GMC Green and Ngatapa in the top four of the women’s competition. Several other games this weekend look set to be...
Gisborne Tairawhiti Rugby League starts this weekend, with the Nate Miller Memorial Tournament to celebrate the life of a talented and respected player. All six local teams will compete in a day-long tournament at Ngatapa rugby grounds at Patutahi...
High school teams provided the highlight of premier-grade netball in Gisborne on Saturday. Gisborne Girls' High School beat Ritana Senior A from Lytton High 25-23 in a clash that lived up to expectations. Lytton led 6-4 at the end of the first quarter...
SurfingIt was a homecoming of sorts. Home to a surf spot down the road from where he lived, home to the scene of past victories and home to the peak of New Zealand waveski surfing. Nigel Bryant is national waveski surfing champion again, triumphing...
They’ve put it all back on. The GBA men’s club basketball league is now the same size that it was last year — its biggest ever — with 12 teams in action at the YMCA and the John McFarlane Memorial Sports Centre of Gisborne Boys’ High...
Defending premier grade champions High School Old Girls made short work of Whangara Old Girls in the match of the day in senior netball at Victoria Domain on Saturday. The other winners in PAK'nSAVE premier grade were Claydens Waikohu, YMP Sunshine...
GISBORNE man Stu Leach won’t forget his first taste of darts at the highest level. Brisbane-based Leach lost 6-0 to defending champion Adrian Lewis, of England, but by no means disgraced himself in the Auckland Masters at the Trusts Arena last...
MahiaCHRIS “Gid” Pitman produced one of the top performances in the long history of the Fiordland Lobster Mahia Men’s Open tournament over the weekend. His rounds of 75 and 74 off a 12-handicap were justifiably rewarded with the premier title...
Kayne Arahanga 3, Tyson Eyles 2, Irie Eyles (2NZ Kings); Matt Reedy 2, Sha Hohipa (Cossy Done & Dusted); Darryle Nepe (Roseland Say My Name); John Collier (Roseland).Irie Eyles (2NZ Kings); Darryle Nepe (Roseland Say My Name).Hunter Eyles. Kayne...
YMP (1) signalled their intentions from the first whistle of their premier-grade netball game against Gisborne Girls’ High School Senior A at Victoria Domain on Saturday. They won this Pak’nSave competition game 35-19 and led at the end of every...
TEAMS selected from Gisborne Basketball Association competitions this year —Ethan Ngarangione-Pearson (SE Systems), Paora Dewes (City Lights), Luke Bradley (Massive Marauders), Sebastian Wilson (Gisborne Boys’ High School), Tyrese Tuwairua-Brown...
YMP (2) goalkeeper Nick Roberts dives at the feet of Gisborne Boys' High player Angus Henry in Poverty Bay men's hockey action, above, on the Property Brokers Turf at Harry Barker Reserve on Saturday. YMP won 4-3.• Wrap of senior hockey in...
GisborneForty-eight players filled Gisborne Bowling Club’s green for the closing day single entry triples on Saturday. The 16 teams all thoroughly enjoyed another sunny, warm afternoon, which ensured a pleasant couple of hours. Three teams finished...
GISBORNE’S Jamey Ferris and Kahutia’s Dayvinia Mills are the centre open champions for 2017. Twenty men and 12 women competed in the Gisborne East Coast championships hosted by Ferris’s home club. Qualifying was first to 21 shots or a two-hour...
A FIELD of 26 cars will battle for the title of demolition derby champion when one of the most popular events on the speedway calendar hits the track tomorrow night. The Gisborne Auto Spares derby at the Eastland Group Raceway promises to be...
Gisborne stand-up paddleboard surfer Sean Hovell is the national champion again. He put in a dominant performance in the open men's SUP surfing final yesterday at the national surfing championships at Piha. Hovell is a multiple national SUP surfing...
SURFING by Ben KenningsA last-minute wave gave Waitara surfer Ryder Pennington a big return at Midway Beach, Gisborne, yesterday. Pennington and Christchurch surfer Ava Henderson won the premier events — the boys’ and girls’ Year 7 and 8...
NGATI Porou world tennis champion Matemauroa Mose Harvey passed away on Sunday at the age of 82. Mr Harvey was the first New Zealander to win a world singles title when he won the International Tennis Federation World Super Seniors Tennis...