PremiumPremiumSportLiving their goalsA girls-only triangular tournament was held at Te Wharau School this week to promote the FIFA Live Your Goals week to encourage girls and women to play football. Te Hapara Flyers won the tournament, which was organised by Central Football. Ormond, Te...18 Mar 07:56 AM
PremiumPremiumSportGRAND FINAL SATURDAYCHAMPIONS were decided in club netball and hockey on Saturday. And at the top of the pyramid were YMP. YMP won the Premier Grade netball final 59-43 over Claydens Waikohu (1) at the YMCA. YMP A men beat HPY Advisors Lytton Old Boys 3-1 in the Poverty...18 Mar 07:56 AM
PremiumPremiumSportSoftball draw for tomorrowSATURDAY — Waikirikiri Park, Emerging Sox intermediate (years 7-8-9-10), 11am: D1: Horouta Wananga v Whatatutu; D2, Tolaga Chargers v Waikirikiri; D3, Tolaga Trojans v Nga Uri a Maui. Bye: Ilminstars. Rookie Sox primary (yrs 5-6), division 1...18 Mar 07:55 AM
PremiumPremiumSportHard-fought surf lifesaving under wayThe Ralph Morse Shield race for Gisborne surf lifesaving supremacy looks set to be one of the hardest fought for years. Waikanae and Midway were neck and neck on points after the first twilight carnival last night. Twenty titles were decided in choppy...18 Mar 07:55 AM
PremiumPremiumSportEmerre and Hathaway PB Open field bursting at the seamsReigning champion Anaru Reedy does not have to look far or hard to find the main threats to the successful defence of his Poverty Bay Open title. The Emerre and Hathaway PB Open is being held on the Awapuni Links course from September 22 to 24 but...18 Mar 07:55 AM
PremiumPremiumSportIndoor bowlsHIBERNIAN Indoor Bowling Club’s tournament drew 38 bowlers to the Gisborne Intermediate School venue. On behalf of tournament sponsor Kiri Te Kanawa Retirement Village, Pip Griffin wished the club success in its future endeavours. Winners on the...18 Mar 07:55 AM
PremiumPremiumSportTiniroto lad meets royaltyIT’S not every day a lad from Tiniroto gets to meet Queen Elizabeth II, but Mike and Ngaire Sherriff’s son Glenn did just that. The 27-year-old former Makauri, Gisborne Intermediate and Gisborne Boy’s High School student met the Queen after...18 Mar 07:55 AM
PremiumPremiumSportFerkins blows open the gates winning open men’s K1 1000mKAYAKINGGisborne paddler Zach Ferkins blew down the gates in a feature event of the New Zealand Canoe Sprint Championships at Lake Karapiro today. The Karapiro-based Poverty Bay Kayak Club member won the open men's K1 1000 metres in a time of 3...18 Mar 07:54 AM
PremiumPremiumSportBridge resultsMONDAY July 30 — Sean Shivnan Pharmacy Championship 6North/South East/WestRaewynne Cook, Anne Roberts 63.69 Murray Owen, John Rouse 66.96John Hudson, Vicki Taylor 57.14 Glenys Evans, Herman Koenders 55.95Joy Marden, Yvonne Key 56.25 Diana Styche...18 Mar 07:54 AM
PremiumPremiumSportStrike rates high for Colts and CampionIT was Twenty20 cricket with intensity. Five Gisborne Boys’ High School players had strike rates of 100-plus as the Colts beat Gisborne Girls’ High School by 132 runs and Campion College recorded a 115-run win against the Poverty Bay boys’...18 Mar 07:54 AM
PremiumPremiumSportYMP end Waikohu streakMAKE a plan, execute it. That was the simple but deadly effective formula as YMP ended Waikohu's Poverty Bay premier club rugby winning run in emphatic fashion at Te Karaka on Saturday. Both teams left the field battered and bruised after YMP won...18 Mar 07:53 AM
