PremiumPremiumSportHigh hopes for TairawhitiWAKA 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 —...18 Mar 08:11 AM
PremiumPremiumSportHorouta girls win goldThe 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...18 Mar 08:10 AM
PremiumPremiumSportOne more chance to post a win at Freyburg MastersIT’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...18 Mar 08:10 AM
PremiumPremiumSportKathleen Henderson Memorial netball tournament attracts 21 teamsThe 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...18 Mar 08:10 AM
PremiumPremiumSportGirls’ High test reigning champions Ngati PorouTOUGHNESS 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...18 Mar 08:10 AM
PremiumPremiumSportCHAMPIONS LEADING BY EXAMPLEHorouta 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...18 Mar 08:10 AM
PremiumPremiumSportSolid field for final of NZ league seriesIt'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...18 Mar 08:10 AM
PremiumPremiumSportThistle and United impress in victoryGisborne 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...18 Mar 08:10 AM
PremiumPremiumSportRaces show future in good handsOUT-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...18 Mar 08:09 AM
PremiumPremiumSportSecond in Clubs NZ tourneyA TEAM from Gisborne Cosmopolitan Club finished second in the Clubs New Zealand North Island Women’s Outdoor Bowls Tournament in Tokoroa last week. Glenys Whiteman (skip), Carol Hawes (3), Judy Taylor (2) and Lesley McIntosh (lead) lost the grand...18 Mar 08:09 AM
PremiumPremiumSportHorouta clinch top-four spotHOROUTA Gold secured themselves a place in the premier-grade netball top-four playoffs but Lytton Senior A made them fight hard for a 55-54 win at the YMCA last night. Lytton started stronger and led 15-12 after 15 minutes and 30-28 at halftime. In...18 Mar 08:07 AM
PremiumPremiumSportFrench offer after Aussies pip PB Rugby 7s in finalPOVERTY Bay under-18 teams won one final and lost one at the New Caledonia sevens in Nouméa. The Red team suffered a heart-breaking 26-24 loss in the championship final to Australia’s Tribe. The White side, comprising u14s and u16 players, beat...18 Mar 08:07 AM
PremiumPremiumSportThistle face red-shirted wallTHE curse of the bouncing ball in the penalty area almost undid Gisborne Thistle at Childers Road Reserve on Saturday. They went a goal down to bottom-of-the-table Devon Homes Wanganui Athletic in the 33rd minute of a Central Federation League...18 Mar 08:07 AM
PremiumPremiumSportHSOB win ‘thumpfest’It was a clash worthy of both clubs. The tightness and muscular nature of High School Old Boys' defence helped them win their Tiny White Opening Day thumpfest with OBM 16-13. That result in Civil Project Solutions premier rugby meant Contract...18 Mar 08:07 AM
PremiumPremiumSportYMP’s long wait endsYMP v WaikohuYMP ended a two-year wait for a win on their home ground at Manutuke with a 20-14 victory over Waikohu in Poverty Bay premier rugby on Saturday. The three-tries-to-two win also opened a five-point gap between fourth-placed Farmvets YMP...18 Mar 08:07 AM
PremiumPremiumSportDamage costs Giants place in teams finalSPEEDWAYTHE Gisborne Giants qualified fourth for the semifinals of the New Zealand superstock teams in Palmerston North on Sunday night but suffered engine and gearbox damage that cost them a place in the final. The Giants beat the Wellington...18 Mar 08:07 AM
PremiumPremiumSportBeaten 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...18 Mar 08:05 AM
PremiumPremiumSportWoolf back on NZ wavesFORMER 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...18 Mar 08:05 AM
PremiumPremiumSportMaori tournament returns tomorrowCLUB 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...18 Mar 08:04 AM
PremiumPremiumSportHSOB rise to the topHigh 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...18 Mar 08:04 AM
PremiumPremiumSportScorpions sting Pythons to take leadSCORPIONS 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...18 Mar 08:04 AM
PremiumPremiumSportWhangara pull off big victoryWhangara 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...18 Mar 08:03 AM
PremiumPremiumSportU15 girls make basketball nationalsThey’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...18 Mar 08:03 AM
PremiumPremiumSportWairoa Show equestrian resultsEQUESTRIAN 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...18 Mar 08:03 AM
PremiumPremiumSportFive titles for Gisborne speedway racersSPEEDWAYGISBORNE speedway racers picked up five titles over Easter at tracks in Palmerston North, Hawke’s Bay and Rotorua. It was by far the club’s most successful weekend of racing this season. In addition, the club’s drivers picked up several...18 Mar 08:03 AM
PremiumPremiumSportBoys’ High dust themselves offA blip, anomaly, aberration . . . call it what you will. A skilful, pacy Scots College beat the Gisborne Boys’ High School first 15 50-0 in Porirua last Saturday.“It was a good day at the office for us — not too much went wrong,” Scots head...18 Mar 08:03 AM
PremiumPremiumSportDouble whammy of local champsFOR the first time in a long and proud history the Gisborne senior and junior championships will be held over Waitangi weekend as back-to-back events. The junior champs kick off the long weekend tonight from 5.30pm at Midway Beach and will be...18 Mar 08:03 AM
PremiumPremiumSportKids’ Athletics trial at beach a big hitIF smiles were votes, the trial of Kids’ Athletics at the beach on Sunday was a big winner. Gisborne Athletics Club tried out new equipment for younger athletes on the beach opposite Awapuni Stadium. The IAAF (International Association of Athletics...18 Mar 08:02 AM
PremiumPremiumSport‘Kids as pawns’ allegation refutedCentral Football Federation chief executive John McGifford refutes a claim that junior players are being “used as pawns” as a threat to senior players wanting to break away from federation-run competitions. McGifford’s denial is in response to...18 Mar 08:02 AM
PremiumPremiumSportAva heading in right directionMurray Robertson continues his series of profiles on up-and-coming surf lifesaving athletes . . .Wainui board paddler Ava Smith ticked off one of her goals this summer when she won the under-16 women’s board race at the Tairawhiti/Gisborne Eastern...18 Mar 08:02 AM
PremiumPremiumSportSPORT IN BRIEF: Gisborne club basketball drawTONIGHT — Women's competition, Round 1, Week 3, YMCA —5.30pm: Nameless v Ritana. 6.30pm: Turanga v Manu Toa. 7.30pm: Masters of the Universe v Ngati Porou. Turanga Health beat SE Systems by default. Men's competition, boys' secondary schools...18 Mar 08:02 AM
PremiumPremiumSportGisborne/Tairawhiti team named for regional rep eventSURF LIFESAVINGThe 2019 BDO Gisborne/Tairawhiti Representative Challenge surf lifesaving team has been announced for the regional teams event at Midway Beach on Auckland Anniversary Day (Monday next week).They will compete against other regional...18 Mar 08:01 AM