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Cricket
Mercantile cricket — Harry Barker Reserve, TONIGHT, 5.30pm: Ground 8, Sons of Hadlee v Mangapapa Garage; G7, Wannabes v TBC; G6, Maccas Rebels v Outlaws; G5, Boundary Violators v AG First.
Senior men — Doleman Cup (40 overs) Harry Barker Reserve, SATURDAY, 1pm: HBR1, Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates v Bollywood High School Old Boys; HBR3, Coastal UltraSound Horouta v Gisborne Boys’ High School; HBR4, Bain Construction OBR v Campion College.
Junior cricket draws
Hardball — Primary, Nelson Park, SATURDAY, 8.30am: Mangapapa Jets v Makaraka; Gis Int Girls v Ormond; Mangapapa Stars v Makauri; Central Knights v Te Hapara.
Intermediate, Nelson Park, SATURDAY, 8.30am: Gisborne Girls’ High School v Aces; Campion v Firebirds; Wizards v Ilminster.
Harry Barker Reserve, MONDAY, 5.30pm —
Superstar Skills Year 1-2: Makaraka v Wainui Whippets; Te Hapara Salties v St Mary’s; Mangapapa Rising Stars v Central Volts; Central Kings v Makauri Mean Machine; Wainui Wonders v Central Stags; Ormond/Sonrise/Te Wharau v Mangapapa Shooting Stars.
Superstar Year 3-4: Central Aces v Makaraka; Cobham v St Mary’s/Te Wharau/Sonrise; Mangapapa Shining Stars v Mangapapa Golden Stars.
Superstar Year 5-6: Mangapapa Bright Stars v Central Firebirds; St Mary’s/Te Wharau/Sonrise v Mangapapa Superstars; Wainui Wizards v Cobham.
Cycling
Gisborne Cycling Club events (visitors welcome) —
Saturday — Club ride (no racing): Ride starts at 1.30pm from Taruheru Cemetery, Nelson Road.
Tuesday — Avantiplus Maintrax Tuesday Twilight Series, Race 7: Sign-on from 5.30pm to 5.50pm at Kirkpatrick Road (southern end), with a northern-end finish; 6pm start.
Handicap race (34 kilometres): To Kuri store and return.
Marshals: Noel Holden, Francis Rowland, Steve Wolter.
Softball
Tairawhiti junior softball, Waikirikiri Park, Emerging Sox intermediate (Y7-8), SATURDAY — 11am: D1, Tolaga Chargers v Nga Uri a Maui; D2, Ilminstars v Tolaga Trojans; D3, Horouta Wananga v Whatatutu.
ROOKIE Sox, primary (Y5-6) Division A, 9.45am: D2, Horouta Mahuta v St Mary’s Strikers; D3, Kaiti Rangatira v Waikirikiri Winners; D4, Mangapapa White Sox v Uawa Eels.
ROOKIE Sox Division B, 9.45am: D5, Nga Uri a Maui v Uawa Kaupoi; D6, Mangatuna Blue Sox v Wainui. Bye: Te Wharau Spartans.
YOUNG Sox T-Ball (Y3-4) Division A, 9.45am: D1, Tolaga Young Sox v Whatatutu; T1, Central Sloggers v Horouta Mahora Takenga; T2, Kaiti Super Slayers v Mangatuna Grey Sox. Bye: Mangapapa Red Sox.
YOUNG Sox Division B, 8.30am: D1, Te Wharau Titans v Mangatuna Red Sox; T1, Muriwai All Stars v Wainui Dodgers; T2, Nga Uri a Maui v Waikirikiri Toa.
WEENIE Sox T-Ball (Y1-2) Division A, 8.30am: D2, St Mary’s v Horouta Pumore Akaaka; D3, Kaiti Mini Sloggers v Mangatuna Black Sox.
WEENIE Sox Division B, 8.30am: D4, Nga Uri a Maui v Lightning Strike; D5, Wainui Sharks v Te Wharau Batters.
WEENIE Sox, cross-division (points count), 8.30am: D6, Tolaga Pipi Sox v Mangapapa Blue Sox.
SENIOR women, 1pm: D2, Lytton Gems v Uawa Scorpions; D3, Tolaga Girls v Rovers 1.
SATURDAY — D2, Rovers 2 v GGHS.
MEN, 1pm: D1, Steelers v GBHS 1.
3pm: D1, TWK Rams v GBHS 2; D3, Tolaga Titans v Spartans.
Duty teams: TWK Rams, Rovers.