Sports draws

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

Softball

Tairawhiti club senior softball: All at Waikirikiri Park, Friday, slow pitch, B grade, 6pm: D2, Mini Sheep v Downers; D3, Whatatutu v Spartans; D4, Minions v Lytton High School; D6, Umpdy Dumpties v Turanga Health.

Senior A women: Thursday, 6pm: D1, Rovers v Scorpions.

Saturday, 1pm: D1, Whatatutu v Rangatahi; 3pm: D2, Uawa v Scorpions.

Senior A men: Friday, 6pm: D1, Uawa v Gisborne Boys’ High School.

Tairawhiti junior softball: All at Waikirikiri Park on Saturday: 11am, intermediate: D1, Ilminster Rua v Nga Uri a Maui; D2, Ilminstars v Whatatutu; D4, Tolaga Chargers v Kaiti Maia.

Primary, Division 1, 8.30am: D1, Te Wharau Pitchers v St Mary’s; D2, Mangapapa Whitesox v Waikirikiri.

Division 2: D3, Te Wharau Spartans v Kaiti Hue; D4, Uawa Kaupoi v Mangatuna.

T-ball (Y3-4), Division 1, 9.45am: D2, Waikirikiri v Horouta Mahora; D3, Mangatuna v St Mary’s; D4, Kaiti Paoa v Mangapapa Redsox.

Division 2: D5, Waikirikiri v Te Wharau Titans; D6, Wainui Astros v Nga Uri a Maui; 11am: D8, Tolaga Tigers v Whatatutu.

T-ball (Y1-2), Division 1, 9.45am: D7, Mangatuna v Horouta Pumore; D8, Koastie Kids v Mangapapa Bluesox.

Division 2: D9, St Mary’s v Waikirikiri; D10, Tolaga Pipisox v Te Wharau Batters.

11am: Cross-division game, D9, Nga Uri a Maui v Kaiti Horouta.

Cricket

Basil McBurney Trophy, Sunday, 10.30am: Poverty Bay first 11 men v Hamilton second 11, Harry Barker Reserve representative wicket.

Poverty Bay club cricket, Doleman Cup, Saturday, 1pm: Bollywood Stars High School Old Boys v Landmark Homes OBR, Harry Barker rep wicket.

Hope Cup, Saturday, 2pm: Gisborne Boys’ High School Colts v Bollywood High School Old Boys Presidents, Harry Barker 1; Coastal Ultrasound Horouta v Ngatapa, Harry Barker 2; Campion College v Rawhiti Legal OBR second 11, Harry Barker 3.

Junior Colts T30, Saturday, 8.30am: Bollywood High School Old Boys Pups v Tairawhiti Women’s Cricket Club Hortigro Junior Colts, Nelson Park 5; Ngatapa Knights v OBR Sharks, Nelson Park 4; Bollywood Stars v Dnature Dragons.

T15, Wednesday, November 20, 4.30pm: Dnature Dragons v Bollywood Stars, Nelson Park 5; Ngatapa Knights v OBR Sharks, Nelson Park 4; TWCC Hortigro Junior Colts v HSOB Pups, Nelson Park 3.