PremiumPremiumSportYoung bowlers make their markDylan Foster, Nathan Trowell and Kayla Trowell were in top indoor bowls form last weekend. Foster won the zone final of the New Zealand Henselite Singles and the Trowell siblings won the zone final of the New Zealand mixed pairs in Whakatane. Foster...18 Mar 07:53 AM
PremiumPremiumSportBridge club resultsMONDAY, November 27 — Sean Shivnan Pharmacy Championship Pairs 10: Eileen Lee/Ann McCombe 61.11; Sally Knight/Michelle England 58.33; Jean Turnbull/Robyn Cheyne 55.09; Carolyn McMurray/Elizabeth Jackson 55.09. WEDNESDAY, November 29 – Craigs...18 Mar 07:53 AM
PremiumPremiumSportSoftball coaches appointedTairawhiti Softball Association has appointed coaches for its representative teams for the 2018/19 season. They are —Under-13 boys: Jane Edwards. U13 girls: Roy Timoti. U15 boys: Eru Osborne. U15 girls: Leesa Kingi. U18 boys: Ray Noble. U18 girls: Leigh...18 Mar 07:53 AM
PremiumPremiumSportSPORT in briefGisborne triathlete Tayler Reid’s coach Stephen Sheldrake says the world under-23 champion will have to push the reset button ahead of next week’s ITU World Cup race in Ecuador, after Reid finished 34th in Sarasota, Florida, yesterday.“With...18 Mar 07:53 AM
PremiumPremiumSportGisborne - East Coast sports drawsCyclingGisborne Cycling Club events — visitors and new cyclists welcome. Saturday — Club ride (no racing) from the Taruheru Cemetery in Nelson Road, starting at 1.30pm. Most rides are 90 minutes to three hours long and at a comfortable pace for...18 Mar 07:53 AM
PremiumPremiumSportTop course designer for WairoaORGANIERS of the Wairoa A and P Show have attracted one of the best showjumping course designers in the Southern Hemisphere. Australian John Vallance has been part of the design team for four Olympic Games and travels the world designing and sharing...18 Mar 07:52 AM
PremiumPremiumSportGisborne Club Darts Association resultsINDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS180s: M Hawea 3 (2NZ Vikings); T Irwin 3, J Griffiths, T Ratapu (Men of Mayhem), A Kaiwai (2NZ Vikings), I Kaio-Wynyard, J Love (Cossy Done n Dusted).Highest start (180): M Hawea (2NZ Vikings).Highest finish (111): M Collier...18 Mar 07:52 AM
PremiumPremiumSportUawa repel Wairoa challengeIt was a game that delivered on the hype. Uawa beat Wairoa 15-8 in near-perfect conditions at Tolaga Bay yesterday to retain the Barry Cup. Co-captains Harley Phillips and BJ Sidney, along with Kelvin Smith, scored a try each for Uawa against skilful...18 Mar 07:52 AM
PremiumPremiumSportThistle and Marist set the paceTHISTLE continued to stretch their goal-difference lead over Marist in the fifth round of the Gisborne women’s football competition. Gisborne Laundry Services Thistle are sitting on 12 points alongside Tatapouri Marist but with an eight-goal...18 Mar 07:52 AM
PremiumPremiumSportBridge resultsMONDAY, January 25, Opening nightLorraine Varga/Eileen Lee 59.26; Murray Owen/John Rouse 57.87; Vicki Taylor/John Hudson 54.17; Pippa Williams/Philip Beale 52.78; Bette Parker/Trish Corson 51.39; Jeff Allen/Ann McCombe 50.0. WEDNESDAY, January 27...18 Mar 07:52 AM
PremiumPremiumSportDay 2 and 3 equestrian resultsBrooke Edgecombe (LT Holst Andrea) Waipukurau 1; Melody Matheson (Cortaflex Graffiti MH) Hastings 2; Jeremy Whale (Remarkable) Cambridge 3; Leeshelle Small (AMS Glenbrooke Archie Bunker) Auckland 4; Emelia Forsyth (Henton Faberge) Clevedon 5; Julie...18 Mar 07:52 AM
