EQUESTRIANTHERE are plenty of happy riders at Showgrounds Park in Gisborne with the opening day of the Larsen Sawmilling Equestrian Championships done and dusted. The popular three-day show has attracted more than 230 riders from across the North...
YMP will make it tough for Whangara Old Girls when they clash in the only premier-grade netball game being played tomorrow. Netball commentator Sherrill Beale said YMP had looked strong and had been working together as a team on attack and...
SPEEDWAY by Murray RobertsonFIREWORKS in the sky and on the track will make tomorrow night’s opening meeting of the season at the Gisborne Speedway Club track memorable. Superstocks will race the first round of the MTF points dash, and stockcars...
The Taste One Christmas Open tournament is at Poverty Bay Golf Club tomorrow. Assemble at 9am for a 9.30am shotgun start. There were spaces available as of yesterday. No. 1 tee: R Owen/M Parkes/W Owen/P Rickard; A White/G Clapham/J Van Helden/H...
EQUESTRIAN by Diana DobsonBrooke Edgecombe and her mare LT Holst Andrea were all class in winning a strong three-horse jump-off in the Horse Grand Prix of the equestrian events held at the weekend despite the cancellation of the Poverty Bay A&P...
by Jack MalcolmRugby lost one of its brightest stars yesterday with the news of Sean Wainui’s passing. The outpouring from the sport’s community around the world shows how many people he made an impact on in just 25 years of life. From stars of...
Round 7, John McFarlane Memorial Sports Centre. Division 1: GBHS Senior Diesel 74: David McClutchie 34, Cody Tarei 15, Safin Tuwairua-Brown 7. GBHS Junior Premiers 71: Jack John Maurirere 20, Clinton Tarei 16, Jaiah Garrett-Kora 12. Q1 Diesel 17-14...
Gisborne Girls’ High School students got into the festive spirit of their athletic sports day on the Rectory field this week. Students dressed up in house colours and supported each other. The 100-metre races were popular, with lots of students...
A last-minute equaliser took the men’s final of the Central Football Tairawhiti Futsal competition into extra time. In the last game of the night, United and Thistle Youth battled it out for supremacy in Gisborne futsal. Thistle Youth played...
DARTSIT may not have the same fanfare as the World Championship of Darts, but this weekend the best players from around the East Coast and Hawke’s Bay will be in Gisborne for the annual regional darts tournament. Up to 100 players are expected over...
Gisborne Thistle Reserves lost 3-0 to Port Hill United on Saturday, but for well over half the game they were in the fight. In fact, for much of the first half, they looked the sharper team. But they couldn’t score, and for most of the time, neither...
CRICKETIt’s been a whirlwind five-year journey for sportsman Liam Barbier. Liam, 16, has finished 2020 as a member of the Galaxy World Gisborne Boys’ High School first 11 cricket team and took 2-31 from seven overs in the premier grade Doleman...
Waikohu and High School Old Girls fought out the toughest match on Day 2 of premier netball grading on Saturday in a seesawing contest that could have gone either way. Claydens Waikohu and F45 High School Old Girls went toe to toe for the full 40...
HOCKEYLytton Old Boys made it two in a row when they defeated YMP A for the second time in a matter of weeks in men’s hockey on Saturday. LOB NZ Fruits won a highly competitive match 2-1 on the Hain Farming Turf at Harry Barker Reserve.“YMP...
Gisborne Boys’ High School Under-15s 39 (Timuaki Stewart 2, Tomasi Mataele, Amanaki Henoa, Jayden De Thier, Jaydyn Tihore-Edwards, Storm Henare-Brown, tries; Phoenix Pardoe-Crosby 2 con) beat Trident High School u16s 19 (Byford, Ngatiki Wera-Cook...
High School Old Boys have had a tough start for the second cricket season in a row. In November of 2020, champions-in-waiting the Bollywood HSOB Presidents began with a loss by seven wickets to two-time defending champs Ngatapa (and then went down by...
CALL it a family likeness. The caption for a picture in Tuesday’s Gisborne Herald of a group of 1950s Poverty Bay rugby representatives incorrectly identified John Worthington as David Worthington. The photo was taken at the centenary celebrations...
THE Enterprise Swim team finished top club on overall points and top club in the 13-years-and-over division at the Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay winter swimming championships. Three of the club’s swimmers won their age groups — Cole Alexander in the...
THE premier silverware went the way of Electrinet Park but locals ruled in every other division at another successful edition of the King of the Coast over the weekend. Park supremo Anaru Reedy proved too good for 2020 KotC champion William Brown in...
Quarterfinal time throws up some juicy prospects for play in the hockey competition this weekend and the spotlight falls on four games in particular. The first of them will start the Saturday programme in style when YMP take on GMC Green. YMP were...
EQUESTRIANGisborne riders have been making the most of the shows that have been on and have picked up some great placings. Jessica McCann and her new pony Lay Z Lad had a great start to the season at the Rotorua Spring Show, where they won the Pony...
BASKETBALLby Ben O’Brien-LeafHe who runs the floor gets the treats. That is the truth, going on the result in Game 1, Week 2 of the inaugural Gisborne Basketball Association Draft League. Team Reg beat Team Keenan 71-54 at the YMCA. Speed and...
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180s: Ihaka Kaio-Wynyard 2, Te Kotahi Kaio (Young Guns); Fabian Waihape (Manaaki); Thao Duncan (Dartaholicz); Sha Hohipa (Done & Dusted).Highest start, men (180): Thao Duncan (Dartaholicz).Highest start, women (125): Mereaira Waru (Knights).Most...
CENTENARY celebrations for Poverty Bay Bowling Club have had a welcome spin-off — over 300 inquiries about the “have a go” day the club is holding on Sunday. Organisers pronounced the weekend celebrations a success. A field of 56 took part in...