RUGBYA CLASSY and fit New Zealand Marist under-23 rugby side have shown players on the fringe of selection for the Poverty Bay senior squad what is needed to step up to the next level. They had too much firepower for the home team at the Oval on...
HOCKEYBIG wins to Ngatapa and GMC Green in the women’s competition and a good fighting effort from Gisborne Boys’ High School highlighted the series of senior hockey games from the weekend. Gisborne Girls’ High School also had a comfortable win...
Gisborne and Ilminster intermediate schools resumed their rivalry yesterday, Gisborne Intermediate taking the honours. In under-65-kilogram boys’ rugby, Gisborne Intermediate won 46-10, while in the u48kg division, they won 64-15. In football...
MIDWAY surf lifeguard Cory Taylor has qualified for the prestigious Nutrigrain Ironman series in Australia, one of the youngest Kiwis to ever do so. The 22-year-old, who is based on the Gold Coast, placed well in the trials for the event held at...
“DON’T do as I say; do as I do” could be the advice of Gisborne triathlete Stephen Sheldrake for his protégé Tayler Reid. Before Reid’s third placing in the ITU World Cup elite race in the Czech Republic at the weekend, Sheldrake —...
Gisborne Bowling Club’s Jamey Ferris and Tanya Harrison won the Gisborne-East Coast centre champion of champions open mixed pairs. They beat Kahutia’s Charlie Ure and Dayvinia Mills 13-7 in the final. Both finalists had been beaten on their way to...
Gisborne BMX Club’s season is in full swing and meetings have been well attended. The new front straight on the Gisborne track is proving a hit with riders. STRIDERS — George Donaldson, Jax Nepia and Scott Pheasant had five good motos and are...
There’s the implausible, then there’s this. The East Coast under-18s came from 21-7 down to beat the Gisborne Boys’ High School third 15 29-28 at the Rectory, outscoring their opponents five tries to four.“Exciting, entertaining, crunching...
PatutahiTWO twos capped Jo Kerr’s senior division-winning gross at the Patutahi women’s open tournament on Saturday. Poverty Bay member Kerr won with a 6-over 77 while Wairoa’s Kodee Green’s 83-15-68 was top net and Waikohu’s Ella Wynard...
Shakers Touch Module, Barry Park, Monday, 4pm: Field 1A, Y1/2 Mangapapa Kowhai v Ormond Highlanders; 1B, Y1/2 Awapuni Pukeko v Central Scorers; 2A, Y1/2 Waikirikiri v Mangapapa Kakariki; 2B, Y1/2 Awapuni Weka v Manutuke Tahi; 3, Y3/4 Mangapapa Whero...
SURF LIFESAVINGVeteran surf lifeguards open the TSB New Zealand Surf Life Saving Championships tomorrow at Mount Maunganui and while the Gisborne contingent will be smaller than usual, medal hopes are high. Eleven over-30 lifeguards from Gisborne...
HOCKEYTOP men’s teams YMP A and THC will have another crack at each other tonight to start the weekend’s senior hockey action. The big question is whether THC can close the gap that opened up between the teams last weekend. YMP beat the defending...
It's a story Florrie never let me forget.“Hey Tawa,” he'd say. He never did pronounce my surname correctly.“Remember the time we played each other in Wairoa?”“Yes, I do Florrie,” I'd say, knowing full well that that wouldn't stop him...
GISBORNE Intermediate emerged triumphant in their annual Athol O’Connor Shield challenge against Ilminster Intermediate. The shield pits the best lawn bowls players from each school, both of which get regular coaching — Gis Int at Gisborne...
Gisborne ParkPlaying off the men’s tees is clearly benefitting Jo Kerr’s game. Kerr was in sublime form on Sunday, shooting a personal best 1-under par 72 off the women’s tees. It was her first sub-par score at the Park and easily the round of...
Waikohu were too strong for Gisborne Girls' High Senior A in their premier grade netball clash at the YMCA on Saturday morning, but the students went down fighting. Claydens Waikohu (1) beat them 68-51. They led Gillies Electrical Girls' High 17-11...