PremiumPremiumSportLOCALS ONLYThe Poverty Bay squad has been announced for the traditional Queen's Birthday Weekend contest against Ngati Porou East Coast. The union has continued its “locals only” strategy this year with the naming of a 33-strong squad for the game which...18 Mar 07:52 AM
PremiumPremiumSportWaikohu go to the topA try to lock Richard Green on the stroke of fulltime capped a magnificent fightback from Waikohu as they toppled premier leaders YMP 36-22 at Te Karaka on Saturday. YMP, who had led the competition by one point from GT Shearing Waikohu, were 22-12...18 Mar 07:51 AM
PremiumPremiumSportBasketball resultsBasketball resultsRESULTS from Gisborne Basketball Association men’s competition games last night —A Grade, YMCA: Filthy Dozen 86 Gisborne Boys’ High School Black 47, City Lights 65 Old School 57, GBHS Red 108 SE Systems 52.B Grade, John...18 Mar 07:51 AM
PremiumPremiumSportLocal paddlers in national squadsKAYAKINGPoverty Bay Kayak Club will have nine paddlers representing New Zealand at overseas events in May and July. Zach Ferkins (u21), Alex Bermingham, Ben Bristow, Sam Ferkins and Alicia Hoskin (all u18) and Stacey Warren-Moiser (u16) will compete...18 Mar 07:51 AM
PremiumPremiumSportDouble-header successThe Lytton Senior A netballers started their 2018 season where they left off in 2017, with two wins under their belts after the first round of senior grading at Victoria Domain on Saturday. It was a sensational start for the students in the...18 Mar 07:51 AM
PremiumPremiumSportA step closerGISBORNE speedway sidecar duo Rob Miller and “Red” George took another strong step towards the New Zealand sidecar championships at the weekend when they finished runners-up in the Manawatu sidecar championships. The Manawatu title is regarded by...18 Mar 07:51 AM
PremiumPremiumSportBadminton resultsEastland lost their first two ties in the 2020 North Island Division 2 masters' (over-35) inter-association badminton competition. They finished second in Division 3 last season and when a team pulled out they accepted an invitation to step up...18 Mar 07:51 AM
PremiumPremiumSportGisborne-connected golfer Ivan Elder dies, aged 99A GOLFER who consistently proved age is no barrier, former Gore mayor Ivan Elder QSO, died at Southland Hospital on February 23. He was 99. Ivan was a regular at the Gisborne East Coast Veteran Golfers’ Society’s tournament held annually on the...18 Mar 07:51 AM
PremiumPremiumSportMarist memories rekindledBring to mind one sporting memory, and watch as sibling memories line up behind it, ready to transport the “viewer” to long-ago scenes of triumph, disaster, joy and disappointment. An obituary on Len Cudd brought the memories flooding back for...18 Mar 07:51 AM
PremiumPremiumSportGOLF ROUNDUPIf you have a story, tournament to promote or results you wish to have printed, contact The Gisborne Herald at 869-0633 or email sports@gisborneherald. co. nz18 Mar 07:50 AM
PremiumPremiumSportMatch played with spiritYesterday’s scoreline at the Rectory encapsulates hard first 15 rugby: Gisborne Boys’ High School 7 Sacred Heart College 14. Gisborne Boys’ were denied a last-play try on Sacred Heart’s goalline — rather, a penalty was given for...18 Mar 07:50 AM
PremiumPremiumSportAnything can happen at the speedwayCURRENT 1NZ Steve Cowling predicts two great nights of racing when the New Zealand saloon car championship is decided at Eastland Group Raceway, starting tomorrow night. The Mount Maunganui driver will defend the title in a field of more than 40 cars...18 Mar 07:50 AM