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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...

Eastland seniors to take on Manawatu, Wgtn North

Teams from Manawatu and Wellington North will be in Gisborne this weekend for the second round of Badminton New Zealand’s North Island senior inter-association Central Division 1 competition. Badminton Eastland’s senior division team will play...

Warriors trio, Fotuaika on most improved list

Popular rugby league columnist and sports blogger Dane Clarke has named three Warriors and a Gisborne-born prop in his “Most Improved Line-up of 2023 so far”. The 17-strong NRL list posted on Clarkey’s Rugby League Column features Warriors...

United make it nine from nine after Wainui threaten Eastern 1 upset

Gisborne United Firsts recovered from a two-goal deficit to beat Wainui Sharks 6-2 in Eastern League 1 football last Saturday. Sunshine Brewing Wainui Sharks got off to a flying start with goals to Tomas Campos Saez in the 17th minute and Ollie...

Bragging rights as Hicks Bay conquer Hiku

Understatement has its nuances. Rugby people aren’t in the habit of blowing their own trumpet but Hicks Bay’s 21-12 away win against Hikurangi Te Maunga to claim the Pirika Frederick William Huriwai-Jones Memorial Trophy at Kahuitara is worth...

Bounceback win to GBHS u14s in ‘stunner’ of a match

Gisborne Boys’ High School under-14s won a great game of rugby on Saturday. The Mark Jefferson-coached side beat Akina Hastings BHS 19-17 away in a nail-biter that produced six tries. Having begun their season with a 47-0 win against East Coast at...

Students ace Ngatapa test; YMP juggernaut rolls on

Defending champions YMP and Gisborne Girls High enjoyed clearcut victories in Premier Grade netball at the YMCA on Wednesday night. After racking up a 15-2 lead in the first quarter, GGHS Senior A defeated Farmlands Ngatapa 57-20. Turanga FM YMP...

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...

Gisborne rise to the Super 8 challenge

Mel Gibson’s Oscar-winning film Braveheart was to some a stirring epic while others could not abide the dramatic licence it took. And just as Scottish warrior William Wallace was told to stand and be recognised, with his men as aides-de-camp, the...

Outstanding nationals for Poverty Bay-East Coast bowlers

Gisborne indoor bowlers stormed the ramparts of the national championships in New Plymouth last week. Nathan Trowell, now based in Auckland but with Gisborne in his bones, won the Robertson Trophy for player of the tournament, while Poverty Bay-East...

Wet-weather wins to OBM, YMP, Waikohu

It came down to who could weather the storm. All three Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay Premier club rugby matches were more like water polo games on Saturday as the Oval and Paddy’s Park were turned into muddy aquariums by the heavy rain. It...

Bridge results

Monday, June 12 — No Trumps Pairs 2 North/South East/West Bette Parker, Eileen Lee 58.75 Beverley Evans, Murray Owen 55.00 Patricia Corson, Elizabeth Jackson 56.25 Raewynne Cook, Hans van der Kuijl 54.48 Carolyn McMurray, Robyn Cheyne 55.00 Glenys...

Home sweet home games at last for Thistle after string of away games

Two set-piece goals were the difference between Gisborne Thistle and Palmerston North United in Central Federation League football on Saturday. Palmerston North United (PNU) beat ALH Gisborne Thistle 4-2 after the Jags had led 2-1 midway through the...

Efficient Horouta too strong for Ngatapa