Local scoreboard

A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.

Rugby

Poverty Bay club rugby, premier grade: Waikohu 20 Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates 8, YMP 14 Larsawn Ngatapa 12, Woodbank HSOB 18 Enterprise Cars OBM 6.

Senior 1: Wairoa Athletic won by default over HSOB, Ngatapa 17 Horouta 12, YMP 29 OBM 20.

Interschool: In Gisborne, King’s College first XV 24 Gisborne Boys’ High first XV 7, GBHS second XV 19 Wairoa College first XV 12.

East Coast competition: Uawa 28 TVC 8, Tokomaru United 32 Hicks Bay 26, Tokararangi 112 Tawhiti 6.

Golf

East Coast men’s open, championship 16 matchplay final: Simon Jeune def Andrew Higham 3 and 2.

Semifinals: Jeune def William Brown on the 19th, Higham def Peter Kerekere 1-up.

Football

Federation League: In Gisborne, Gisborne Thistle 3 Havelock North Wanderers 1.

Eastern League, division 1: Carpet Court Thistle 2 Gisborne Boys’ High (1) 0, Wainui Demons 2 Thistle Massive 6, United (2) 0 Riverina AFC 4, Wainui Sharks 4 Gisborne Bohemians (1) 3.

Division 2: United (3) 2, Bohemians (3) 2, Campion College 5 Lytton High 1, GBHS (3) 0 GBHS (2) 12, Bohemians (2) 1 Thistle Vintage 1, Ngatapa Silkies 3 Smash Palace Shockers 1, Liquid Thistle Allsorts 2 Wairoa Athletic 7.

Women: Gisborne Laundry Services Thistle 9 Gisborne Girls’ High (1) 0, Lytton High 1 Gisborne Bohemians 0, Gisborne Marist 5 Gisborne United 0.

Netball

Premier grade: YMP (1) 36 IMS HSOG 28, Horouta Gold 34 Gisborne Girls’ High Senior A 25, Whangara Old Girls (1) 36 Farmlands Ngatapa 33, Horouta Gold 38 Ngatapa 31, Claydens Waikohu 40 HSOG 37.

Points (after round 1): YMP (1) 24, HSOG 17, Waikohu 16, Horouta Gold 15, Whangara Old Girls (1) 12, Ngatapa 5, GGHS Sr A 0.

A grade: Whalis 33 Lytton Snr A 29, Campion Snr A 30 GGHS (2) 15, McLeods Concrete HSOG 37 Lone Star HSOG 18, Taiki 30 YMP (2) 16, Gisborne Glass Ngatapa 21 Campion Snr A 13, Lytton Snr A 28 GGHS (2) 21, LS HSOG 32 YMP (2) 21, Taiki 31 MC HSOG 19, GG Ngatapa 25 Whalis 22.

Ngatapa and GGHS Sr A to face Taiki and Whalis in premier/A grade challenge round.