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Bridge results

Congratulations this week to Katrine Matthews and Carolyn McMurray for scoring 74.74 percent on Wednesday. Monday, June 19 — No Trumps Pairs 3 (Howell movement) John Rouse, Brent Turnbull 61.90 Carolyn McMurray, Frank Nieuwland 57.74 Patrici...

All go for Premier top-four playoffs

The final Saturday of Round 2 in the Poverty Bay Premier club rugby competition, which was called off due to the state of emergency announced on Friday, will not be played. That means the competition standings remain as they are and semifinals of...

Cool, calm Kahu to coach Coast

Ngati Porou East Coast have Lochore Cup-winning brains back in 2023. With Hosea Gear as the Sky Blues’ first-ever director of rugby, world secondary school championship-winning coach Kim Harris returning as technical adviser and Kahu Tamatea going...

Athletic’s hat-trick hopes face a tough nut to crack . . . Tapuae

To win the Lew Patterson Cup for three years in a row would be a tremendous achievement. But two-time defending champions of Civil Project Solutions Senior 1 rugby, Charteris Choppers Wairoa-Athletic, have a tough nut to crack first. No points were...

ON THE MATS

INDOOR BOWLS Poverty Bay-East Coast indoor bowlers continued their impressive run at the New Zealand Indoor Bowls Championships by winning the District Challenge in New Plymouth. Each district was represented by four bowlers and 22 districts started...

Five Gisborne clubbies in NZ team for Surf Rescue Challenge

The New Zealand Surf Lifesaving Black Fins team have been named for the International Surf Rescue Challenge 2023 and five of them are from Gisborne clubs. The Challenge is being held in South Padre, Texas, from September 20 to 23. Among the...

Heartland unions band together to support Poverty Bay, Coast

While New Zealand rugby’s 12 Heartland Provincial Unions are highly competitive on the field, the strength of their bonds off it are as strong as ever following the devastation of Cyclone Gabrielle earlier this year. The cyclone left thousands of...

Sporting fixtures cancelled throughout district

Sports venues around the region are empty over the weekend following multiple cancellations due to the state of emergency announced yesterday. Hockey (posted on Poverty Bay Hockey Turf Facebook page) “All hockey is cancelled this weekend. There...

PRIMARY FOOTBALL DRAW

All games on Saturday — First Kicks 4v4, Watson Park, 8.30am: 5, Te Hapara Toru v Central Tahi; 6, Wainui Crays v Awapuni Black; 7, Wainui Paua v Te Wharau Kereru; 8, Wainui Kina v Te Wharau Kiwi; 9, Wainui Mussels v St Mary’s Asteroids; 10...

Swann pairs glory to Berry, Thompson

SNOOKER John Berry and Phil Thompson topped a nine-strong field to win the Cosmopolitan Snooker Club’s Ray Swann Championship Pairs last weekend. There were some good combinations which made for a well contested competition. Those to make it to...

GOLF ROUNDUP

POVERTY BAY Phil Allan didn’t know he and partner Chris Shaw were the No. 1 seeds for the 2023 Gisborne Motors Barns-Graham Cup men’s pairs until told three days after qualification. “What? Top qualifiers? How’s that, eh?” the scaffolding...

A legacy of strength, pride and passion: YMP Hockey celebrates a century of success

by Lynne Holmberg YMP Hockey Club is celebrating its centenary year in 2023. A formal dinner is being held on Saturday, July 15 at The Vines restaurant. Those wanted to attend needed to confirm by Tuesday of this week. However, if you missed this...

Sports draws

Football eastern League 1 — SATURDAY, 12.30pm: Wainui 1, Coates Associates Wainui Demons v Sunshine Brewing Wainui Sharks. 2.30pm: Childers Road Reserve 1, Gisborne Thistle Youth v Thistle Vintage; Harry Barker Reserve 1, Heavy Equipment Services...

Honours to Paikea in thriller on the turf

Paikea and GMC Kowhai fought out the game of the week in Poverty Bay club hockey with just a goal separating them on the turf at Harry Barker Reserve. In contrast, all other results in the men’s and women’s competitions were clearcut. Paikea’s...

Ngatapa to face Gisborne Girls’ High Senior A at the Y tonight

Horouta Koura wing defence Skye Swann (pictured above) gets a hand to the ball before Ngatapa’s Caroline Gregory in a Premier Grade netball game at the YMCA on Saturday. Ngatapa will look to bounce back from a 52-24 defeat when they face Gisborne...

Weekend rugby results

H Blackbee Contractors Ngāti Porou East Coast Premier men: Pango Productions Waiapu 13 Tokararangi 19; Hikurangi 12 Hicks Bay 21; Waima 17 Ruatoria City 41; Tihirau Victory Club bye. Enterprise Cars NPEC women: Hikurangi 24 Hicks Bay 5; Waima 48...