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Horouta returns, Uawa join senior 1 competition

Poverty Bay Senior 1 club rugby kicks off tomorrow with two teams added to the competition. Due to restricted access to the roads north of Tolaga Bay, Ngati Porou East Coast union club Uawa will be playing in the Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union...

Welcome back Waikohu: Pennants 2023 tees off at Patutahi tomorrow

The green carpet will be rolled out for Waikohu when the 2023 Oligoi Jug men’s interclub pennants tees off at the Patutahi course tomorrow. Thanks to some “outside” assistance, the men from Te Karaka are returning to Oligoi action and will...

Stunning power in store as speedway season ends

It's a finale worthy of the name. Speedway season ends with more stunning power driving in the superstocks, masses of youth ministock action, a battle for a coveted trophy, a demolition derby and fireworks. Best-pairs action tonight in the...

Peter Martin Cup on the line in OBM, HSOB clash

BATTLE OF THE OVAL. Waikohu get an early chance of a bit of redemption in Poverty Bay premier club rugby tomorrow. Week 2 of the Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay premier rugby sees GT Shearing Waikohu up against East Coast Farm Vets YMP at Barry...

Rugby World Cup free-to-air on SkyTV, Prime

Sky, the New Zealand broadcast rights holder for the 2023 Rugby World Cup, has announced free-to-air coverage of this year’s tournament will screen on Prime. As well as 48 matches broadcast live on Sky Sport, 12 matches will be broadcast on...

Poverty Bay rugby draw

Premier grade games played at 2.45pm — OBM v HSOB at Oval 2. Referee: Ben Holt. YMP v Waikohu at Barry Park. Referee: Royce Maynard. Pirates v Ngatapa at Oval 1. Referee: Damien MacPherson. Senior 1 — Uawa v YMP at Tolaga Bay at 12.45pm...

Students shine at waka ama nationals

Tairāwhiti paddlers drew on reserves built by years of training to shine at the secondary school waka ama nationals in Rotorua last month. Cyclone Gabrielle scuttled well-laid plans for final preparations, and coaches had to be inventive to keep...

Coast paddlers beat the odds to compete at nationals

A team of Tolaga Bay Area School paddlers returned home “absolutely buzzing” after their log-jammed journey to the secondary school waka ama nationals at Lake Tikitapu, Rotorua. A little over a month ago, after Cyclone Gabrielle swept through...

High hopes for Waikanae and Wainui at IRB nationals

Waikanae and Wainui surf lifesavers will get amongst the action at the IRB national championships at Waihi Beach this weekend. They’ll be among more than 120 crews vying for national honours across three age divisions and five race categories in...

Bridge results

Monday, April 3 — Beetham Lifestyle Village Swiss Pairs 1 (victory points — after three rounds) Joy Marden, Diana Styche 43.01 Louise Goodhue, Caroline Kirkpatrick 39.34 Carolyn McMurray, Elizabeth Jackson 33.99 Bette Parker, Frank Nieuwland...

Turanganui a Kiwa Darts Association weekly results

Individual highlights from Thursday 180s: John White 2 (Tigers); Fabian Waihape 2 (Waihape Whanau); Ronnie Pomana (Tigers). Highest start (140): Tahuna Irwin 3 (Falcons); John White (Tigers); Mihi Awatere (Ruahine Tahi); Heath Woollett (Falcons)...

Gisborne Club Darts Association results

INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS from Tuesday 180s: F Waihape 2, J Ahuriri, P Waihape (Tao Spartans); L Kaa, Q Stevens (2nz Rebels); R Leach (RSA Outlaws); S Gooch, C Andrews (Spandangles); M Hawea (Tao Vikings); T Irwin, J White (Brezz’n Gold). Highest...

Hall Family Shield up for grabs

Women’s football starts this Sunday with the Hall Family Shield match at Harry Barker Reserve at 12.30pm. In this match, last year’s champions Campion College will play runners-up Wainui Riverina. The line-ups for Campion College and Wainui...

Senior netball takes a break for two weekends

District senior netballers take a break for the next two Saturdays. Games resume on April 22. In the premier grade, Turanga FM YMP have eight points so far in Round 1, followed by Claydens Waikohu and Whangara Old Girls on four points, Gisborne...

Twelve teams off to Easter Classic

Courts will shake, backboards will shatter — figuratively speaking — in Tauranga tomorrow. The seventh annual Mel Young Easter Classic Tournament is to run 397 games on 15 floors — with 12 Gisborne Basketball Association teams among the 134...

GOLF ROUNDUP

Electrinet Park DANIEL Collier proved right an old expression in winning the Carters Building Supplies twilight shootout final last Thursday . . . “the cream always rises to the top”. The +1-handicapper turned on a golfing clinic under PG...

Andrews’ world championship qualification confirmed

GISBORNE judoka Sydnee Andrews has officially qualified for the world championships — an event her hometown coach rates even higher then the Olympic Games. Andrews, 20, is one of six New Zealand judoka to be ranked in the top 100 in their division...

Pickett makes record splash at nationals

GOLD Coast-based former Gisborne swimmer Michael Pickett’s comeback from injury hit a New Zealand record high at the national open championships in Auckland last night. Pickett, racing for Auckland club Club 37 when he is in New Zealand, won the...