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Twelve teams off to Easter Classic

Courts will shake, backboards will shatter — figuratively speaking — in Tauranga tomorrow. The seventh annual Mel Young Easter Classic Tournament is to run 397 games on 15 floors — with 12 Gisborne Basketball Association teams among the 134...

GOLF ROUNDUP

Electrinet Park DANIEL Collier proved right an old expression in winning the Carters Building Supplies twilight shootout final last Thursday . . . “the cream always rises to the top”. The +1-handicapper turned on a golfing clinic under PG...

Andrews’ world championship qualification confirmed

GISBORNE judoka Sydnee Andrews has officially qualified for the world championships — an event her hometown coach rates even higher then the Olympic Games. Andrews, 20, is one of six New Zealand judoka to be ranked in the top 100 in their division...

Pickett makes record splash at nationals

GOLD Coast-based former Gisborne swimmer Michael Pickett’s comeback from injury hit a New Zealand record high at the national open championships in Auckland last night. Pickett, racing for Auckland club Club 37 when he is in New Zealand, won the...

Arnold outstanding at Tahora sports

EQUESTRIAN Local shepherd Brian Arnold was the outstanding performer of the Tahora Horse Sports. The event drew a good turnout on a hot, sunny day before Cyclone Gabrielle hit. Arnold single-handedly won for Highland Station the Lands and Survey Cup...

Around the Greens: Club bowls news

Kahutia It has been a busy time at Kahutia Bowling Club with tournaments in February and March. Following Cyclone Gabrielle the club welcomed members of the Poverty Bay Bowling Club, whose carpet green was seriously water-damaged and out of action...

Fun day at Fast 5 festival

NETBALL The 300-plus students from eight schools involved in the Tairāwhiti Secondary Schools Fast 5 netball festival had a load of fun yesterday on the Victoria Domain courts. Gisborne Netball Centre youth development officer Monique McLeod said...

Burton Cup comeback: Easter return for prestigious tourney

LAWN BOWLS by Ginny Sherriff Gisborne Bowling Club’s marquee event, the Burton Cup, is back to its traditional Easter Weekend slot this week. Organisers are keeping an eye on the weather forecast in the hope that mild conditions continue through...

Gisborne Club Darts Association results

GISBORNE Club Darts Association results from Tuesday — INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS 180s: B Leach, T Kaio, J Love 2 (Done n Dusted); R Leach (RSA Outlaws); A Taukamo-Pohio 2 (2NZ Tao Vikings); C Andrews, M Evans (RSA Spandangles); H Ngarangione (RS...

Arnold named in NZ trampoline and tumbling team

GISBORNE Trampoline Club member Lily Arnold has been named in the New Zealand trampoline and tumbling team to compete in Australia this year. It is an honour that has been well earned by Arnold’s results so far this season. She...

Driving force in women’s cricket retires

For 20 years, Mel Knight has been a driving force for cricket here. Her announcement that she would retire from playing and coaching came as a bolt from the blue. It came the day after Horouta Te Waka’s six-wicket Senior B semifinal loss to...

Same again in Barry Memorial Croquet Club doubles

CROQUET ROB Hayes and John Wilson have retained the Barry Memorial Croquet Club’s golf croquet doubles championship for 2023. Seven pairs played a round-robin format, and players were exhausted after six games, many of which lasted over an hour...

Out to turn ‘L’ into ‘W’

GISBORNE senior netballers face their second game of the 2023 season at Victoria Domain tomorrow and both premier grade encounters coud be be close contests. The Pak’nSave-sponsored competition features Whangara Old Girls 1 against Gisborne Girls...

Racecar chassis on the line

ACTION aplenty beckons at the Gisborne Speedway Club track tomorrow night when a $26,000 Rees Racecars chassis goes on the line for the top prize in the Rees Racecars Superstock Challenge. The 28-car line-up for the challenge has “wow factor”...

Tiny White day: All roads lead to Paddy’s Park for season-opener

THE recovery from the devastation wreaked by Cyclone Gabrielle continues in the district but tomorrow afternoon on the Ngatapa fields at Patutahi the focus will fully be on footy. Ngatapa Rugby and Associated Sports Club are hosting the traditional...

Hard-earned win ends tough week

One win from four games is nothing to shout about. Yet the manner in which Gisborne Boys’ High School first 11 beat Rotorua Boys’ High School in the playoff for fifth at the six-team Super 8 secondary schools cricket tournament did them credit...