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Tough season-opener for Tūranga

Tūranga Tāne side were up against it when they took on an experienced and powerful Pacific Island Representative selection in Whakatāne on Saturday. The Pasifika squad was made up of players from Counties Manukau, Auckland and North Harbour who...

Golf roundup

POVERTY BAY Richard Owen knows pressure. Seventy games and 470 points for the Poverty Bay representative rugby team between 1983 and 1990 featured plenty of bottle-testing moments. But it was tension on a different playing field he and partner John...

REIGN SUPREME: Third King of the Coast crown for William Brown

Kings don’t last long at Tolaga Bay. In the 52-year history of the King of the Coast men’s open, only a select group of champions have remained on the throne the following year. William Brown became one of them last weekend as he staved off...

Second-half Tauranga blitz sinks Gisborne in Super 8 rugby

American president John Fitzgerald Kennedy said on more than one occasion that “one man can make a difference” and on Saturday Ashton Paintin was that man. The powerful Tauranga Boys’ College left-winger scored two tries in the home team’s...

Super 8 tourney results

BASKETBALL Pettigrew Arena, Taradale, Day 1, Round 1: Gisborne Boys’ High School 57 (William Collier 20, Ngaru Grayson 10, Cody Tarei 10) Rotorua BHS 101. Q1 25-16 RBHS, HT 50-28 RBHS, Q3 78-39. Round 2: Gisborne BHS 79 (Ngaru Grayson 22, William...

Girls’ High, Horouta set for sprint finish in Premier Grade netball

The race for the Premier Grade top four is heading towards the home straight and it could come down to a sprint finish for the last spot. Going into tonight’s two games — Claydens Waikohu (1) v Gisborne Girls’ High Senior A; Horouta Koura v...

Sports draws

Football Central Federation League — SATURDAY, 2.30pm: Childers Road Reserve 1, ALH Limited Gisborne Thistle v Shani’s Taradale AFC. eastern League 1 — SATURDAY, 12.30pm: Wainui 1, 1st Class Decorators Wainui Salty Dogs v Coates Associates...

Kahutia crew seventh at NZ champ of champ triples

by Crackerjack Bowls Gisborne-East Coast representatives lost to the best of the best at the national champion of champions men’s triples in Dunedin. Kahutia Bowling Club’s July Hoepo-Williams (skip), Leighton Shanks and Willy Murray were...

Spot kick proves the difference in women’s Eastern League football

by Mandy Owen and John Gillies Two teams at the bottom of the points table provided plenty of excitement in women’s Eastern League football on Sunday. Gisborne Girls’ High School beat Tatapouri Marist Thistle 3-2 at Harry Barker Reserve. Marist...

No world series podium this time for Reid’s Kiwi crew

GISBORNE’S Tayler Reid and his New Zealand teammates finished just off the podium at the latest World TriathlonChampionship Series mixed relay. Following their silver medal performance in Hamburg two weeks ago, the New Zealanders were searching...

Bridge results

Monday, July 24 — Woodward Chrisp Restricted Pairs 4 (Howell movement) Frank Roach, Mark Fleming 59.50 Anne Roberts, Hans van der Kuijl 58.33 Patricia Corson, Joy Marden 56.77 Vicki Taylor, John Hudson 55.73 Bette Parker, Beverley Evans 52.60 John...

Different team, same winning story for YMP

YMP (1) stamped their authority yet again on Premier Grade netball with a commanding victory over Whangara Old Girls in the YMCA on Saturday. Turanga FM YMP (1) won the top-of-the-table Gisborne Pak’nSave competition game 57-33, leading through...

Winning debut for rookies

Three players marked their debuts with victory as Poverty Bay beat Eastern Bay 61-31 in a Heartland Championship pre-season match in Whakatāne on Saturday. The Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay Wekas scored nine tries to EBOP’s four. Poverty...

ON THE MATS

The Poverty Bay-East Coast indoor bowls team continued their run of success, winning the Hunt Trophy against Hawke’s Bay by 83 points to 79 in Napier. PBEC started the first day of play well, winning two out of three fours games to lead 8-4. In...

Grade champions decided on Cossie tables

SNOOKER Phil Thompson, Mickey Cleaver and Tony Dobson ruled the tables in the Poverty Bay A, B and C-grade snooker championships held on the Cosmopolitan Club tables. The A and C champs were held last weekend; the B-grade event on July 8. Six...

Gisborne Club Darts, Turanganui-a-Kiwa Darts results

Gisborne Club Darts Association INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS 180: G Vaotuua, L Kaa (Rebels); A Tangira (Spartans); R Leach (Outlaws); A Taukamo-Pohio, H Eyles, J Horua (Vikings); T Kaio 2 (Done n Dusted); K Tamihere, K Arahanga (Stallions). Highest start...

So what do you think of it so far?

Nine days into the Women’s World Cup and the numbers don’t lie. The 2023 edition is well on its way to becoming the “most attended stand-alone women’s sporting event ever”, organisers say. The average attendance of over 28,700 after 16...

Rising stars on show at Y

College hoops got the crowd in on Monday. The last night of Gisborne Basketball Association (GBA) secondary schools’ action drew 400 to the YMCA. They were treated to four great finals. In Division 1, William Collier-led Gisborne Boys’ High...