GISBORNE surfer Kelly Ryan performs the classic hang five manoeuvre in his men’s longboard heat at the national surfing championships at Makorori Beach yesterday. Ryan was part of a powerful Gisborne challenge, with six of the eight semifinal spots...
EXTREME croquet came to Gisborne on Sunday as Barry Croquet Club staked its claim to be the first club to celebrate World Croquet Day this year. Mainly a Northern Hemisphere celebration for the first week of May — the start of the summer season in...
GISBORNE speedway racer Ethan Cook (1NZ) took out the V8 saloon series at the weekend in the final round raced at the Stratford speedway. Cook won two of the five rounds, and massed enough points overall to win the series title. He won it by four...
The “spring and autumn” of Gisborne surfing will take part in New Zealand’s richest surfing event this weekend. Emerging star Saffi Vette makes a return to the domestic scene in the Rip Curl Pro at Raglan after spending much of summer competing...
SURFINGGISBORNE teenager Saffi Vette has moved into round 4 of the under-18 girls’ division at the ISA World Junior Surfing Championships in California. In a dramatic round 3 heat at Huntington Beach, Vette was the beneficiary of two priority...
TRIES to No. 8 Siosiua Moala and left-winger Korey Love gave High School Old Boys a flattering 18-6 win against a 14-man OBM side in the final game of the first round of premier rugby at the Oval on Saturday. The victory ensured Woodbank HSOB kept...
JOHN Turnbull was a Gisborne cricketer who belonged to a select group of “country” players who represented Auckland before Northern Districts achieved first-class status. He died in Katikati this month at the age of 82. Gisborne-born Turnbull was...
Gisborne ParkIF you didn’t have 43 points, you weren’t in the hunt in the Tuesday veteran men’s stableford last week. John Rosewarne led the way with his lowest gross score in over eight years — 88-26-62, for 46 points. Phil Simpson followed...
WHEN the New Zealand and Peru teams walk out on to Wellington’s Westpac Stadium for their World Cup qualifier on Saturday afternoon, Wainui Beach School’s Kya Solomon will be holding hands with one of the players.“I’m really excited but...
FOR the first time in many years, Gisborne Harrier Club will hold a one-hour race. Based at the club’s headquarters at Innes Street, this Saturday’s 2pm event involves racing laps of 710 metres. Running watches are not allowed, and competitors...
THE daredevils of Freestyle NZ, the country’s top motocross display team, take centre stage at the Eastland Group Raceway tomorrow night. But in the racing, the New Zealand teams sidecar championship goes on the line. The Gisborne team will try to...
TRIATHLONTRIATHLON New Zealand’s national performance manager is on a short-term contract but has a long-term outlook. Stephen Sheldrake, from Gisborne, will challenge coaches and athletes to get the best out of themselves as they prepare for the...
AUCKLAND — For five years Lisa Carrington has sat silently while another name was read out as New Zealand Sportswoman of the Year. Not this year. The 27-year-old canoeist capped a superb 12 months by receiving the Supreme Halberg and Sportswoman of...
SURFINGTHE dedicated and the brave came out to contest the Mike Lewin/Gisborne Boardriders Club “good waves shoot-out” at Wainui Beach last weekend. Johnny Hicks and Saffi Vette won the men’s and women’s divisions contested over two days at...
HAWKE'S Bay A made it back-to-back titles in the Harvest Transport Poverty Bay Polo Open when they beat Waimai at the Bushmere grounds yesterday. In a good, fast-running final, Hawke’s Bay were 6-4½ winners in the Silver Fern Farms six-goal...
Tairawhiti softball results from Friday and Saturday —Women: Scorpions 14 Uawa 3; Rovers 10 Lytton Gems 5; GMC 11 Whatatutu 4. Men: Gisborne Boys’ High School (1) 9 Spartans 0; GBHS (2) 22 Uawa 0; TWK Rams 17 GMC 2