SPEEDWAYTHE Gisborne Gladiators know they face a tough battle to make the finals of the New Zealand Stockcar Teams Championship in Stratford this weekend but will give it their best shot. They will be up against teams from Stratford, Christchurch...
IT rained gold medals for Horouta on Lake Karapiro as the W1 champions were decided at the waka ama sprint nationals yesterday. Gisborne’s Horouta Waka Hoe won five gold medals, highlighted by the immensely talented Akayshia Williams’ stunning...
Eastland under-15 players had a tough time on Day 3 of the junior badminton nationals at Palmerston North yesterday. They lost 16-0 to both Southland and Bay of Plenty White. Riva-lee Habib had the only three-game match. She won the first game in her...
ENTERPRISE Cars Swim Team and fellow Gisborne club Comet enjoyed a successful Hawke’s Bay Poverty Bay summer championships meeting, which ended yesterday at the Olympic Pool. Enterprise won the President’s Cup for top club overall and the Herald...
GMC Green provided the sternest test unbeaten YMP A have faced so far this season in the senior women’s hockey competition on Saturday. The two sides were locked at 1-1 at halftime in what has been described as a “great” game. YMP went on to...
PYTHONS tipped over the Sharks 11 games to 10 in the Brezz N Darts Competition. It was game for game. Sharks captain Sonny Laulau got Sharks off to a good start, defeating Antz Hulley 2-1. Pythons’ Errol Tamihana got one back, defeating Ken Lewis...
POVERTY Bay-East Coast came agonisingly close to a shock victory in round 3 of the Toro men's national interprovincial golf tournament in Invercargill this morning. PBEC lost 3-2 to Bay of Plenty in a team match decided by the No. 1 players. The teams...
CyclingSATURDAY — Gisborne Cycling Club ride (no racing)1.30pm at Nelson Rd Cemetery for a group ride. All visitors very welcome. FootballSATURDAY — PACIFIC PREMIERSHIP, 2.30pm: CRR 1, Gisborne Thistle v Western Rangers. EASTERN LEAGUE DIVISION...
TWENTY-two years ago David Solomann etched his name into Poverty Bay-East Coast golfing history as a surprise winner of the 1995 Poverty Bay men’s open. Yesterday the now-41-year-old added another chapter — this time with a perfect performance on...
GISBORNE club swimmers who placed in the Hawke's Bay-Poverty Bay summer championships at the Olympic Pool this month —(Enterprise): boys' 10-year 50-metre butterfly, third; 100m freestyle, third; 200m individual medley (10-and-under), first; 200m...
GISBORNE Speedway Club hopes to begin next season with the meeting it had planned as the grand finale of the 2019-20 season, as it abides by the Covid-19 restrictions. The club had scheduled a massive two-night meeting for early April.“We had 40...
GREENWOOD George Duncan would never be the same after he met Neil “Chopper” Summersby. He wouldn’t be called Greenwood by many, for a start. Chopper had a position of authority at Williams and Kettle, where the 16-year-old Duncan lad had started...
Emerging Sox intermediate softball (Years 7 and 8) — 9am: D1, Horouta Tangaroa v Mighty Taua Batters; D2, Muriwai v Ilminster. Rookie Sox primary softball (Years 5 and 6) — 9am: D3, Horouta Tai Hura v Te Wharau Blue Sox; D4, Kaiti Rangatira v...
RUGBYWellington — New Zealand rugby is mourning the loss of All Black legend Brian Lochore, who has died aged 78. Lochore, who captained New Zealand in 18 tests during their golden era of the 1960s and coached the All Blacks to the inaugural Rugby...
RESULTS from Day 1 of the Larsen Sawmilling Showjumping Championships in GisborneShowjumping, Australia versus New Zealand Young Rider: Australia (Mitchell Peulic, Jasmine Dennison, Madeline Sinderberry and Stephanie MacKillop) 1, New Zealand (Briar...
BASKETBALLIt was as expected. In Week 9 of the Gisborne Basketball Association men’s club competition, City Lights and Gisborne Boys’ High School Black beat Dragons (82-45) and SE Systems (71-32) respectively at the John McFarlane Memorial Sports...
