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Groms dominate Gizzy waves during holidays

THESE past few afternoons surfing out at Stockies has been quite the spectacle. Not only have there been some pumping waves coming through, courtesy of a cheeky little northeast system, but every single grom in the country has seemingly taken...

Table to decide Senior One club crown for 2020

There will be no play-offs to crown the Poverty Bay Senior One club rugby champions this year. The Civil Project Solutions Senior One title will instead be decided by points — with two weeks of round-robin play to go. Poverty Bay Rugby chief...

Bay hope to upset a few applecarts

Poverty Bay have named a strong squad for the Northern Districts Twenty20 cricket tournament over three days in Taupo, starting tomorrow.“If everybody pulls their weight we could cause some upsets,” said captain Nick Hendrie, who is one of three...

Lytton too classy for Horouta

Lytton High School Senior A worked well on attack and defence to run out convincing winners over Horouta Gold in Pakn’Save premier netball at the YMCA on Saturday. The students led all the way in a classy 53-39 win. They were ahead 14-10 after 15...

Surf conditions

SURF conditions could be ideal on Saturday for the Gisborne Boardriders Club’s first competition of the year. Cyclone Victor is forecast to produce north-east swell in the two-to-four-foot range combined with off-shore north-west winds. Under 12 to...

Sweet and sour day for Vette

SURFINGGISBORNE surfer Finn Vette had a bitter-sweet day at the national surfing championships in Taranaki yesterday. He was knocked out of the under-18 division in the semifinals but will contest the u16 final today after winning his semifinal...

On the mats — Indoor bowls news

Malcolm Trowell was unstoppable in the final of the Poverty Bay-East Coast Indoor Bowls Centre Open Singles. He defeated Matthew Foster 11-4 in the nine-end final. Trowell was 4-0 up after three ends, but Foster then picked up one shot on End 4 and...

Turanganui a Kiwa Darts Association results

A GradeIndividual HIGHLIGHTS180s: Ihaka Kaio-Wynyard 3, Te Kotahi Kaio (Young Guns); Tahuna Irwin (Falcons); John White, John Love, Brian Leach (Done & Dusted); Mihi Awatere (Wehi).Highest start, men (180): Jono Budd (Dartaholicz); Toby Ratapu...

Horace Lewis (1968-2019)

Former East Coast captain and Maori All Black Horace Lewis died this week. His rugby career can be summarised as follows — 1987: Poverty Bay (GMC) 6 games. 1991/92/95/99: North Harbour (Glenfield, Marist) 12 games, 3 tries, 14 points. 1992...

Day three at Freyberg Masters golf

THE Magpies proved too good for their neighbours in the battle of the Bays at the Freyberg Masters men's golf interprovincial in New Plymouth this morning. Hawke's Bay defeated Poverty Bay-East Coast 4½-½ at the over-40s matchplay tournament on the...

Golf Roundup

Tolaga BayANOTHER weekend, another Watts win. This time it came at the Tolaga Bay Christmas tournament as in-form mother and daughter Ginger and Doreen Watts completed a family quinella. Doreen topped a day of hot scoring in winning the women’s...

Bridge results

Monday, June 27/Monday, July 4/Monday, July 11 — Open Teams: This event is played over three weeks. The results will not be available until after the completion of Week 3. Wednesday, July 6 — Singles 2North/South East/WestAnn McCombe/Yvonne Key...

Scoreboard

RugbyPoverty Bay premier grade: Woodbank HSOB 26 Aon Waikohu 18, Enterprise Cars OBM 16 Farmvets YMP 8, Larsawn Ngatapa 70 Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates 20. Senior 1: Tapuae 27 Nuhaka 7, Wairoa Athletic 67 Ngatapa 0, Horouta 95 HSOB 0, OBM 39 YMP...

Eastern Regional Championships results

SURF lifesaving results from finals on Day 2 and Day 3 of the Eastern Regional Championships held at Midway Beach, Gisborne (all local finalists included) —SaturdaySurf teamsU16 women: Lyall Bay 1; Mt Maunganui A 2; Omanu A 3.U16 men: Mt Maunganui...

Coach ‘rapt’ with performances

EASTLAND Port Gisborne Trampoline Club coach Doug Callahan was “rapt” with his charges’ performances at the North Island championships at Auckland.“It was the second-to-last qualifying competition for the New Zealand nationals and the last...

Around the greens

KAHUTIAOn Saturday, January 7, and Sunday, January 8, the club held its mixed pairs championship. Fourteen pairs took part, on a two-life system. Three rounds of 15-end games were scheduled, with each player having three bowls. After some very close...

Jamboree proves big hit with youngsters

BASKETBALL“Excellent job.”That was the verdict of Basketball Pacific’s Matt Cursons on the work done by head coach Dwayne Tamatea at the under-12 jamboree in New Plymouth. Tamatea ran development sessions for coaches, in a mentoring role that...

Around the greens

Poverty BayTHIRTY players from the three city clubs contested the Beetham Lifestyle Village Mixed Progressive Triples Tournament last Wednesday. They played four games of 10 ends with a time limit of 90 minutes a gameThe format is popular and this is...