Champions crowned as other battles rage

AND THIS IS JESSIE KAPENE: Gisborne Girls' High School's Jessie Kapene chases YMP A's Courtney Onekawa in the final points games of the Poverty Bay women's hockey competition. YMP won 5-1 and are in the top four stage of the competition while Girls' High are in the bottom five.

THE Poverty Bay premier club rugby final at Rugby Park highlighted another busy Saturday of sport in Gisborne.

YMP and Waikohu turned on a fitting finale to the competition, with YMP triumphing 28-24.

Not far away, on the turf at Harry Barker Reserve, YMP A women and Gisborne Girls' High School locked sticks in Poverty Bay women's club hockey.

It was another YMP victory — 5-1.

Earlier, Gisborne Boys' High School first 15 came up against a formidable St Peter's College team at the Rectory, the visitors winning 42-5.

And Horouta Gold and Gisborne Girls' High Senior faced off in premier netball at the YMCA, honours shared 45-apiece.