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Scoreboard from Gisborne and East Coast sport

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Teenager Marcus Gray (Pātutahi Blue) lets rip off the first tee in his Tairāwhiti men's interclub top-four semi-finals match against Zane Boyle (Tolaga Bay 1) at the Poverty Bay course on Sunday. Gray won comfortably but the tie went to a sudden-death playoff, won by Pātutahi Blue No 1 Hukanui Brown over Tolaga Bay's Brad Reynolds. Pātutahi Blue meet Poverty Bay in this Sunday's final. Photo / Chris Taewa

Teenager Marcus Gray (Pātutahi Blue) lets rip off the first tee in his Tairāwhiti men's interclub top-four semi-finals match against Zane Boyle (Tolaga Bay 1) at the Poverty Bay course on Sunday. Gray won comfortably but the tie went to a sudden-death playoff, won by Pātutahi Blue No 1 Hukanui Brown over Tolaga Bay's Brad Reynolds. Pātutahi Blue meet Poverty Bay in this Sunday's final. Photo / Chris Taewa

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Rugby

Poverty Bay Premier Grade competition

Earthwork Solutions High School Old Boys 32 (Cohen Loffler, Bryan Howard, Matthew Proffit, Josaia Bosaka Tikicidre tries; 2 pen, 3 con) Kahu Scaffolding Tapuae 21 (Filimone Drua 2, Ngahiwi Manuel tries; Kyoni Te Amo 3 con). HT: HSOB 15 Tapuae 21.

Larsawn Ngātapa 18 (Ben Johnson, Jack Hamilton, Jake Holmes tries; Holmes pen) East Coast Farm Vetstries; Silas Brown pen). HT: Ngātapa 15 YMP 12.

Taste One Most Valuable Player: Cohen Loffler (HSOB), Epeli Gaunavou (Tapuae), Jake Holmes (Ngātapa), Jokatama Cewa (YMP).

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Senior 1 competition

Harvest Matawhero Transport Ngātapa 13 (Saxon Beattie, Tupou Green tries; Irie Noanoa pen) Nūhaka V8s 21 (Toko Turipa, Tahuwaka Edwards tries; Edwards 3 pen, con). HT: Ngātapa 3 Nūhaka 8.

Kevin Hollis Glass Tūranga Pirates 10 (Kingston Whatuira, Zane Huriwai tries) GHSOB 69 (Liam Beattie 3, Kye Symes 3, Henry Atoni 2, Jack Truelock 2, Zyden Worsnop, Deon Gouws, Jacob Leaf tries; Beattie con, Symes con). HT: Tūranga Pirates 0 GHSOB 27.

Charteris Choppers Wairoa Athletic 5 (Gabriel David try) Mahia RFC 13 (Llywelyn Chapman try; Wiremu Erkell 2 pen, con). HT: Wairoa Athletic 0 Mahia 0.

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Waikohu 20 (Tristan Morten, Toru Noanoa, Shelford Wilcox tries; Pounamu Reeves pen, con) R & M Tamatea YMP Bumbles 10 (Mahaki Solomon 2 tries). HT: Waikohu 15 Bumbles 0.

Player of the Day awards: Poumana Gemmell (Ngātapa), Te Kauhu Ropitini (Nūhaka), Jesse Sweeney (Pirates), Jack Truelock (GHSOB), Joe Hansen (Wairoa-Athletic), Llywelyn Chapman (Mahia), Lyric Tahau (Waikohu), Daelyn Taumata (Bumbles).

H Blackbee Contractors Ngāti Porou East Coast men’s club competition

Hicks Bay 35 (Te Rangi Fraser 2, Christopher Bali 2 tries; Tipene Haira 3 pen, 3 con) Tokararangi 38 (Henare Brooking 3, Pamona Samupo 2, Hone Haerewa tries; Rapata Haerewa 4 con). HT: Hicks Bay 22 Tokararangi 7.

Ūawa 31 (Matariki Kaa, Orlando Manuel, Sam Parkes, Maioha Waru, Makaia Allen tries; Josh Dearden 3 con) Ruatōria City 22 (KC Wilson 3, Jack Richardson tries; Nathaniel Fox con). HT: Ūawa 19 Ruatōria City 10.

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Waimā 35 (Mahara Kururangi 2, Te Aranga Hakiwai, Isaiah Leach, Te Roha Fairlie tries; Hakiwai 5 con) Hikurangi 31 (Barry Sollitt, Te Aotahi Tuhaka, Zyon Collins, Awanui Koia, Mahue Mauheni tries; Kris Palmer 3 con). HT Waimā 0 Hikurangi 17.

