Gisborne weekend sport scoreboard

Mahia hosted rounds 2 and 3 of the Tairāwhiti men's interclub pennants on Sunday and by the end of the day, Tolaga Bay (1) held a narrow overall points lead.

Rugby

H Blackbee Contractors Ngāti Porou East Coast men’s club rugby competition, Week 2: Tokomaru Bay United 0 Tokararangi 48 (Pamona Samupo 2, Hone Haerewa 2, Eraihia Bartlett, Mohi Bartlett, William Martin, Israel Brown tries; Samupo 2 con, Rapata Haerewa 2 con).

Hikurangi 17 (Te Aotahi Tuhaka, Zyon Collins, Matthew Proffit tries: Nic Proffit con) Ruatōria City 19 (Jack Richardson, Shaun Aupouri, Tanetoa Parata tries; Ethine Reeves 2 con). HT: Hikurangi 5 Ruatōria City 7.

Uāwa won by default over Waiapu.

Inter-school: At Mount Maunganui, Mount Maunganui College 0 Gisborne Boys’ High School First XV 36 (Coen-Theros Brown 2, Jerakye Dygas, Storm De Thier, Jake Kara, Rori Fukushima-Hall tries; Ruan Ludwig 3 con).

Golf

Tairāwhiti men’s interclub pennants, rounds 3 and 4, at Mahia

Round 3: Pātutahi Blue 6 Tolaga Bay (2) 2; Pātutahi Black 1 Poverty Bay (2) 7; Tairāwhiti Development 0 Te Puia Hot Springs 8; KHG Electrinet Park (1) 1 Tolaga Bay (1) 7; Poverty Bay 8 KHG Electrinet Park (2) 0; Waikohu 4 Pātutahi Jedi 4.

Round 4: Pātutahi Blue 4 Poverty Bay (2) 4; Tolaga Bay (2) 2 Te Puia Hot Springs 6; Pātutahi Black 0 Tolaga Bay (1) 8; KHG Electrinet Park (2) 5 Tairāwhiti Development 3; KHG Electrinet Park (1) 6 Pātutahi Jedi 2; Poverty Bay 6 Waikohu 2.

Overall points: Tolaga Bay (1) 27; Poverty Bay 26; Poverty Bay (2) 22; Te Puia Hot Springs 22; Pātutahi Blue 21; Pātutahi Jedi 16; KHG Electrinet Park (1) 15; Tolaga Bay (2) 14; Waikohu 9; Pātutahi Black 8; KHG Electrinet Park (2) 7; Tairāwhiti Development 5.

Football

Central Football Eastern Premiership, Week 1: Electrinet Gisborne Thistle 0 Heavy Equipment Services Gisborne United 8; Port Hill United 2 Maycenvale United 3; Havelock North Wanderers 2 Taradale 1; Napier City Rovers 3 Western Rangers 1.

Tairāwhiti Men’s Charity Cup: Thistle Athletic Bobcats 6 (Nico Sannevigo 2, Dan Robinson 2, Connor Evison, Xavier Mennie goals) Shockers Gold 0.

Tairāwhiti Women’s Charity Cup: Enviro NZ Gisborne Thistle Ladies 2 (Aliyah Lardelli, Rylee Barker) Smash Palace Shockers Ladies Black 0.

Cricket

Representative men’s 40-overs fixture: At Rotorua, Bay of Plenty Lakelands 144-3 in 27.4 overs (Harry Kane 40, Mitchell Kane 40, Jesse Russ 38; James Birrell 2-11-6) def Poverty Bay 143 all out in 32.1 overs (Gautam Sareen 37, Hansa Fernando 25; Kaiden Young 3-21-7, Kunal Mahajan 3-22-7) by seven wickets.

Surf lifesaving

Midway surf lifesaver Yahni Brown was in the medals at the Australian championships at North Kirra Beach on the Gold Coast.

Brown was a member of the Alexandra Headland teams who placed second in the final of the Under-19 male single ski relay and third in the surf teams’ final. He was seventh in the U19 ski.

Waikanae’s Briana Irving, wearing her Gisborne club cap at the Aussies, added a fourth-equal in the open female beach flags to the gold she won in the beach sprint.

Former Waikanae clubbie Oska Smith, competing for Northcliffe at the Aussies, was seventh in the open male beach sprint final and 10th in the flags. He was a member of the Northcliffe teams who won the open male beach relay and were third in the open mixed beach relay.

Australia-based Midway clubbie Cory Taylor, representing Northcliffe, was in the open male team who were fourth in the taplin relay and 10th in the ironman.