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Out on the blocks quick for first win

POVERTY Bay have registered their first win in the Hurricanes under-18 competition this year, beating Hawke’s Bay Saracens 20-10. Coach Willie Waitoa said beating a Hawke’s Bay team was a solid achievement and the players were happy. They lost...

Golf Roundup

THE Ruka Tupara Memorial trophy will be up for grabs at Patutahi's open closing tournament on Sunday. Tee-off is at 11am. There are Canadian mixed foursomes and men's sections. Inquiries to George Brown on 027-370-9860 or at horiboy1@xtra. co. nz...

Mixed fortunes for Gisborne teams

FOOTBALL by Jason TrowillGisborne United won and Gisborne Thistle lost in Federation Cup football in Napier yesterday. Heavy Equipment Services Gisborne United beat Horizons Premiership side Feilding United 2-1, while Carpet Court Thistle Massive...

Pre-season tournament to start action on the courts

NETBALLTHE Gisborne Netball Centre has confirmed dates for the start of the competition this year, with the Kathleen Henderson pre-season tournament to be staged on March 27. The senior competition begins on April 10, along with the youth competition...

Poverty Bay showing improvement

Jack Roberts is a solid individual. Two days into the Riverbend/Hawke’s Bay Year 6 White cricket tournament, the Poverty Bay captain is impressing as a student of the game who keeps things in perspective and leads by example. And that’s despite...

Both senior titles to Te Karaka

BOWLS by CrackerjackTE KARAKA teams won both the women’s and men’s senior champion of champions triples titles in Bowls Gisborne East Coast tournament play at Wairoa Bowling Club. Del Tamanui (skip), Mere Nepia (director) and Sarah Brown (lead)...

Staring at history

HISTORY-making driver Emma Gilmour has her eyes on another first when the New Zealand Rally Championship continues in Gisborne tomorrow. After becoming the first woman to win a New Zealand Rally Championship round — the Rally of Canterbury last...

Stars eye upset in first T15 Blast final

CRICKETThe end begins tonight. A huge chapter of the 2018-2019 cricket season will close at the Harry Barker Reserve from 5.15pm today, with the grand final of the inaugural Walker Shield T15 Blast between favourites the Smash Palace Bail-Breakers...

Students put on a fighting show,Waikohu rediscover ‘attacking mojo’

CLAYDENS Waikohu rediscovered their attacking mojo in premier-grade netball last night and opponents Gisborne Girls’ High School helped them do it with a determined effort. Waikohu started strongly and led 17-11 at the end of the first quarter...

Cook takes out the V8 series

Ethan Cook finished the five rounds of the inaugural North Island V8 saloon car series with two series wins, a fourth and a fifth — and that was enough for him to win the overall series, by just four points. The entertaining, courageous young...

David Gray just six runs short of ton

In the last 20 years, there hasn't been a better one. Twelve-year-old David Gray's 94 for Sonrise Christian School against Gisborne Intermediate yesterday was as good an innings by a cricketer of his age here since the inception of the National...

Wake-up call for Brock

GISBORNE-born boxer Shay Brock has kept his undefeated record after going blow for blow over eight rounds for a draw with the more experienced Gunnar Jackson. New Zealand super-welterweight champion Brock looked the goods for the first half of the...

Sobering experience

Sobering — the Gisborne Boys’ High School Senior A and Year 9-10 basketball teams had tough losses to Rotorua Boys’ High School in Gisborne on Sunday. The seniors lost 86-52, the juniors 72-64, but Y9-10 coach Ray Noble is pleased about his...

Sharks and Boys’ High big movers

FOOTBALLWAINUI and Gisborne Boys’ High School were the big movers in Eastern League 1 football last weekend. Sunshine Brewing Wainui Sharks beat Carpet Court Thistle Massive 4-2 at Wainui, while Boys’ High beat Thistle Reserves 2-1 at Childers...

Thomsons triumph

TWO Gisborne married couples finished first and second in their section of the Morrinsville Golf Croquet Handicap Doubles Tournament. Ross and Betty Thomson played consistent croquet to win their section. Finishing second to them were fellow members...

Hot action on sand

Hot weather and even hotter action made Round 1 of Gisborne Motorcycle Sports Club’s beach racing series a success. The track was so fast, engines blew up left, right and centre. In the senior open class, the sand flew as Graham Wedlake (Kawasaki...