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Returning to England as champions

Husband and wife Rob and Maureen Hicklin will recall their sporting highlights as well as family gatherings when they head back to England. They come to Gisborne for a few months each year to spend time with family. On this trip they joined with...

Band of Midway juniors set for heavy medal show

Midway look likely to win back-to-back Ralph Morse Shield titles for Gisborne senior surf lifesaving club supremacy from this afternoon and through tomorrow, but the battle for junior honours could be closer. Dawson Building Midway broke Kaiaponi...

Speedster Loffler’s return boosts OBR's firepower

Matt Cook is a level-headed cricketer . . .and captain. But any skipper other than the Coastal Concrete Old Boys’ Rugby man would be rubbing his hands with glee at the news that pace bowler Cohen Loffler will be back in the ranks this weekend for...

Knocking on history’s door

More history beckons for Olivia Corrin as she and fellow Gisborne surf lifesaver Cory Taylor line up this weekend for the final two rounds of the Nutri-Grain IronMan and IronWoman Series. Corrin is well placed to make the top three women overall...

Hat-trick of wins to PB Strikers

A grand finishing run sent Poverty Bay Strikers home all smiles after the Year 8 White B Division cricket tournament in Hawke’s Bay. The Daniel Williams-coached Poverty Bay Strikers lost two games, then won three in a row. In four of the games...

Tough week for Boys’ High at Super 8

The Gisborne Boys’ High School bowling attack is a good one. Nathaniel Fearnley and company proved that with a superb showing in Game 1 at the Super 8 cricket tournament at Palmerston North on Monday. Against Palmerston North Boys’ High...

GOLF ROUNDUP

Patutahi Mason Smith says the goal of breaking his age has “been keeping me going in my old age”. On Sunday, he achieved it. The retired horticulturist shot 77-11-66 — a career-best round that bested his age by one stroke. “Everything came...

Three wins a birthday treat for Gooch at Kart Club’s fourth points meet of season

by Rockin’ Robin Racing at Eastland Kart Club’s fourth points meeting of the season was as hot as the weather. In some of the best competition seen at the track lately, the fastest lap of the day again went to Seth Hall in his KT100. His time...

Gisborne surf lifesaving clubs do well at the Eastern Regional Champs

The Gisborne surf lifesaving clubs acquitted themselves well in the Eastern Regional Championships at the Mount at the weekend, particularly Midway, who were runners-up on points in the region and third on points over all the clubs there

Bringing the ‘cowboy vibe’ back

HORSE SPORTS An “East Coast cowboy vibe” was the quality that Ūawa Horse Sports Club organisers were aiming to revive with their inaugural horse sports last Saturday. A field of 108 competitors ranging in age from four to 60-plus gathered at...

One-wicket thrillers to Horouta, OBR

Grit was the defining characteristic of Senior B club cricket on Saturday. Rawhiti Legal Old Boys Rugby beat Campion College by one wicket, Breakers Horouta Te Waka beat Chicking High School Old Boys by one wicket and Civil Project Solutions Ngatap...

Battle of the Bays

by John Sherratt English three-goaler Ollie Jones was named Player of the Tournament at Bushmere polo ground over the weekend, and had a hand in another prestigious award. Laura Gavin was awarded the Guy Kirkpatrick Memorial Trophy for horsemanship...

Big entry list for North Islands champs

The entry line-up for the North Island stock car championships at the Gisborne Speedway Club keeps getting bigger and bigger. The entry list as of yesterday is 1NZ Kyle Rowe, 3NZ Cody Lockett, 4B Courtney Hatton, 7G Shane Bunning, 7H Hamish Whyte...

Golf roundup

Electrinet Park Judy would have been impressed. But she also might have fired out a couple of “bloody burglars” barbs after the Gisborne Thistle AFC Golf Day produced some of the best scoring in its history on Sunday. Good weather, a short...

Gisborne Speedway Club racer Jamie Hamilton wins World 240s title

Gisborne Speedway Club superstock racer Jamie Hamilton took out the prestigious World 240s Superstock Championship at the Paradise Valley Raceway in his car 9G in Rotorua on Saturday night. The Gisborne club was well represented in the 140-car...

Gearing up for the Eastern Regional Championships

Surf lifeguards throughout the country are gearing up for the Eastern Regional Championships (ERCs) at Mt Maunganui this weekend. The eastern region spans the Coromandel, Bay of Plenty and Gisborne areas but the championships attract competitors...

Bring on the Aussies: solid NZ team named for Trans-Tasman Teams’ Challenge this weekend in Gisborne

It’s time for Australasia’s top young riders to shine at the Trans-Tasman Teams’ Challenge — one of the highlights of the Larsen Sawmilling Equestrian Championships in Gisborne this weekend. The Kiwis have named a solid team in Emma Gillies...

Powerful display by Tairāwhiti paddlers on final day of Waka Ama Sprint Nationals

Tairāwhiti paddlers dominated the 250-metre races that traditionally close the Waka Ama Sprint Nationals at Lake Karāpiro. Kaiarahi Toa had just won the final teams race of the champs — the premier women’s W6 500 metres — for Self Storage...