Player of the Day awards: Christopher Bali (Hicks Bay), Henare Brooking (Tokararangi), Tanira Nepia (Ūawa), Shaun Aupouri (Ruatōria City), Isaiah Leach (Waimā), Awanui Koia (Hikurangi).

Enterprise Cars Ngāti Porou East Coast women’s club competition

Tokararangi 39 (Chrystal Asiata 3, Iritana Taniora, Jayda Rudland, Lily Rudland, Diane Pahuru tries; Taniora 2 con) Ūawa 36 (Morgan White 2, Anahera Parata, Reremoana Bartlett-Tamatea, Hinewaipounamu Westrupp, Jevarne Williams tries; Kasey King 3 con). HT: Tokararangi 22 Ūawa 12.

Hikurangi Mountain Maidens 25 (Taare Haua-Kahaki Rei, Waio Parata, Autumn Collins, Stevie Rangiuaia, Maia Sollitt tries) Ruatōria City Honeybees 27 (Ata Mangu 3 tries, Ripeka Whangaparita-Bishop tries; Rena-Deane Goldsmith pen, 2 con). HT: Mountain Maidens 10 Honeybees 5.

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Player of the Day awards: Ripeka Irwin (Tokararangi), Anahera Parata (Ūawa), Ariki Beach (Mountain Maidens), Ata Mangu (Honeybees).

Interschool rugby

At Ōpōtiki, Gisborne Boys’ High School First XV 5 (Darius Kiwara try) Tauranga Boys’ College 72. HT: GBHS 5 TBC 43.

At Hastings, Gisborne Boys’ High School Second XV 0 Hastings Akina BHS 73. HT: GBHS 0 Akina 42.

Gisborne BHS Under-15s 26 (Mason Williams, Pahker Taumata, Stavers King, Max Egan tries; King 3 con) Hastings BHS U15s 27. HT: GBHS 19 Akina 10.

Gisborne BHS U14s 12 (Tailah Beach, Te Ohaki Harrison-Taylor tries; Darell Wanoa con) Hastings BHS U14s 42. HT: GBHS 0 Akina 20.

Football

Tairāwhiti Men’s Championship: Thistle Athletic Bobcats 4 QRS Wairoa Athletic 0, Pioneer Wainui Sharks 5 Shockers Marist 0, Gisborne Pro Roofing Thistle 5 Shockers Gold 2.

Tairāwhiti Men’s Division 2: Ngātapa Brandt Silkies 1 High School Old Boys Black Hearts 9, Shockers Campion Marist 3 Heavy Equipment Services Gisborne United 7, HSOB Eels 1 Wainui Demons 2.

Tairāwhiti Women’s Championship: Shockers Pink 1 Tatapouri Marist Thistle 0, Enviro NZ Thistle 6 HES United 1, Shockers Black 14 High School Old Girls 1.

Golf

Pātutahi Blue and Poverty Bay will square off for the Tairāwhiti interclub men’s pennants crown this Sunday.

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Pātutahi defeated Tolaga Bay in a sudden-death playoff in the matchplay semi-finals at Poverty Bay Golf Club after they finished regulation play locked at 4-4.

Top qualifiers Poverty Bay beat Poverty Bay (2) 5-3 in the other semi-final.

The final and positional playoffs for the 12-team competition are at the Electrinet Park course.

Results, round 11: Pātutahi Blue 5 KHG Electrinet Park (1) 3; Poverty Bay 8 Tairāwhiti Development 0; Pātutahi Black 6 Waikohu 2; Pātutahi Jedi 7 Tolaga Bay (2) 1; Poverty Bay (2) 6 KHG Electrinet Park (2) 2; Tolaga Bay (1) 4 Te Puia Hot Springs 4.

Overall points: Poverty Bay 70, Pātutahi Blue 60, Tolaga Bay (1) 56, Poverty Bay (2) 54, Te Puia Hot Springs 48, Pātutahi Black 47, Pātutahi Jedi 44, KHG Electrinet Park (1) 44, Waikohu 32, KHG Electrinet Park (2) 28, Tolaga Bay (2) 26, Tairāwhiti Development 18.

Tairāwhiti Cup top four semi-finals: Poverty Bay 5 Poverty Bay (2) 3; Pātutahi Blue 4 Tolaga Bay (1) 4 (Pātutahi won in sudden-death playoff).

Pounamu Cup fifth-to-eighth semi-finals: Te Puia Hot Springs 4 KHG Electrinet Park (1) 4 (Te Puia won in sudden-death playoff); Pātutahi Black 7 Pātutahi Jedi 1.

Ninth-to-12th semi-finals: Waikohu 6 Tairāwhiti Development 2; KHG Electrinet Park (2) 5 Tolaga Bay (2) 3.

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