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Gold, silver and bronze success for Tairāwhiti four

ARMWRESTLING A growing number of Tairawhiti competitors are emerging as forces in the sport of armwrestling. Father and son Nukumai and Malachi Jansen, Neil McMillan and dual masters world champion John Leach brought medals home from the National...

Husband, wife duo claim wins

Husband and wife Steve and Kay Goldsbury were both winners in the centre pairs tournament held on Gisborne Bowling Club greens at the weekend. Steve Goldsbury and skip Malcolm Trowell won the men's competition, while skip Kay Goldsbury and Janice...

Gisborne club and junior cricket results

Premier Grade, Saturday, Harry Barker Reserve, Doleman Cup 40-over competition, Round 3 — Bollywood High School Old Boys 51-4 in 10.3 overs (Graham Sharp 25; Johnathan Gray 2-14) beat Gisborne Boys’ High School 50 all out in 17.4 overs (David...

BRIDGE RESULTS

Congratulations Caroline Taylor and Jean Turnbull for their score of 75.42 on Friday. Monday, November 6 — Turanga Pairs 2 (Howell movement) Helen Kerisome, Pippa Williams 61.43 Katrine Matthews, Hans van der Kuijl 59.52 Carolyn McMurray...

Roll out the barrels

The “Kegged” team of experienced surfers set up to help instruct the district’s young boardriders held a successful workshop for the “groms” at Pines, Wainui Beach, last weekend. It attracted 30 riders under the age of 18. “The kids all...

Monkey off Tairāwhiti’s back: Masters wooden spoon handed on to Southland

There is a huge difference between 14th and 15th at the Freyberg Masters men’s national interprovincial tournament . . . the length of a wooden spoon to be exact. Tairāwhiti men’s team know that all too well. For the past three years, under the...

Thompson on cue on Cossie Club tables

Phil Thompson emerged the champion from Gisborne Cosmopolitan Snooker Club’s President’s Trophy held last weekend. The trophy brings together winners and runners-up from all club competitions over the year and is played off handicap. A full...

Solomann ends BoP star’s winning streak

He’s known to most as “Solly” but David Solomann has earned himself another nickname at the Freyberg Masters men’s interprovincial tournament in Gisborne this week . . . “Afternoon Specialist”. Solomann collected a huge scalp as his host...

Trio wins annual ‘Fun Day’

Poverty Bay Bowling Club members held their annual Melbourne Cup Fun Day Tournament on Tuesday. The winners, with three wins and 15 ends won, were Dayvinia Mills (skip), Marion Jones (director) and Margaret Parsons (lead). The runners-up — Bruce...

Ex-Gisborne racer wins NZ Sidecars Grand Prix, Streetstock Champ of Champs title to Redington

When it came to action-packed racing and breathtaking fireworks, Saturday night’s second meeting of the season at Gisborne Speedway had everything. A near-capacity crowd over 4000-strong packed the track for a 27-race programme at Eastland Group...

Solomann win only reward for Tairāwhiti

Every sportsperson has had to lick their wounds on occasion. For Tairāwhiti men’s golf team, the tongues were out yesterday and a cold beer helped ease a little of the pain after two more defeats at the Freyberg Masters interprovincial golf...

Heartland XV campaign ends with loss to NZ Baa-Baas

The Heartland XV had a mountain to climb after the New Zealand Barbarians posted a halftime lead of 35-0. They got past base camp but the Baa-Baas held on to win 49-26 in Oamaru on Saturday. Poverty Bay rugby coach Miah Nikora, who was Heartland...

Horouta rebound with 80-run win over GBHS

Te Waka were superb in Round 2 of premier grade Doleman Cup cricket. The David Situ-led Breakers Horouta rebounded from a 156-run loss to beat the Gisborne Boys’ High School first 11 by 80 runs on Saturday. Put in to bat on Harry Barker Reserve...

Ribbons galore for Gisborne riders

Gisborne riders have been doing well at equestrian events outside the district. Many have taken part in Hawke’s Bay, Wairarapa and Taupō events. Molly McEwan competed at the Rotorua Spring Show in Taupō, and picked up two fourth placings in the...

Tairawhiti masters fall 5-0 to Tasman

Tairāwhiti were whitewashed 5-0 by Tasman in Round 3 of the Freyberg Masters men’s national interprovincial on the Awapuni Links course in Gisborne this morning. With No. 1 Anaru Reedy being rested, reserve Neil Hansen made his Masters (over-40s)...

Master blasters

The gradient of Tairāwhiti’s uphill battle quickly sharpened on Day 1 of the Freyberg Masters national interprovincial here yesterday. A historic day ended in a familiar story as the five-man home team — playing under the Tairāwhiti banner for...

Under-12 Gisborne-Tairāwhiti girls claim second place in ‘frustrating’ tournament

Gisborne-Tairāwhiti under-12 girls were runners-up in their age-group Central Football Federation tournament in Napier late last month. Yet they were left wondering what might have been, after going into the tourney undefeated this season. “It...

BRIDGE RESULTS

Monday, October 30 — Turanga Pairs 1 North/South East/West Yvonne Waide, Katrina Duncan 59.23 Ann McCombe, Eileen Lee 57.74 Carolyn McMurray, Elizabeth Jackson 55.06 Caroline Taylor, Jean Turnbull 52.38 Anne Roberts, Raewynne Cook 51.79 Helen...