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GOLF ROUNDUP

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Top PB rugby player Siosiua Moala in demand on the Continent

RUGBYPOVERTY Bay’s player of the year for the past two seasons, Siosiua Moala, is loving life in Spain and playing rugby overseas. And that may not be good news for Bay coach Mana Otai. The 27-year-old — who has scored 60 points for the Bay in 27...

Irwin and Eyles champions

Tahuna Irwin retained his youth champion’s title and Hunter Eyles won the junior boys’ title at the Clubs New Zealand North Island Darts Championships in Hamilton last week. They were among 30 players from Gisborne’s Brezz’n Darts Sports Club...

United made to sweat for win

Get into the penalty area. That's where the action is. Those words should be inscribed above every striker's dressing room peg. They worked a treat for Heavy Equipment Services Gisborne United when they beat Napier Marist Reserves 1-0 at Harry Barker...

A day for mudlarks

GISBORNE Thistle finished a goal down and a man short in their Central Federation League football match against Massey on Saturday. Thistle lost 4-3 to a team who sat at the foot of the table before the game but who had shown in Gisborne they were...

GOLF ROUNDUP

PatutahiTHE King of the Coast extended his realm to the Country on Sunday. William Brown won the men's King of the Country three months after claiming his first King of the Country at Tolaga Bay. Denise Johnston won the Queen of the Country held...

Strong finish from PBEC

GOLFTHE top of the order made a statement as Poverty Bay-East Coast made a move on the penultimate day of the Freyberg Masters national interprovincial golf tournament in Taupo. Pete Anderson and Tony Akroyd racked up two wins apiece to lead their...

Christie to Round 3 of Vans World Cup of Surfing

GISBORNE-Mahia surfer Ricardo Christie advanced to round 3 of the Vans World Cup of Surfing contest at Hawaii’s Sunset Beach this morning (NZ time).Christie finished second in his round 2 heat with a score of 10.94 (5.17, 5.77) for his two best...

Openers in dominant form

TWO opening batsmen dominated club cricket on Saturday. Fifteen-year-old Drew Scott scored 92 off 94 balls for Gisborne Boys’ High School against High School Old Boys while Pirates’ Olly Tilley scored an unbeaten 151 against Campion...

HSOB benefit from Stars’ demise

A YEAR on from breathing new life into the Poverty Bay cricket scene, Bollywood Stars have folded. With several players — including co-captains and Poverty Bay representatives Sam Singh and Gary Singh — no longer in the district, Ajay Kumar...

Poverty Bay - East Coast golf roundup

TahungaTHE men’s course recordholder list gained another name on Saturday. Poverty Bay greenkeeper William Brown shot 4-under par 66 as Tahunga officially opened its 2019 season. Brown, off a 1-handicap, had six birdies and two bogeys in his round...

‘Humdinger’ expected in THC and YMP A men's match tonight

HOCKEYAN EXPLOSIVE start to the weekend’s senior hockey can be expected when men’s teams THC and YMP A face off on the LJ Hooker Turf at Harry Barker Reserve at 6pm tonight. It will be a humdinger, and will give both teams a good read on where...

Double happy - YMP win men's and women's A-Grade hockey championships

HOCKEYYMP did the double in the Poverty Bay senior club hockey Grand Finals Day on Saturday, taking out the men’s and women’s A-Grade championships in two close and exciting finals. It was a fitting finale to the hockey season on the LJ Hooker...

Gisborne Club Darts Association results

INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS180s: Mike Jones (Roseland), Monty Reedy (Cossy DONE & Dusted), Sha Hohipa (Cossy DONE & Dusted), Junior Akurangi (Roseland Dilligaf), Cris Kiri (2NZ Rebels), Lorna Wynyard (2NZ Rebels Wahine Toa).Best start (170): Frank Hooper...

In the driver's seat

MATTHEW Watts shot 80 yesterday to go along with his 80, 81 on Monday. Watts’ teammate Regan Hindmarsh led the individual standings after excellent rounds of 72, 70 but fell away yesterday with 85 to finish fourth individual overall. Hamilton won...

Heads held high after epic clash

Both High School Old Boys and Pirates walked off Oval 2 with their heads up on Saturday. And their heads were held high for very good reason: most if not quite all local rugby clubs have been short of players and game-day reserves in the past few...

Mareikura works together to ‘make it happen’

“MAKING it happen” has been a catchcry of Mareikura Waka Ama Club as it looks to the future. The club entered 24 teams in the sprint nationals on Lake Karapiro, an increase on recent years, especially in the midget (under-10) and intermediate...

Team/family culture reflected in results

Enterprise Swim Team of Gisborne was overall top club on combined points at the Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay winter championships in Hastings. The team also had most overall senior points for swimmers 13 years and over. Results from the championships...