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Christie still in the thick of it

THE WORLD Surf League Qualifying Series (QS) is heating up and Gisborne/Mahia surfer Ricardo Christie is right in the thick of it. Christie sits in 15th place on the QS with 10,650 points but will need to finish the year in the top 10 (at least...

Steph Beattie: I’d still play if I could

“I loved the game. I’d still be playing basketball now, if I could run up and down the court.”So said Steph Beattie, 73, Gisborne Basketball Association life member and former president. Steph was impressed by what she saw at the club finals...

Gold to PB kayakers at Oceania champs

POVERTY Bay Kayak Club members were in the medals at the Oceania championships and Grand Prix 2 regatta in Sydney over the weekend. Alicia Hoskin, Sam Ferkins and Alex Bermingham were among the New Zealand contingent at the champs held at the Sydney...

Goldie leads host club charge at Gisborne East Coast Vets’ Open

Wayne Carpendale was the odd man out as the 2022 Gisborne East Coast veterans' open matchplay champions were decided yesterday. Electrinet Park president Carpendale prevented a home track whitewash of the five men's divisions of the annual over-50s...

Sports news in brief

Christie to take on HawaiiansGisborne-Mahia surfer Ricardo Christie’s Round 3 opponents have been confirmed at the Vans World Cup Qualifying Series contest in Hawaii. Christie, who is sitting seventh on the QS rankings, and French Polynesia’s...

WAIAPU ARE BACK

Win marks club’s return to the fold

Weight-restricted grade a likely hot potato

JUNIOR rugby will be discussed at a public meeting in Gisborne next week to help the Poverty Bay rugby union decide how it will run junior competitions this year. The Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union board wants feedback on whether junior grades...

Super vets head south

BADMINTONAN Eastland team will travel to Feilding this weekend for the first round of the 2019 inter-association super veterans’ Division 2 badminton competition. Last year Eastland were seventh in the competition. This weekend they play Oroua, who...

Last-minute heartbreak for Poverty Bay in Oamaru

Penalty miss the final act of a nail-biting match

Matenga answers SOS from u20s

When you get the call-up, drop everything. That’s how it was for former Gisborne Boys’ High School first 15 player Sam Matenga at 11.15am on Wednesday — he was grocery shopping at Pak’nSave Riccarton when his cellphone rang. It was Crusaders...

Rep season under way

Poverty Bay got their representative season under way at the Northern Districts boys’ junior secondary schools tournament in Rotorua yesterday. The Year 9-10 side lost to Bay of Plenty Lakelands by 56 runs and then lost to Counties-Manukau by 34...

Gisborne Bridge results

MONDAY, August 27 — Sean Shivnan Pharmacy Open Championship Pairs 7North/South East/WestMichelle England, Philip Beale 61.31 John Hudson, Vicki Taylor 64.88Carolyn McMurray, Elizabeth Jackson 55.95 Ann McCombe, Beverley Evans 64.58Linda White...

Collective hopes with Christie in California quest

A “FROFFING” Ricardo Christie is ready to resume his challenge to retain World Surf League Championship Tour status for 2016. The Gisborne-Mahia surfer is in California preparing for contest 8 on the Championship tour — the Hurley Pro at...

Teams set for playoffs ‘practice run’

The top four teams in the Gisborne Tairawhiti rugby league competition will get a practice run at finals footy on Saturday. As the playoffs near, the well-organised Waengapu Stallions will play the dangerous Manutuke Mustangs at 1pm and last year’s...

Playoffs give everyone a chance

The playoffs begin tomorrow to choose which teams will face off this month to decide the Gisborne netball championships, and YMP look to be in the box seat. But due to the structure of the playoffs this year all eight teams still have a chance to...

Bridge results

Monday, June 13 — Harcourts Vicki Taylor Pairs 3 (Howell movement): Eileen Lee/Herman Koenders 70.83; Trish Corson/Glenys Evans 62.50; David Johnstone/Pippa Williams 61.46. Wednesday, June 15 — Jean Broadhurst Winters Pairs 3North/South...

Grants benefit East Coast union

RUGBYTHE Ngati Porou East Coast Rugby Union has been awarded over $100,000 for representative uniforms, travel expenses and salaries in the latest round of New Zealand Community Trust grants. Union chief executive Cushla Tangaere-Manuel said the...

GBHS old boys battling for Canes’ No.8 jersey

THREE former Gisborne Boys’ High School players have been named in the Hurricanes squad to play the Crusaders in the Taranaki town of Waverley tomorrow afternoon. Toa Halafihi and Blade Thomson will be battling for the No. 8 jersey. Halafihi will...