BARRY Cox had not shot in the 80s since January heading into his Sunday round. And even then it was the high-80s. He brought that to an exclamation mark ending with 82-19-63, for 45 points, to win the men’s stableford. According to the WHS website...
High School Old Boys are back on top of the Doleman Cup standings after a convincing victory over Gisborne Boys’ High School. Galaxy World GBHS were dismissed for 109 in 27.4 overs and lost by 99 runs as they failed to come to terms with the...
It’s not often that you see a husband, wife and son can all competing in the same sporting competition. Wife Kay, husband Steve and son Shaun Goldsbury all played off for the Burton Cup on Saturday. More results from the bowls to come...
NETBALLTHE top and bottom of the premier-grade netball table had wins in midweek games at the YMCA last night. Claydens Waikohu (3) led Gillies Electrical Gisborne Girls’ High School Senior A all the way in a 55-52 win. Waikohu (3) were up 14-12...
Young surfers from across Gisborne descended on Makorori Beach for the annual Summer Slam event on Saturday. Over 250 people made their way to the beach to enjoy the warm weather and “perfect waves” as the 120-strong field of competitors took to...
KARTINGOn Sunday, I had the privilege to be invited to the first practice day of the Eastland Kart Club’s season, to try karting for myself. With the weather about to pack in, everyone was racing against the clock to get out on the track before the...
RUGBYGISBORNE-born George Bridge’s parents Crispin and Chick are expecting a full house tomorrow night as they host a Japanese party to celebrate their son’s inclusion in the All Blacks 22 for the game against Japan in Tokyo.“We’d loved to...
WHEN surfing pioneer Bob Davie arrived in Gisborne from Sydney in 1964, surfing was in its infancy. He was here only three years but helped grow the sport and left a legacy that evolved to make Gisborne (arguably) New Zealand’s surfing capital. When...
HALFWAY there. Gisborne jetsprinting duo Blake Briant and Kate Hoogerbrug head to the second and deciding round of the UIM world titles with one hand on the group A trophy. A dream series of runs in the opening round at the Meremere Sprint Bowl south...
Horouta have a win in them tomorrow. The Waka's only 30-over Hope Cup win to date came on November 2 against Gisborne Boys' High School. It has been hard going since, despite top individual performances from the likes of Hasantha Vithanage (four...
At the start of her season with the Waikato women’s rugby team, Renee Holmes didn’t really expect to nail down a starting spot. But she played every minute of every game for them in the Farah Palmer Cup this year and, at the end of it, she was...
Unforecast bump in swell serves up a treat for boardriders
The Poverty Bay-East Coast indoor bowls team travelled to Tauranga and won the Friendship Cup against King Country by 43 points to 25. The Bay team also contested the Hone Trophy against Tauranga, Thames Valley and King Country. Tauranga were far too...
Playing three games of cricket in three days could have been used as an excuse for Bollywood Stars Poverty Bay’s 78-run loss to Hawke’s Bay in a 45-over Kirk Cup match at Harry Barker Reserve yesterday. Walker Shield T15 Blast games on Friday...
GISBORNE Thistle’s dream of a Chatham Cup run is over after losing 4-3 to Havelock North Wanderers in Havelock North on Saturday.“It would have been great to have won and got a wee run going, but it wasn’t to be,” said Thistle coach Fred...
GISBORNE Girls’ High School took their chance to move into second place in the women’s football league on Sunday. With Marist having the bye, Girls’ High beat Campion 11-0 to go level on points (15) with Marist, but ahead on goal...
THE hundred-year mark for Barry Cup challenges will come around in 2023, and holders Waikohu aim to remain the hosts into the centenary year. Waikohu have held the cup — symbol of Tairāwhiti sub-union supremacy — since 2019, but no challenge...
Gisborne Gymnastics Club specialist tumblers took gold, silver and bronze at the Mid Island Champs in Rotorua. Baylee Crago, competing in the junior international division, improved on his performance in Auckland this year to again take gold in his...
The Tairawhiti Maori Open team completed back-to-back victories in the Pak’nSave Kathleen Henderson netball tournament at Victoria Domain on Saturday, winning all their games. They won the A Grade Kathleen Henderson Memorial Shield for the second...
FORMER Poverty Bay, Ngati Porou East Coast and Bay of Plenty rugby players and a former National League footballer will team up to take on the Hawke’s Bay Role Models in Education at Rugby Park tomorrow night at 6pm. The concept — teachers and...
EVERY week, Gisborne Herald photographers are out and about capturing images of people at work and at play. Nearly every publishing day, high-quality pictures do not make it into the paper due to lack of space. Sub-editors keep photocopies of the...
GISBORNE Girls’ High School student Renee Holmes has completed an impressive first 12 months in rugby by being selected for the Hawke’s Bay women’s side to compete in the Farah Palmer Cup. The highest-level domestic women’s rugby competition...
Eastland representatives returned from Hamilton with a win and a loss in the third round of Division 2 of the super veterans' inter-association badminton competition. They beat Hawke's Bay, five matches to four, and lost to Auckland (2), six matches...
GISBORNE’S Tayler Reid barely raised a sweat in taking out the Eves Surfbreaker Triathlon at Mount Maunganui’s Main Beach on Sunday. Fresh from being named a tier 3 athlete in the Triathlon New Zealand high performance squad, the 19-year-old won...
Tairawhiti softball players were up against more experienced opponents at tournaments this month but now they know what’s needed to compete. The under-18 boys, u18 girls and u15 girls all came back from tournament action having learned plenty. They...
IT was the fifth straight victory for Reeves and maintains his side’s three-point lead over second-placed High School Old Boys.“I couldn’t have asked for a better start to the season,” said Reeves, who had hoped to be...
BOWLSEIGHT-year-old twins Kyle and Liam Pinn had the attention of senior bowlers at the Gisborne Bowling Club pairs championships. Kyle was paired with his father, Geoff, and Liam played with Peter Gledhill in the junior section on Saturday. Geoff...
ALREADY one of the “great rides” on the New Zealand Cycle Trail, new funds have been released to ensure the Motu Trails also continue to be a safe ride. Associate Tourism Minister Nicky Wagner has announced a funding boost of $59,000 for the...