Gisborne Herald
  • Gisborne Herald Home
  • Latest news
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
  • Sport

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • On The Up
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
  • Sport

Locations

  • Gisborne
  • Bay of Plenty
  • Hawke's Bay

Media

  • Today's Paper - E-Editions
  • Photo sales
  • Classifieds

Weather

  • Gisborne

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Premium
Home / Gisborne Herald / Sport

Place in grand final at stake

Gisborne Herald
18 Mar, 2023 04:36 AMQuick Read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save
    Share this article

    Reminder, this is a Premium article and requires a subscription to read.

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

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

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

IT'S PLAY off time in the senior mens hockey competition this round and a place in the mens’ grand final is at stake in tonight’s top of the table clash between THC and YMP A.

The two most exciting teams in the mens’ competition will take to the LJ Hooker Turf at Harry Barker Reserve at 6pm.

The winner goes straight through to the mens final on August 6.

THC go into the match fresh from their comprehensive 7-2 win over YMP A last weekend and no doubt their confidence levels will be high.

However they will need to be careful because while it was YMP’s first loss of the season they played with only 10 men with no bench to draw on.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

THC would be well advised to factor that into their mental preparation tonight. A full YMP team and a good bench and the match result may end up a very different picture.

If Tony Scragg were to comment he would probably put it like this - “Too close to call this one.

“The two best men's teams. It could go either way.”

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

In the other mens match tonight third placed LOB A take on YMP B.

LOB clicked last weekend against Gisborne Boys High School, scored plenty of goals, and should do the same again tonight in their match at 7.30pm.

The extra work LOB A have been doing is obviously working for them.

The other mens play off match this weekend is at 4.30pm Saturday when the LOB Masters take on Gisborne Boys High School.

That will be tightThe Masters won 2-1 last time out between those two teams and the Masters need to stay in the contest again right through to repeat that result.

The womens’ competition rolls along with more round-robin games this round.

YMP B and GMC Gold match up at 6pm tomorrow night.

A draw last time says it all.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Tomorrow night will be more of the same tight stuff.

Te Aowera take on Gisborne Girls High School at 7.30pm and the students should have more than enough firepower to win and win well.

They rattled the back of the net 9 times last time they met TA.

The 1pm match Saturday between YMP A and Paikea should go the way of the unbeaten YMP women but if Paikea get everything right on attack and defend well it could be quite close.

The 2.45pm matchup between Ben Holden Fencing Ngatapa and GMC Kowhai would be the game of the round in the womens competition.

Third place in the competition on the line for Ngatapa and they will want to achieve that aim for themselves and their coach.

Kowhai won 3-nil last time out but Ngatapa’s sensational victory over GMC Green last Saturday shows they are building nicely towards the playoffs.

There should be only a goal or two in it either way.

Save
    Share this article

    Reminder, this is a Premium article and requires a subscription to read.

Latest from Sport

Sport

Warrior Batacot on song: Two 180s, highest start

30 Nov 10:31 PM
Sport

Seas the day: Big contribution by Gisborne athletes at ISRC

28 Nov 02:25 AM
Sport

'Rookie' at nearly 50: Brown, Keast new kids at interprovincial golf tourney

28 Nov 12:00 AM

Sponsored

Kiwi campaign keeps on giving

07 Sep 12:00 PM
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Sport

Warrior Batacot on song: Two 180s, highest start
Sport

Warrior Batacot on song: Two 180s, highest start

Tahuna Irwin throws 158 finish as Kaos conquer Lions 20-1

30 Nov 10:31 PM
Seas the day: Big contribution by Gisborne athletes at ISRC
Sport

Seas the day: Big contribution by Gisborne athletes at ISRC

28 Nov 02:25 AM
'Rookie' at nearly 50: Brown, Keast new kids at interprovincial golf tourney
Sport

'Rookie' at nearly 50: Brown, Keast new kids at interprovincial golf tourney

28 Nov 12:00 AM


Kiwi campaign keeps on giving
Sponsored

Kiwi campaign keeps on giving

07 Sep 12:00 PM
NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to the Gisborne Herald
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • Gisborne Herald
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • NZME Events
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Photo sales
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP