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Bishop, Fox epitomise grassroots rugby

Hikurangi Te Maunga are dominant at this point. They are unbeaten with four wins, having defeated Waima, Waiapu, Tihirau Victory Club and — by 15-10 on Saturday in the derby match — Ruatoria City in H Blackbee Contractors Ngāti Porou East Coast...

Gisborne must overcome slow start

It was a great game in 2022 and may be again tomorrow. Not until the 69th minute of a memorable duel, which began on Rectory field No. 1 and ended on No. 2 because of a serious injury to a visiting player, did Akina Hastings Boys’ High School...

Brothers in arms for Chrisp’s 150th

Reaching 50 caps is an honour, hitting 100 is a dream but prop Campbell Chrisp will be celebrating an even greater milestone tomorrow. Chrisp will wear the green and white jersey of Larsawn Ngatapa for the 150th time at Premier level and what venue...

Whangara give top seeds YMP a fright in a Premier Grade thriller in the YMCA

Whangara Old Girls fell just short of ending YMP (1)’s unbeaten 2023 record in an absorbing Premier Grade battle in the YMCA on Wednesday night. The defending champions won 46-45 in one of two exciting games that could have gone either way...

GAME ON

It was "game on" over another busy Saturday of sport in Gisborne. Harry Barker Reserve buzzed to the sound of Poverty Bay club hockey on the turf and Eastern League men's football on the grass. The Oval featured a Poverty Bay Premier club rugby...

DRAW FOR PRIMARY FOOTBALL

All games on Saturday — First Kicks 4v4, Watson Park, 8:30am: 4, Mangapapa Storm v Kaiti Paoa; 5, Mangapapa Mist v Awapuni Green; 6, Mangapapa Floods v Te Hapara Kea; 7, Bayleys Ngatapa Kiwis v Mangatuna; 8, St Mary’s Stars v Wainui Mussels; 9...

First goal-free game of season

Eastern League football has had its first goalless draw this season. Neither of the two men’s divisions, nor the women’s competition, had had a game without goals until Neighbourhood Pizzeria Wainui Sandbar and High School Old Boys fought to...

Golf roundup

POVERTY BAY Stephen Francks and Steve Berezowski can look to the Champions Tour for inspiration when they start their 2023 Gisborne Motors Barns-Graham Cup men’s pairs campaign on Saturday. What’s in a name? Well, plenty, after 13 Champions Tour...

PN Marist punish Thistle’s failings

Gisborne Thistle had a day to remember in Central Federation League football in Manawatu on Saturday. They lost 6-1 to Palmerston North Marist and they’ll want the memory of that defeat to galvanise their effort for the game this weekend. Thistle...

Bounceback victory to Waikohu 1

Waikohu (1) put their Wednesday night upset defeat behind them in the best possible way in Premier Grade netball at the YMCA on Saturday. The Claydens Waikohu side — beaten by Gisborne Girls’ High Senior A in a midweek game — turned on...

Long-awaited win for Pirates

Pirates ended their 2023 win drought. YMP’s Seth Lundon marked his 50th Premier cap with a hat-trick. And an Ethine Reeves try in the 79th minute snatched victory for Waikohu. Those were among the highlights of an entertaining Week 8 of the Civil...

Weekend scoreboard

Rugby Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay Premier club rugby: East Coast Farm Vets YMP 57 Larsawn Ngatapa 12; Enterprise Cars OBM 24 GT Shearing Waikohu 29; Kevin Hollis Glass Turanga Pirates 29 Earthwork Solutions HSIB 19. CPS Senior 1: LVB Farm...

Mahaki, Paikea juniors shine on hallowed league ground

When the youngsters from Tairāwhiti took the field at the home ground of NRL franchise the New Zealand Warriors, their opponents didn’t know where they were from. They do now. Mahaki Warriors and the Paikea Whalers went to Auckland last weekend...

Gisborne, TAK darts results

GISBORNE CLUB DARTS ASSOCIATION INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS 180s: T Ratapu (Spartans); H Eyles (Vikings); I Eyles (Gunz); J Collier (Roseland). Highest start (180): T Ratapu (Spartans). Highest finish (130): T Irwin (Brezz’n Gold). Team Results (P =...

Local Lelea rules tables at Gisborne Masters

SNOOKER An outside invasion was repelled by the home forces in another successful edition of the Gisborne Masters snooker tournament over King’s Birthday Weekend. On Cossie Club tables described by some as among the best in the country, local...

GIZZY FERNS

Proud Gizzy girls Renee Holmes and Kelsey Teneti will be out to torment Australia, Canada and the United States after being named in the Black Ferns squad for the Pacific Four Series, which starts in Brisbane at the end of the month. Women’s Rugby...