WHAT a weekend that was. I could say I told you so, but then really it was not a secret, was it? Saturday delivered a decent pulse in swell opening up options at Wainui for those with good paddle fitness (not me), while other spots offered gentler...
GISBORNE golfer Tessa McDonald is searching for her first individual win after a mixed start by Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay (HBPB) on Day 1 of the Toro women’s interprovincial golf tournament in Ashburton yesterday. HBPB were beaten 5-0 by Canterbury...
CricketWALKER Shield T20 semifinals, THURSDAY — Harry Barker Reserve, 5.30pm: H4, Bain Construction OBR v Gisborne Boys’ High School (1); H1, Tamarind High School Old Boys v Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates. CyclingAon Insurance Brokers series, race 2...
CLAYDENS Waikohu and Whangara Old Girls will be favourites to win their Gisborne premier-grade netball games in the YMCA tomorrow, even though both will be playing their second game this week. The form book says they should win well. At 9am tomorrow...
POVERTY BAYTwelve teams of graded fours competed for the Graham Shield on Saturday, January 2. The rain was annoying all day, but the all-weather green proved itself again, as play did not have to be suspended. Four games of 12 ends each, with...
A Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay record and another gold medal highlighted the Gisborne effort at the national age group swimming championships in Auckland yesterday. The champs, however, appear over for Gisborne young gun Michael Pickett, who suffered...
Gisborne Pony Club Sports resultsShowingUnity: Kendra Pye, Tubby 1; Kirsty Harnett, Ngahiwi Knight 2; Anna Harris, Mr Crème Brulee 3; Lydia Edginton, Vanilla Skyes 4. Novice hack: Kirsty Harnett, Ngahiwi Knight 1; Lydia Edginton, Vanilla Sky 2...
It’s no secret that setting goals and hard work are essential for success. Just ask the students of a special programme at Manutuke School, who are producing results on national and global stages. Manu Toa is a sports-based programme for Year 5 to 8...
NGATI Porou East Coast coach Willie Waitoa says his team got a “tune-up” in their 42-26 loss to Thames Valley in Waihi on Saturday.“We learned a few lessons which won’t do us any harm getting ready to play Poverty Bay (in the opening round...
PatutahiTHE Brown Bombers launched a Sunday assault on Patutahi’s open opening day tournament. Eddie Brown Junior, younger brother Hukanui, father Eddie (Whata) Senior and the boys’ cousin Jace Brown filled the top four places in the men’s...
One win, one loss — four teams are sitting on a 50 percent record going into the third round of Poverty Bay premier club rugby and those four teams play each other tomorrow. In a competition that looks tight, a second win could be valuable for two...
TRAMPOLININGLEAH Scholefield has been named Gisborne Trampoline Club’s best all-round trampolinist. The announcement came at the club’s end-of-season prize-giving. It is the second time the Gisborne Girls’ High School student has won the top...
GISBORNE Boys’ High School earned the right to play a Bay of Plenty team by beating Campion College in a First XI Cup pre-qualifying cricket game at Harry Barker Reserve this week. Campion captain Sam Patterson, who made his debut for the Poverty...
YMP have their heroes. And under their captain and hooker Shayde Skudder, they beat High School Old Boys 29-7 — their second straight win — and took five points.“Our set-piece worked well and our backs complemented the mahi (work) the forwards...
SHANNON McIlroy won his first national singles bowls title yesterday, a day before his 29th birthday. The Nelson-based former Gisborne bowler beat fellow New Zealand representative Paul Girdler 21-11 in the final at the Burnside Bowling Club in...
Sixteen-year-old Nathan Trowell has continued his great run of indoor bowls success. He defeated his cousin Matthew Foster 12-9 to win the local final of the New Zealand under-18 singles, then defeated Matthew's younger brother Dylan Foster 18-7 to...
One of the weirdest seasons of rugby in living memory comes to an end tomorrow for Poverty Bay. The Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay side take on Wanganui's “Butcher Boys” at Napier's McLean Park in a curtain-raiser for Hawke's Bay's defence...
COREY Reihana capped his 100th game for High School Old Boys with a scintillating try in their 26-18 premier win against Waikohu at the Oval on Saturday. The bonus-point victory stretched the defending champions’ lead at the top of the table to 11...