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Bohemians’ rookies continue to improve

Gisborne Bohemians have long been at the bottom of the table but have continued to improve phenomenally in the women’s football league this season. They lost 3-2 to Campion College on Sunday but it did not feel like it, Bohs player Tami Gooch...

GBHS banking on the basics

RUGBYIt’s game 1. At 1pm tomorrow rugby fans will see the Gisborne Boys’ High School first 15 play their season opener at home against Lindisfarne College. GBHS head coach Mark Jefferson has as his team’s priorities the unchanging basics: “We...

Final shape of top four to be found tomorrow

THE final shape of Gisborne premier-grade netball's top four will be determined at the YMCA tomorrow night. One result is highly predictable; the other is not. YMP (1) sit unassailably on top of the table followed by the equally uncatchable Claydens...

Interest high for GBA Draft League

BASKETBALL by Ben O’Brien-LeafLife, liberty, the pursuit of happiness and a constant drive to be better: the Gisborne Basketball Association strives to achieve these goals. And the sporting body whose administrators rarely rest are putting on...

OBR will rebound from setback

Be in no doubt that OBR will get back on track. And Craig Christophers’ Rawhiti Legal Old Boys Rugby — hitherto Senior B club cricket’s unbeaten competition leaders — will use tomorrow’s Round 14 clash with Siteworx Horouta to do so. OBR...

Hendrie and Bates shine

Nic Hendrie, Poverty Bay Cricket Association’s operations manager, who plays club cricket in Bay of Plenty, has helped his club win the Northern Districts (ND) club championship. His Tauranga club, Greerton, will represent ND in this year’s...

Bizminton draw

ALERT Level 2 guidelines were followed as 12 teams contested the second night of the Eastland badminton business house league. Despite the regulations — from sanitising after each game to social distancing — lots of fun was had and there were...

PB lose to Upper Hutt

THE Poverty Bay mixed schools team suffered a defeat on Day two of the Year 6B Riverbend tournament. Friday, Round 2, 30 overs -Park Island 2Upper Hutt 131-6 in 20.4 overs ( - ) beat Poverty Bay Mixed Schools 127-9 in 30 overs (Matthew Langford 35...

Twilight League netball competition cancelled, options to be discussed

Gisborne Netball Centre has cancelled the scheduled Twilight League due to issues relating to competition management under current Covid alert levels.“Upon discussing the latest level announcements, we are gutted to say we will be cancelling the...

Cup generating a buzz

RUGBYThere’s a buzz about Wednesday. Two weeks in, rugby’s Courage Cup is generating excitement and enthusiasm amongst players, referees and supporters. Hundreds are turning out to these games. Team Charlie Ngatai and cup holders Team...

Hectic 48 hours . . .

They were the most hectic 48 hours in club basketball since opening night, 1998. The men on Monday and the women last night produced a head-spinning raft of close games. In the men’s A Grade, Gisborne Boys’ High School Black won their first game...

A good kind of crazy for Gisborne Thistle

Gisborne Thistle must be crazy if they think they can travel to Palmerston North, play on unfamiliar artificial turf and take at least a share of the points from the second-placed team in the league. That’d be a good kind of crazy, mind. Sports...

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Top teams have all lost once

All of the top three teams in Gisborne premier netball have now lost after YMP defeated previously unbeaten High School Old Girls at Victoria Domain on Saturday. YMP Sunshine Brewing produced their performance of the season so far in comprehensively...

Players gutted, but they know it is for the best

PLAYERS and management of the Poverty Bay rugby team are deeply disappointed that the Heartland Championship has been cancelled this year, but are philosophical about it.“At the end of the day it is for the greater good,” Bay coach Tom Cairns...

Raggett and Bryon win handicap pairs

BILL Raggett and Les Bryon won Gisborne Cosmopolitan Snooker Club’s handicap pairs competition last Saturday. They beat Neil Robinson and Tiny Thompson two frames to nil in the final. Raggett and Bryon had a handicap of 18, and Robinson and Thompson...