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High hopes for Tairawhiti

WAKA AMATAIRAWHITI paddlers will be well to the fore when the 30th annual national waka ama sprint championships are held on Lake Karapiro, Waikato, next week. Horouta Waka Hoe Club has 70 event entries from 32 teams — over 190 paddlers in all —...

Horouta girls win gold

The youngest crews from Tairawhiti are among those who have got off to a flying start at the waka ama sprint nationals at Lake Karapiro. This morning, Horouta girls' crew of six Hinekahurangi-Ariki claimed gold in the 250 metres in the Midgets...

One more chance to post a win at Freyburg Masters

IT’S last chance saloon for Poverty Bay-East Coast in their Holy Grail-like quest for a team win at the Freyberg Masters interprovincial in New Plymouth. Defeats to Hawke’s Bay (4½-½) and North Harbour (5-0) on the penultimate day of the...

Kathleen Henderson Memorial netball tournament attracts 21 teams

The Kathleen Henderson Memorial netball tournament this Saturday has attracted 19 women’s teams and two mens teams.“It will be great to have a bit of an exhibition match between the men’s teams,” Gisborne Netball Centre manager Allisa Hall...

Girls’ High test reigning champions Ngati Porou

TOUGHNESS mixed with magic — that’s what Week 6 of the Gisborne Basketball Association women’s club league at the YMCA was all about last night. Twice-champions Ngati Porou subdued Gisborne Girls’ High School 30-24, Campion College held off...

CHAMPIONS LEADING BY EXAMPLE

Horouta Waka Hoe champion crews know what it takes to win world titles. Club administrators plan to take a leaf out of their book in a bid to have waka ama sheds built near Gisborne's Marina Park boat ramps. Waka ama are stored on the ground or in...

Solid field for final of NZ league series

It's a four-way battle for top honours in the FEI World Cup New Zealand League Series, with the final tomorrow at the Golden Grove Stud Central and Southern Hawke's Bay Jumping Show in Dannevirke. Tegan Fitzsimon (Christchurch) has a six-point buffer...

Thistle and United impress in victory

Gisborne teams Thistle and United had impressive wins in Pacific Premiership football in Hawke’s Bay on Saturday. Gisborne Vehicle Testing Thistle came from a goal down to beat Port Hill 3-1 at Marewa Park, Napier. Meanwhile, Josh Adams scored...

Races show future in good hands

OUT-of-town drivers stole the thunder in the Heavy Equipment Services Eastland Ministocks 100 at the Eastland Group Raceway on Saturday night and the production saloons again emphasised the emergence of that class. Todd Hemingway (88M) from Mt...

Anton’s teammates motivated

BASKETBALL

Beaten but ‘not disgraced’

SOFTBALLTAIRAWHITI under-18 boys’ softball team failed to win a game in the two-day North Island men’s tournament in Hastings. But tournament organiser Craig Waterhouse said Tairawhiti were not disgraced. At the tournament were two current Black...

Woolf back on NZ waves

FORMER Gisborne surfer Kai Woolf won the under-18 girls’ division in the Billabong Grom Series event at Whangamata yesterday. Woolf recently returned to New Zealand from her native South Africa for her last year of school, and is now based in...

Maori tournament returns tomorrow

CLUB senior hockey makes way this weekend for the Hana Konewa, Hine Te Ariki and Taraipine Tutaki Open Maori Hockey Tournament, which gets under way tomorrow morning. The two-day event has attracted 12 teams — 10 senior and two of primary-school...

HSOB rise to the top

High School Old Boys have ended OBR's winning run in Doleman Cup cricket finals, triumphing in this year's absorbing decider by 18 runs. Landmark Homes OBR were seeking their fifth consecutive title in the Poverty Bay clubs' 40-over competition and...

Scorpions sting Pythons to take lead

SCORPIONS edged their way to the B Grade lead in Brezz’n Darts Club Tuesday night competition, when they beat Pythons 16-5. Scorpions struck first in the singles, John Lynch defeating Sonny Laulau 2-0, and his pairs partner Hunter Eyles defeating...

Whangara pull off big victory

Whangara Old Girls pulled off their win of the season to date when they ground out a hard-fought victory over YMP to move to the top of the premier-grade netball points table on Saturday. Whangara took the lead early in their PAKn'SAVE competition...

U15 girls make basketball nationals

They’re through — the Gisborne Basketball Association under 15 girls have qualified for the 20-team Aon National Championships. The girls were placed third out of five teams at the Queen’s Birthday Weekend Zone 3 qualifying tournament, so go...

Wairoa Show equestrian results

EQUESTRIAN results from the Wairoa A&P Show —DRESSAGEHorse 1C: Kellie Headley, Pine Hollow Grey Girl 1; Sonia Gardner, Dita Von Timbermill 2; Jo McGoverne, Sitara 3; Emma Sye, Maximus Prime 4. Horse 1D: Sonia Gardner, Dita Von Timbermill 1; Jo...