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Weekend sports draws

THE draw for senior club rugby on SATURDAY is —Civil Project Solutions premier grade, 2.45pm: Barry Park 1, YMP v Ngatapa; Te Karaka 1, Waikohu v Pirates; Oval 1, OBM v HSOB. Senior 1, 12.45pm: BP 1, YMP v Ngatapa; Oval 1, Pirates v Nuhaka. 1.30pm...

Favourites will be tough

Challenge round teams could be up against it

Mercantile badminton

THE Badminton Eastland business house league started last Thursday. Eight teams have entered this year, with some having changed names. WSP have returned, after not playing in 2020 due to Covid-19 restrictions, and two new teams — Team IFL and...

Gisborne - East Coast golf roundup

Kahlenberg Cup women’s pairs qualifying, four-ball best-ball stableford: J Utting/F Pell 43, C Skuse/S Spence 40, , A Gemmell/R Spence 38, J Williams/Morag Shanks 38, L Fletcher/P Gayford 38, G Young/V Fraser 37, J Steele/M Allan 37, M Williams/...

Waikanae in third place after first day of champs

SURF LIFESAVING

Turanganui a Kiwa Darts Association results

180s: Te Kotahi Kaio (Assassins); John White, Willie Edwards (Tigers).Highest straight start (140): Te Kotahi Kaio (Assassins).Highest double start (122): Shiloh Henry (Tigers).Highest finish (110): Ihaka Kaio-Wynyard (Assassins).Most tons (31): Te...

DOWN TO EIGHT MEN

Wainui hold on till last minute, Thistle win in extra time

Champions in dominant form

SWIMMINGIT was a day of domination for the winners at the Gisborne Girls’ High School swimming championships on Tuesday. Junior swimmer Sierra Blumfield, intermediate Jodiesha Kirkpatrick and senior Ava Smith together had 14 first-place finishes...

Riders back on track for build-up to nationals

BMXRACING has resumed at the Gisborne BMX Club’s Lytton Road track as the build-up for the nationals continues. StridersEmily Wells, Seth Hancock and Frankie Fraser had a good evening on their bikes with five good motos. Six to sevenJax...

Tolaga Bay golf results

Sport in brief

Gisborne - East Coast golf roundup

MARY Allan emerged a double victor in the final of the Primo Cup on Saturday. Male and female qualifiers converged on Awapuni Links to decide the champs, and a hidden partners competition was held in conjunction with the cup. Allan and John Holmes...

SAFETY BOLSTERED

TRAMPOLININGGISBORNE trampolinists are rejoicing over the installation of two new airbags that will greatly improve their ability to safely learn new moves. They are the only bags of their kind in the country and they allow local trampolinists to...

Second win to Solly as BoP birdies fly

GOLFPARS are not good enough. That harsh lesson was learned birdie by birdie — with a couple of eagles thrown in — by Poverty Bay-East Coast at the national interprovincial in Auckland yesterday. PBEC were beaten 4-1 by Bay of Plenty on Day 3 of...

Second-15 bite put to good use

These Gisborne Boys’ High School second-15 players have bite. The Mike Kora-coached GBHS side under captain and No. 8 Noah Torrance-Cribb had their first Super 8 victory of 2022 at Coronation Park 2 on Saturday — a 22-16 win against their...

Barbier shows defiance

Liam Barbier showed fight yesterday. The 16 year-old leg-spinner, having come in at No. 9 against Hamilton, battled for an hour and 16 minutes with technique and application to face 96 balls and lead Poverty Bay’s run-scorers with 30 in...

Uawa earn home semifinal

TVC beaten 26-15 in fast-paced, physical game