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Cricket
Mercantile cricket — Harry Barker Reserve, TONIGHT, 5.30pm: G8, Sons of Hadlee v TBC; G6, Maccas Rebel v AGfirst; G5, Wannabes v Outlaws; G7, Boundary Violators v Mangapapa Garage.
Fergus Hickey, two-day game SATURDAY/SUNDAY — 10.30am: Harry Barker Reserve, H2, Bollywood Poverty Bay v Waikato Valley.
Walker Shield T20 SATURDAY — HBR 1pm: H1, Coastal Ultrasound Horouta v GBHS (1); H4, Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates v Campion College; Bain Construction OBR v Bollywood Stars HSOB deferred.
3.30pm: H1, Horouta v Pirates; H4, HSOB v Campion College; OBR v GBHS (1) deferred.
Junior cricket draws
Hardball — Primary, Nelson Park, SATURDAY, 8.30am: Central Knights v Makauri Hardmen, Te Hapara v Mangapapa Jets, Makaraka v Gis Int Girls, Ormond v Mangapapa Stars.
Intermediate, Nelson Park, SATURDAY, 8.30am: Wizards v Firebirds, Ilminster v GGHS (1), Campion v Aces.
MONDAY, HBR, 5.30pm —
Superstar Skills Year 1-2: Wainui Wonders v Wainui Whippets, Makaraka v St Mary’s,
Te Hapara Salties v Makauri Mean Machine, Central Kings v Central Volts, Mangapapa Rising Stars v Mangapapa Shooting Stars, Ormond/Sonrise/Te Wharau v Central Stags.
Superstar Year 3-4: St Mary’s/Ormond/Te Hapara v Mangapapa Shining Stars, Cobham v Makaraka.
Superstar Year 5-6: Mangapapa Bright Stars St Mary’s/Te Wharau/Sonrise, Central Firebirds v Wainui Wizards, Cobham v Mangapapa Superstars.
Cycling
Gisborne Cycling Club events (visitors welcome) —
Saturday — GCC Spring Series, Race 5. Sign on from 1.30pm to 1.50pm at Bushmere Arms; 2pm start
Marshals: Ngaire Wolter, Ian Chatfield.
Tuesday — Avantiplus Maintrax Tuesday Twilight Series, Race 8: Sign on from 5.30pm to 5.50pm at Taruheru Cemetery, Nelson Road, with a hilltop finish; 6pm start.
Handicap race (33.5 kilometres): Cemetery Circuit plus Waimata Valley, Hilltop finish.
Marshals: Neville Parkinson, Berys Rogers, Dimitrey Carruthers.
Softball
Tairawhiti junior softball
Waikirikiri Park, SATURDAY — Emerging Sox, Y7-8, 1am: D1, Nga Uri a Maui v Whatatutu; D2, Tolaga Chargers v Tolaga Trojans; D3, Ilminstars v Horouta Stars.
Rookie Sox, Y5-6, division A, 9.45am: D2, Kaiti Bullets v Mangapapa White Sox; D3, Horouta Mahuta v Waikirikiri Winners; D4, St Mary’s Strikers v Uawa Eels.
Rookie Sox, division B, 9.45am: D5, Nga Uri a Maui v Wainui; D6, Te Wharau Spartans v Mangatuna Blue Sox; D7, Uawa Kaupoi v Nga Uri a Maui 2nds.
Young Sox T-Ball, Y3-4, division A, 9.45am: D1, Central Sloggers v Whatatutu; T1, Mangatuna Grey Sox v Horouta Mahora Takenga; T2, Kaiti Super Slayers v Mangapapa Red Sox. Bye: Tolaga Young Sox.
Young Sox, division B, 8.30am: D1, Muriwai All Stars v Nga Uri a Maui; T1, Wainui Astros v Mangatuna Red Sox; T2, Te Wharau Titans v Waikirikiri Toa.
Weenie Sox, T-Ball, Y1-2, division A, 8.30am: D2, Mangatuna Black Sox v Horouta Pumore Akaaka; D3, Kaiti Mini Sloggers v Mangapapa Blue Sox.
Division B, 8.30am: D4, Nga Uri a Maui v Wainui Sharks; D5, Tolaga Pipi Sox v Te Wharau Batters.
Weenie Sox, cross-division (points count), 8.30am: D6, St Mary’s v Lightning Strike.
Senior softball
Waikirikiri Park, SATURDAY — women, 1pm: D2, Rovers 1 v Rovers 2; D3, Lytton Gems v GGHS.
3pm: D2, Uawa Magic v Uawa Scorpions.
Men, 1pm: D1, Tolaga Titans v GBHS.
3pm: D1: Steelers v Spartans; D3, TWK Rams v GBHS 1.
Duty teams: Rovers, Tolaga.