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One day, two games

STU Cranswick played two games on Saturday and was still running hard at the end of the second. He led the Heavy Equipment Services Gisborne United attack in their 2-1 victory over Carpet Court Thistle Massive in the Eastern League 1 curtain-raiser...

Rivalries often strong within clubs

Some of the most thrilling football you'll ever see happens on the training pitch. Players want to impress the coach, so the games have an edge to them. And if the teams are the same at every session — say, attack versus defence — then rivalries...

Ironing out wrinkles

There’s just time to do a little bit of ironing out. Four weeks remain in East Coast club rugby and Uawa (47 competition points), Tihirau Victory Club (40pts), Hicks Bay (36), Hikurangi (28), Tokararangi (27), Ruatoria City (8) and Tokomaru Bay...

Celebration at region’s top farm

The winner of the Gisborne-Wairoa Federated Farmers 2018 Hill Country Farmer of the Year competition Peter Reeves believes "you have to work with the strength of your land".Mokairau Farm Ltd, operated by Peter and Christine Reeves, their sons Jon...

YMP B return to hockey comp with a win

Welcome back YMP B. The B women marked their return to the Poverty Bay club hockey competition with an entertaining 4-3 win in the opening game of the 2022 season on the Hain Farming turf at Harry Barker Reserve last night.“It was a good game to...

Victory first up for Gisborne Thistle

New players and some old hands impress

Too-hard basket not an option

The pandemic made many doubt that the days of national and even regional sporting tournaments would return. But for every sporting body or administrator looking to cancel an event at the first suggestion of pause, there is one who will go the extr...

Gisborne Club Darts Association results

INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS180s: Brian Leach (Cossy DONE & Dusted), Lee Barbarich (2NZ Rebels), Scotty Cunningham (2NZ Bullz), Cassy Norris (2NZ Rebels Wahine Toa).Best start (140): Mike Jones (Roseland), Jesse Noa Noa (2NZ Rebels), Kayne Arahanga (2NZ...

Huge day at Weet-Bix TRYathlon

MORE than 1000 young people participated in the Weet-bix TRYathlon held yesterday at Awapuni reserve in Gisborne. This year’s event was the first to include a beach swim. In previous years the event was held at Nelson Park, with the swim leg at...

Bridge results

Eileen Lee, Anne McCombe 60.12 Graham Maclaurin, Linda White 59.23Raewynne Cook, Anne Roberts 56.25 Anne Maclaurin, Caroline Kirkpatrick 55.65Joy Marden, Sue Minot 56.25 Stephen Francks, Amanda Matthews 55.06Carolyn McMurray, Elizabeth Jackson 60.42...

Eyles family in good touch for deferred game

IT was an Eyles family affair when Rhinos beat Ruahine Greens in their deferred game in Brezz’n Darts Club winter league competition. Rhinos defeated Ruahine Green 12-3. For Rhinos, Tyson Eyles had most tons for the match (13), Hunter Eyles scored...

Fresh approach key to success

Players in Barry Croquet Club’s “most hoops” golf croquet tournament soon realised this type of competition required a fresh look at the game. Rather than concentrate on defending and hitting the opposition away, they had to take more risks in...

Boardriders’ visit a great success

Gisborne Boardriders Club's noho at Wharekahika was another resounding success, with families from across the East Coast attending. It is the third instalment of community experience days run by the club to rekindle their connection with the Coast...

Golden opening day for Keepa

ENTERPRISE Cars Swim Team teenagers Jack Keepa and Ava Smith were in medal-winning personal-best form on Day 1 of the New Zealand short-course championships in Auckland yesterday. Keepa won gold in the 14-year boys’ 100 metres breaststroke in...

Around the greens: Club bowls news

Poverty BayTwilight bowls when there is a power cut is a challenge but the Poverty Bay club's lights came on again just in time to allow three games of 75 minutes to be completed and prizegiving to be held. Poverty Bay Bowling Club's Beetham...

World champs in sights after Te Puke glory

THREE Gisborne Rifle Club shooters, including a father/son combination, cleaned up at the Te Puke championships. Rob Johansen, his 14-year-old son Michael and Steve Mann returned with a swag of trophies. Rob, shooting in the target rifle class won the...

Matt Scott's great start

GISBORNE’S Matt Scott made a successful start to his defence of the New Zealand Ocean Swim series open title at the weekend. Scott won the opening race of the seven-race NZ Ocean Swim Series — the Harbour Crossing in Auckland. The 20-year-old...

PB hit by injuries

Some people always front up. And despite a scoreline of Poverty Bay 10 Wellington Centurions 57 at Bond Field in Napier, Bay head coach Jamie Hutana knows who they are.“We had only four reserves but had three players (captain and openside flanker...