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Sidecars to feature, if weather holds

THE sidecar champion of champions title goes on the line at Gisborne Speedway Club’s meeting tomorrow night . . . if the weather allows. Best-pairs racing in all classes will also be run if forecast rain holds off. The second meeting of the club’s...

Stallions prove the ultimate in frisbee champs

OVER 100 students pitted their catching, running and passing skills at Gisborne Intermediate School yesterday, but there was not a ball in sight. The young athletes were taking part in the Bay of Plenty/Poverty Bay Ultimate Frisbee Champs featuring...

Different game, same aim

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Last chance to make final

CRICKETHOROUTA will have their second chance in two weeks to make Poverty Bay cricket’s Doleman Cup final. They were unable to get the job done against High School Old Boys last week but tomorrow they get another opportunity, against OBR. It’s...

Bridge results

MONDAY, August 21 — Woodward Chrisp Restricted Championship Pairs 2North/South East/WestAnn McCombe/Jeff Allen 70.14 Vicki Taylor/John Hudson 58.33John Rouse/Murray Owen 52.78 Katrine Matthews/Bette Parker 51.39WEDNESDAY, August 23 — Singles...

Golf roundup

Tolaga BayNEIL Hansen won’t win a second King of the Coast men’s open title this weekend, but watch out for him in the second 16. Hansen’s 6.9 handicap is too high to make the championship 16 for the Ray Scragg Motors (RSM) KoTCHe warmed up for...

U13 sides continue to sparkle

RUGBY by Ben O’Brien-LeafThe 82 points scored in a recent OBM-Pirates game was thought to be a one-off. But that remarkable 41-all result on June 15 was equalled for skills at speed by Eastland Vets Ngatapa’s 41-30 victory over OBM. Week 7 of the...

Queen Akayshia reigns supreme

And still the queen of Karapiro. A two-year wait to defend her premier women's W1 crown at the waka ama sprint nationals ended in glory for Akayshia Williams yesterday. The Self Storage Gisborne Horouta Waka Hoe superstar and reigning world champion...

Gisborne athletes in national squads,Local athletes make high-performance open squad

SURF LIFESAVINGSURF athletes from all three Gisborne clubs have been named in Surf Life Saving New Zealand high-performance squads following the national championships at Mount Maunganui last weekend. Included in the open squad are Dawson Building...

Olympic dream in their hands

GISBORNE’S Julia Tilley and new partner Alice Bain go into tomorrow’s Olympic Games qualifying series beach volleyball tournament in Thailand needing to make the final to keep their Rio dream alive.“We need to finish in the top two to progress...

Golf Roundup

Tolaga BayJOE “Crow” Crawford survived a hail of bullets as Tolaga Bay turned into OK Corral for the men’s shootout final on Sunday. Crawford was the last gunfighter standing after beating Walter Robinson to the draw on the 18th in the annual...

Purcell and Reynolds step up

Two players who answered the call to step up to a higher level of football played key roles for Gisborne United and Thistle on Saturday. Jonathan Purcell and Brad Reynolds played at centreback for United and Thistle respectively in Pacific...

Golf roundup

Brian Clarke could almost hear the late, great EJ Gordon clapping after his Barns-Graham Cup-winning putt on Sunday. Clarke drained a 30-foot birdie putt on the 14th hole to give him and partner Mike Dodgshun a convincing 6 and 4 win over Ross Gibson...

One-goal win at end of fightback

WHANGARA Old Girls and Waikohu fought a nail-biter at Victoria Domain in premier-grade netball on Saturday and Whangara had to come from behind to win it. Claydens Waikohu (1) led 9-7 at the end of the first quarter, then 19-16 at halftime. Whangar...

Turner joins honours board

PIRATES medium-pace bowler Mitchell Turner produced a magical spell of bowling to take six wickets for 68 runs off 19 overs to earn a place on the Poverty Bay representative cricket honours board. But it was not enough to stop Counties Manukau...

Big night tonight for Fergus Burke

Gisborne born-and-bred Fergus Burke will make his first start for the Crusaders tonight as the all-conquering team hosts the Western Force in Christchurch. He gets his chance as All Black first five-eight Richie Mo'unga is being rested. The...

Bronze for NZ

Tayler Reid has finished 18th in the men's individual triathlon after an astonishing swim and bike legs for the Gisborne-born athlete. Reid was in the leading group for large portions of the early race but could not keep up with New Zealand's best...

Contingent make most of opportunity

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