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Role-model players no strangers to hard work

RUGBYYOUNG female rugby players will get free tuition in Gisborne from two players who know what it’s like to work hard. Krysten Cottrell was once a baker whose punishing routine involved starting work in Napier at 1am, clocking up about eight and...

Tough opening fixtures for the Bay and Coast

RUGBYPOVERTY Bay face a tough away opening match in the 2019 Heartland Championship. The Bay head to Paeroa to take on Meads Cup defending champions Thames Valley in Week 1 on Saturday, August 24. They host South Canterbury at Rugby Park on August 31...

Then there were two

And with that, two remained in the race for the premier club rugby title. The Civil Project Solutions Lee Brothers Shield's first finalist was decided when East Coast Farm Vets YMP defeated Larsawn Ngatapa 24-15 in a bruising affair at Rugby Park. In...

Region again represented at junior nationals

Eastland has a team at the junior badminton nationals after a break of at least 10 years. The junior nationals started in Palmerston North yesterday. Eastland are a combined team from Gisborne and Wellington, entered in under-15 events. Team manager is...

Direct route beckons

HOCKEYGMC Green or YMP A will advance straight to the grand final of the women’s A Grade hockey competition after their match this weekend. Based on past results, the Green Machine have an edge. Their semifinal on the LJ Hooker turf at Harry Barker...

LOB A take time to get into stride

Triples titles spread around district

Champion of champions triples titles were well spread among the Gisborne-East Coast centre's bowling clubs. Tolaga Bay Bowling Club's Vern Marshall (skip), Marcus Merrick (director) and Murray Duncan (lead) won the senior men's title, while the...

Bridge results

TUESDAY, September 3, 10, 17 — Eastland Community Trust Open TeamsAnn McCombe, Jeff Allen, Michelle England, Trish Corson 96 MPsCaroline Taylor, David Johnstone, Helen Kerisome, Pippa Williams 93 MPsBette Parker, Diana Styche, Glenys Evans, Joy...

HSOB step up when it counts

HIGH School Old Boys bounced back from their shock loss to Waikohu to beat YMP 20-8 in premier club rugby at the Oval on Saturday.“We couldn’t be prouder of the boys,” said assistant coach Ian Loffler.“We’ve probably got close to 10...

Skippers back the back-up

CRICKETEARLY Walker Shield T15 Blast pacesetters Eagles and Bail Breakers will have new skippers when they meet at Harry Barker Reserve at 5.45pm tomorrow night. Auto Tyres Eagles opened their account with a 44-run win against Eastland Broncos last...

Bay u18s bounce back in style

RUGBYPoverty Bay under-18s bounced back from their loss to Wellington Community with a 48-21 win against Horowhenua Kapiti in Napier at the weekend. The Bay brought up their first win of the Hurricanes Youth Rugby Council tournament in style with...

Paikea-YMP B thriller in store

THE match-ups between GMC Gold and Gisborne Girls’ High and Paikea and YMP B are ones to watch this weekend in the fifth round of Poverty Bay club hockey. Paikea play YMP B at 7.30pm tomorrow night and Girls’ High have a date with GMC Gold at...

Match could be season highlight

The match of the season so far — that could be the YMP-High School Old Girls clash in premier-grade netball at the YMCA tomorrow morning. YMP Sunshine Brewery are unbeaten in the Pak’nSave competition this year, while Taste One HSOG are the other...

Second place at Meremere

JETSPRINTINGGISBORNE’S Blake Briant and his navigator Kate Hoogerbrug “got their mojo” back with a second placing in the penultimate round of the national Superboat championships at Meremere, Auckland at the weekend. Having missed two rounds of...

Chance to celebrate Maori sporting achievers

NOMINATIONS and sponsors are being sought for the Ease Up Te Tairawhiti Maori Sports Awards 2016. The event, which honours the cream of Maori achievement and those who contribute to this, will return after an absence of nine years. Awards co-organiser...

Who needs boots for sports day?

FOOTBALL and softball were the spots on offer during the annual junior sports three-day event.“We started on Tuesday with touch, surfing and cricket,” said secondary schools regional sports director Trevor Crosby.“We finish with ki o rahi and...

Fastest, biggest, best,The opponents keep getting tougher

BASKETBALLThe honeymoon is over. After two weeks’ grace, league points will be on the line in men’s club basketball in Gisborne tonight. Two A Grade games — SE Systems versus Old School at 5.45pm and the Filthy Dozen v City Lights at 6.45pm —...

Marshall, Kapene to represent centre

BOWLSTolaga Bay Bowling Club’s Vern Marshall and Wairoa Bowling Club’s Glenda Kapene will represent Gisborne East Coast at the Bowls NZ National Champion of Champions Singles Finals at Naenae’s indoor green this weekend. Both players will have...