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Living their goals

A 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...

GRAND FINAL SATURDAY

CHAMPIONS 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...

Softball draw for tomorrow

SATURDAY — 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...

Hard-fought surf lifesaving under way

The 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...

Emerre and Hathaway PB Open field bursting at the seams

Reigning 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...

Indoor bowls

HIBERNIAN 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...

Tiniroto lad meets royalty

IT’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...

Ferkins blows open the gates winning open men’s K1 1000m

KAYAKINGGisborne 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...

Bridge results

MONDAY 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...

Gisborne Club Darts Association results

INDIVIDUAL 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...

Uawa repel Wairoa challenge

It 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...

Thistle and Marist set the pace

THISTLE 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...

Bridge results

MONDAY, 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...

Day 2 and 3 equestrian results

Brooke 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...

LOCALS ONLY

The 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...

Waikohu go to the top

A 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...

Basketball results

Basketball 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...

Local paddlers in national squads

KAYAKINGPoverty 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...