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Hutchings, Hickey promote Games

A SPORTS challenge between Gisborne man Cory Hutchings and former All White striker Noah Hickey gave both athletes a taste of what competitors will face in the largest multisport event on the planet in 2017. Hickey and three-time surf lifesaving...

Local secondary schools triathlon race results . . .

Winners of the Tairawhiti Secondary Schools Triathlon races held this month —GizzyterraYear 7 and 8 female: Erica Butt (Waerenga o Kuri).Year 7 and 8 male: Hamish Swann (Campion College).Junior female: Ella Arthur (Campion College).Junior male...

A good showing

A small group of Gisborne competitors enjoyed success at the National Showing Champs in Hastings. Sam Brooks — the only Gisborne boy to compete — Olivia Briant in only her third show, Harriet Savage in her last year on ponies, Briar Herries and...

Fast and the furious

It was another busy day of Saturday sport in the district including these three battles — YMP versus Ngatapa in premier club rugby at Barry Park; Waituhi v YMP in Poverty Bay women's hockey at the turf at Harry Barker Reserve; and Whangara Old...

Night of close margins in summer league

DARTSIt was a night of close margins in the 2NZEF Association Summer Darts League. Dart stalwarts Stu and Ange Leach, back from over “the ditch”, 2NZ 6 Shooters winter league captain Alf Cross and 2NZ Say My Name team member Aimee Collier this...

Basketball match-up expected be a thriller

The men have been separated from the boys — now to find the cream of the crop. It has taken seven weeks but the where-were-you-when-it-happened moment of the 2017 men’s club basketball league has arrived. In Game 4 tonight, Scott Muncaster’s...

Hitting the ground running,Son got Dad to switch from league to bat and ball

AUCKLAND’S loss is Gisborne’s gain, says Tairawhiti Softball Association committee member Ray Noble, on the appointment of Roy Timoti as the new development officer for junior softball.“Roy hasn’t been in the district long but already the...

Coast u15 girls and Boys’ High u14s do well

The Ngati Porou East Coast under-15 girls' rugby team have had two superb days. Coaches David Newton and Laman Davies and manager Frankie Tihore are thrilled with their team's performance at the Hurricanes tournament in Levin. The Coast lost 30-14 to...

Busy Finn eases into round of 16

Gisborne's Finn Vette topped the scoring in the round of 32 for under-18 boys at the National Surfing Championships in Dunedin yesterday. Vette posted 13.3 points out of 20 in his heat, comfortably seeing off Luke Rogers (Dunedin), Bill Byers (Piha)...

Around the Greens: Club Bowls news

Andrew Ball (skip), Lorna Reeves and Diane Doyle were awarded the Joyce Boustead Tray for winning the RSA (Women's Section) Mixed Triples Tournament played at the Poverty Bay Bowling Club last Friday. The runners-up were Kathy Carroll (skip), Bruce...

Full set of medals for Gisborne rowers

RowingGisborne rowers Cody Wright and Oscar Ruston won gold and silver at the North Island Secondary Schools Rowing Championships at Lake Karapiro last Friday. Competing for Gisborne Boys’ High School, they won the boys’ under-16 double sculls by...

Old School in final,Second semi to be played next week

WE have found our first men’s finalists. Gisborne club basketball’s No. 1-seeded Old School beat fourth-placed East Coast 70-32 at the YMCA last night to advance to the club grand final on Saturday week (September 16).The Coast could not repeat...

Thistle draw, United win again

Gisborne Thistle got their first point in Pacific Premiership football this season with a 1-1 draw against Napier Marist in Gisborne on Saturday. Meanwhile, in Hawke’s Bay, a Josh Adams hat-trick propelled Gisborne United to a 6-2 victory over...

Super vets end season with win and loss

Eastland had a win and a loss in the final rounds of the 2019 inter-association super veterans’ Division 2 badminton competition in Auckland. They lost to Auckland (2) 5 matches to 4 and beat Hawke’s Bay 6-3. Eastland team members were Kevin Lee...

Tumbling on air

Gisborne Trampoline Club’s power tumblers will get their first taste of competitive action on a new air floor at the North Island Championships at Electrinet Sports Centre in Gisborne, starting on Friday.“We’ve had the floor, bought with the...

Early exit in Portugal a blow to Christie’s bid

GISBORNE/Mahia surfer Ricardo Christie has suffered a tough Round 3 loss overnight in the EDP Billabong Pro Cascais in Portugal. Surfing in messy, overhead waves, Christie had a difficult time finding the right waves and could put together a score of...