The Pickleball Gisborne team who won the Battle of the Bays tournament in Mount Maunganui last Saturday, standing (from left): John Phelps, Kay Bermingham, Sharon Bramwell, Shelley Duncan, Sophie Hawkes, Tina Orsler, Sarah Hawkes, Sean O’Connor, Adrianne McLeod, Russell McLeod, team captain Michael Akroyd (with the Battle of the Bays trophy), David Smith, Maora Ratapu, Darian Taylor, Sheryl Babbington Tuari, James Tuari, Kataraina Sanfit, Lucy Sanfit, Manaia Tuari (at back), Paare Ahuriri Leach and Richard Haraki. Kneeling: Cass Beauchamp and Devon Broughton. Absent: Anaru and Sonia Jones, Lewy Fleming, Iri McClutchie and Jon Whaanga.
Gisborne pickleball players have won the Battle of the Bays trophy for the third year in a row.
The Pickleball Gisborne team played a round robin against Hawke’s Bay, Whakatane, Rotorua and Mount Maunganui.
Teams gathered in Mount Maunganui last Saturday to play men’s, women’s and mixed doubles.