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Champs YMP flex their muscle

YMP A’s iron grip on the Poverty Bay men’s hockey title does not appear to be loosening. It is only two weeks into the senior club competition but already the A Team are setting a benchmark of quality, as Gisborne Boys’ High School experienced...

Junior pairs glory to Gisborne

Gisborne Bowling Club combinations won the women’s and men’s junior champion of champions pairs titles contested on the Kahutia Bowling Club greens. Karen Pinn (skip) and Adrienne Torrie beat Tolaga Bay pair Delores Woodcock (s) and Jacqueline...

Town v Country fixture resurrected after Covid

Premier grade rugby takes a break this weekend as the annual Town v Country weekend makes a return. Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union has announced the squads for the Saturday match-up to be played at Paddy’s Park in Patutahi, 2.45pm kick-off. The...

East Coast Premier Men’s club rugby season kicks off

Saturday was a great one in Ruatoria as the the Ngati Porou East Coast Premier Men’s club rugby season opened with Club Day at Whakarua Park in Ruatoria. Defending champions Tihirau Victory Club beat powerhouse Tokararangi 15-12, Hikurangi...

Rampant YMP put OBM to the sword in one-sided premier club game

YMP delivered their best performance of the season to blow away OBM 52-7 in a top-of-the-table premier club rugby clash on Saturday. Defending champions East Coast Farm Vets YMP made it five wins from five matches in this battle of unbeaten sides to...

Ngatapa go the distance against gritty High School Old Boys

Ngatapa were tested but eventually outlasted High School Old Boys in a premier club rugby game at the Oval on Saturday. Larsawn Ngatapa won 42-26 in a hotly contested match from which both teams were clearly hungry to gain maximum points . Ngatap...

Ngatapa, YMP 2 in premier mix up for the Challenge

by Sherrill Beale Ngatapa will join YMP (2) in the Challenge round to help determine the last two places in Gisborne netball’s Premier Grade. They will be joined by the bottom two teams from the first round of Premier Grade play — Gisborne...

Weekend scoreboard

Gisborne senior netball — Premier Reserve: OG Whangara 26 YMP Masters 20, YMP (2) 35 HSOG 21, Farmlands Ngatapa 28 Horouta Taimana 20. YMP (2), Farmlands Ngatapa into Challenge round as top two. Face Premier Grade teams Gisborne Girls’ High Sr...

NZ’s top groms here for Junior Pro

Rising surfers from Ahipara to Dunedin are converging on Gisborne for the latest round of the New Zealand Grom Series — the Sequence Surf Shop Gisborne Junior Pro — this weekend. Scheduled for Makorori’s Red Bus break from tomorrow, the...

Coast fans eager to see teams in action

The floodwaters have receded and tomorrow Ngati Porou East Coast men’s club rugby will make its return. “We can’t wait — it’ll be wonderful to get the families out and about, reconnecting in fine weather,” said NPEC president Campbell...

Battle on: YMP v OBM to decide first-round winners

All roads lead to Barry Park tomorrow for supporters of YMP and OBM. Round 1 of the Civil Project Solution premier club rugby competition ends with a blockbuster clash between East Coast Farm Vets YMP and Enterprise Cars OBM at 2.45pm. Both teams go...

Supporters in for a treat, with thrills

by Scraggy Local hockey supporters are in for a treat as Gisborne Boys’ High School take on YMP A in what promises to be a thrilling match at 6.30pm tonight. Both teams have had a win this season, and will look to build on their momentum in this...

Girls’ High, Waikohu win Round 1 Premier Grade netball

Defensive dominance set Gisborne Girls’ High Senior A up for their first win of the Premier Grade netball season last night. The students beat Horouta Koura 35-23 but will still have to go through Challenge round games. In last night’s other...

Golf roundup

Patutahi Reuben Mottart won the day but the in-form Hukanui Brown earned the limelight with another round deep in the red on Sunday. Having recently broken the course record with 8-under 62, Brown fired 64-+3-67, for 39 points. His round included an...

Tapuae go top after local derby win

Tapuae have taken over. Or at least the Gabriel Doull-led green-and-blacks’ quest for the Lew Patterson Cup is in great shape, after their 19-point victory in the local derby on Saturday. Roseland Tavern Tapuae beat two-time defending champions...

Sports draws

Rugby The rugby draw for SATURDAY — Civil Project Solutions Premier Grade, Week 5 — 2.45pm: Oval 2, Earthwork Solutions HSOB v Larsawn Ngatapa (Damien Macpherson ref); Oval 1, Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates v GT Shearing Waikohu (Terry Reeves)...