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Boys’ High give Wellington College a shake-up

Duane Hihi’s crew didn’t give it away at the weekend. The Hihi-coached Gisborne Boys’ High School first 15 lost to Wellington College 34-19, although they put up the opening try of their Tranzit Coachlines Festival clash and gave the locals...

Best racing of season so far for Eastland Kart Club

The good-sized crowd who turned up at Eastland Kart Club’s latest event saw the best racing of the season so far. The Anzac mini champs gave young up-and-coming drivers their own event. It was held over three races — with a front, middle and...

Close midweek tussles in store

by Sherrill Beale Midweek premier netball promises two close games at the YMCA as teams try to avoid the bottom two spots ahead of the challenge round. At 6pm tomorrow, Horouta Koura take on Gisborne Girls’ High School Senior A in what should be...

Defending champs made to work in hockey season-openers

by Scraggy Gritty performances against both defending champions, a nine-goal blitz from Gisborne Boys’ High School and a Krystel Williams quadruple were among the highlights of Week 1 of the Poverty Bay senior hockey competitions. After much...

Senior 1, school rugby results

Results of Week 3 games in Civil Project Solutions Senior 1 rugby — Charteris Choppers Wairoa Athletic 10 (Jordan Biddle, Moss Doran, tries) Roseland Tavern Tapuae 29 (Iowane Filimoni 3, Wayne Hema, Kyoni-Tyrese Te Amo-Poki, tries; Te Amo-Poki 2...

Result ‘gone in 60 seconds’

Gisborne Thistle went from a goal up to a goal down in the space of a minute on Saturday. The game-changing minute started in the 57th, and the score stayed at 2-1 to Palmerston North Marist till the end of this Central Federation League football...

Waikohu go on scoring spree

Ethine Reeves scored a hat-trick and KC Wilson picked up a double as Waikohu ran rampant on Saturday. GT Shearing Waikohu beat Earthwork Solutions High School Old Boys 59-24 and scored nine tries to four in Poverty Bay premier rugby at Te Karak...

Another OBM win clouded by injury blow

OBM made it four from four in a 24-7 premier club rugby win over Ngatapa on Saturday but it came at a price. Star utility back Moses Christie is out for several weeks with a dislocated elbow — a huge loss for the unbeaten side, particularly as...

Eastland super vets heading south

An Eastland team will be in Hawke’s Bay this weekend for the first round of the Badminton New Zealand super veterans’ inter-association Division 2 competition. Last year the competition was affected by Covid-19 and illness among players...

GBHS set for First 15 Festival

Round 1 of the competition kicks off, hosted in Upper Hutt They’re back on deck after two weeks. The Duane Hihi-coached Gisborne Boys’ High School will play Wellington College tomorrow in Round 1 of the TranZit Coachlines First 15 Rugby...

Top-of-the-table clash as Tapuae meet Wairoa

This will be the boots-and-all version of a local derby. Two-time defending champions Charteris Choppers Wairoa-Athletic will host the second-placed Roseland Tavern Tapuae at Bayley’s Athletic Park from 1.30pm tomorrow. Civil Project Solutions...

Close contests abound in senior grades

by Sherrill Beale and Murray Robertson The intensity and close competition for points in the other senior grades will more than make up for a lack of premier grade action in the netball at Victoria Domain tomorrow. Premier teams Whangara Old Girls...

Tale of the table unfolds

The table begins to tell its story. East Coast Farm Vets YMP will look to make it four wins from four games when they play at their home ground, Barry Park, against Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates tomorrow. Enterprise Cars OBM are the other team looking...

Sports Draw

Rugby THE rugby draw for SATURDAY Civil Project Solution Poverty Bay rugby, Premier grade, Week 4. 2.45pm: GT Shearing Waikohu v Earthwork Solutions HSOB, Te Karaka Domain. Referee: Ben Holt. East Coast Farm Vets YMP v Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates...

Sticks at the ready for Poverty Bay hockey season-opener

Old rivers GMC Green and Paikea are the opening act of the 2023 Poverty Bay club hockey season, which starts tonight at Harry Barker Reserve. Teams have been preparing for several weeks for the start of play, and as it says on the Poverty Bay hockey...

Adams hat-trick sets up win

A Josh Adams hat-trick powered Gisborne United Firsts to a 5-2 victory over Wainui Sharks in Eastern League 1 football on Saturday. Adams scored the second, third and fourth goals for Heavy Equipment Services United in a game that was closer than...