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U19 switch not a problem for Corrin

MIDWAY Surf Life Saving Club coach Matt Sutton was reluctant to speak about Olivia Corrin’s impressive performance in the Eastern Region Championships at Mount Maunganui at the weekend. But after some gentle persuasion and initially singing the...

Coast not to be underestimated

POVERTY Bay under-16 rugby reps play East Coast at Rugby Park tomorrow in the Bay’s first and only warm-up game before their representative season starts the following weekend. The Bay have been training for the past month, and seven Gisborne...

HSOB will be up against it at Wairoa

WAIROA Athletic are setting the pace in the senior division one rugby competition and should make it five wins from five games when they host bottom-of-the-table High School Old Boys tomorrow. Wairoa go into the game unbeaten after three wins...

Win and a try to celebrate

SIONE Ngatu celebrated his 151st game for Poverty Bay with a try in their 43-29 win against King Country at Rugby Park on Saturday. The six-tries-to-four victory over King Country kept alive LeaderBrand Poverty Bay’s hopes of a place in the...

Just the beginning for 'Young Blood' Chivers

HE WENT to America last month with humble expectations. He will return home a world mixed martial arts champion. Gisborne’s Byron “Young Blood” Chivers competed as a member of the New Zealand MMA team under American Top Team New Zealand (ATTNZ)...

Bridge results

MONDAY, April 16 — Harcourts Vicki Taylor Pairs 3North/South East/WestEileen Lee/Robyn Cheyne 69.94 Vicki Taylor/Anne Maclaurin 64.58Lois Grose/Gretchen Ivess 57.74 Joy Marden/John Hudson 51.79Raewynne Cook/Trish Corson 52.68 Jean...

Gisborne netball draw

PAK’nSAVE Gisborne Netball, Saturday —Senior Round 3, Week 4. Duty teams to put up goal pads, set up team benches (courts 1 and 2) and take out bins: Lytton Senior B, Gisborne Girls’ High School Junior A. Duty team to control scorecard room for...

Midway, Waikanae win gold

SURF LIFESAVINGGOLD medals to Waikanae beach sprinter Chloe Kapene and Midway board rescuers Jack Lepper and Tyron Evans were Gisborne highlights from Day 1 of the Ocean Athletes New Zealand junior surf lifesaving championships at Mount Maunganui...

‘Result of season to date’ for Whangara

WHANGARA Old Girls pulled off the result of their season to date when they defeated previously unbeaten YMP in premier netball at Victoria Domain on Saturday. Taste One High School Old Girls remain the only unbeaten premier-grade team in PAK'nSAVE...

Time ripe for good performance

CRICKETNOW is the time for Old Boys Rugby to perform if they are to put themselves in the box seat in Poverty Bay cricket’s DJ Barry Cup, says captain Jonathan Purcell. The final round is not until March 16 but OBR’s game against High School Old...

Rhinos end Te Kuzzyz winning streak

DARTSTe Kuzzyz had their winning streak ended in a close battle against the Rhinos in the A Grade of Turanganui a Kiwa Darts Association’s Brezz’n Sports Club Tuesday night competition. Rhinos won the match 11-10, while Assassins also had an...

Fined $20,000 for illegal earthworks,Guilty verdicts on five counts, not guilty on six

Matawai farmer John Richard Bracken has been fined $20,000 and refused a discharge without conviction for earthworks he did without resource consent. Judge Jeff Smith delivered his decision and sentenced Bracken yesterday after a two-day hearing in...

Aussies plunder silverware at Mt Maunganui

AUSTRALIA whitewashed the silverware on offer as an intense International Surf Rescue Challenge ended at Mount Maunganui yesterday. The Aussies not only won the open and youth titles in the three-test points series, they also collected the...

Gisborne contract bridge results

MONDAY, February 26 — Sean Shivnan Pharmacy Open Championship Pairs 1North/South East/WestPhilip Beale/Michelle England 72.45 Hans van der Kuijl/Katrine Matthews 66.44Bette Parker/Trish Corson 60.88 Ron Janes/Yvonne Doole 59.72Jean Turnbull/Robyn...

Attitude the ‘big fix’

The attitude was a bit off. Defensive lapses and lack of physical ferocity had Poverty Bay on the back foot against South Canterbury, who stormed to a 37-8 lead before winning 40-29 at Rugby Park on Saturday.“A bit off the pace, mentally” was how...

Bridge results

TUESDAY, February 7 — Summer Pairs 2 (Howell movement): Elizabeth Jackson/Carolyn McMurray 61.67; Helen Kerisome/Pippa Williams 59.58; Joy Marden/Yvonne Key 57.92; Jean Bennett/Robin Bennett 54.17. WEDNESDAY, February 8 — Summer Pairs...