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Rewards in PB times and medals

SWIMMINGTHREE medals and numerous personal-best times were the rewards for Enterprise Cars Swim Team members at the New Zealand Division 2 championships in Dunedin this month. Alesha Batisaresare raced in the 15-year-old girls’ division and won...

Bulk and experience: Players of origin expected to add both

Two forwards playing their club rugby outside Poverty Bay have been drafted into the Heartland pre-season squad. Lock Micaiah Torrance-Read (Taranaki) and prop Jody Allen (Hawke’s Bay) will add bulk and experience to the side. Both are former...

It’s all about the smiles on dials

SAM Parkin doesn’t see anything special in his coaching of the three junior football teams he takes. Others do, though. Parkin, a 34-year-old maintenance man at the Waikanae Beach Holiday Park, was named junior coach of the year for the Central...

Bay u16s play with spirit

THEY were made to work for it. The Wellington under-16 rugby team beat Poverty Bay 46-12 at the Hurricanes tournament in Whanganui yesterday but the Bay played with spirit. Although they were 22-12 down at halftime, Poverty Bay had scored two superb...

Winning run continues

They’re loving it. Campion College continued their perfect start to the season with win No. 4 in the 30-over Hope Cup cricket championship on Saturday. They beat Old Boys’ Rugby (2) by eight wickets. OBR captain Deevon Gray won the toss and elected...

Whangara withstand late rally

HOROUTA Gold finished strongly against Whangara Old Girls in premier-grade netball in the YMCA on Saturday, but Whangara were deserving winners. The competition leaders were up 19-11, 33-22 and 45-33 across the first three quarters and withstood...

Bridge results

MONDAY July 9 — Woodward Chrisp Restricted Championship 2North/South East/WestMurray Owen, John Rouse 63.13 Beverley Evans, David Johnstone 56.25Hans van der Kuijl, Katrine Matthews 60.63 Robyn Cheyne, Helen Kerisome 54.17WEDNESDAY, July 11 —...

Results turnaround on Coast

Tokararangi beat Uawa, and other games close

Composed and skilful under pressure

CRICKETLooks can be deceiving. That’s how it was in the C Grade cricket final at Harry Barker Reserve yesterday. Campion College beat Gisborne Boys’ High School by five wickets, and it was true grit — character — that saw them home. Blake...

Kahutia women triumph

Kahutia Bowling Club will represent Bowls Gisborne-East Coast at the women's national interclub sevens finals in Wellington in April. The team of Dayvinia Mills (singles); Glenda Kapene (skip) and Ngamiro Allen (pairs); and Glenys Whiteman (s), Lucy...

Green and Kowhai likely to win

THE three GMC teams in the hockey competition take the LJ Hooker turf in tonight’s games, and the Green Machine and Kowhai should emerge victorious. The Round 7 encounters at 6pm and 7.30pm should produce plenty of goals, with YMP B and GMC Green...

Gisborne All Black Irwin dies

GISBORNE-born All Black prop Mark Irwin has died at the age of 83. Irwin, who played rugby for Poverty Bay and Gisborne High School Old Boys after his All Black career ended, was also a notable rower and a doctor. He was an Otago player during his...

One goal short in successful year

LYTTON High School under-15 girls sevens team achieved one of their two goals when they made the top four in the New Zealand Secondary Schools Condor tournament in Auckland.“The first goal was to make the top four, which we did, but we also went...

Visiting riders add to BMX excitement

EIGHTY riders braved a wintry day and heavy track for the Gisborne BMX Club’s round of the central region winter series. Sixty of the riders were visitors, which meant awesome racing. StridersDamien Smith was joined by a speedy Avani Bourne from...

Late penalty wins it for Poverty Bay in hard-fought battle

It was a nail-biting finish in the first of two games between Poverty Bay and Ngati Porou East Coast. The 34-31 victory for Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay was the result of a hard-fought battle to the final whistle. Ngati Porou had their...

Tendons reattached in kneecap surgery

Dudley Meadows won’t be at work at Tairawhiti Museum for the next four to six weeks, and he won’t be playing football for a lot longer. Tendons holding his left kneecap (patella) in place sheared when he was tackled during an Eastern League...

Sports draws

Pacific Premiership, SATURDAY, 3pm: St Leonards 1 (Hastings), Western Rangers v Gisborne Vehicle Testing Thistle; Marewa Park 1 (Napier), Port Hill United v Heavy Equipment Services Gisborne United. Eastern League 1, SATURDAY, 2.30pm: Harry Barker...

Not all plain sailing for cruising Falcons

Falcons have gone from strength to strength in Brezz N Darts, beating Ruahine 21-0, but it wasn’t all plain sailing. Ruahine took legs against top-ranked Falcons players Pete Tom, Sam Kirikino and Hati Saddlier. In the first set of singles, Harley...