Sports draws

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

Tairawhiti junior softball games will be held at Waikirikiri Park on SATURDAY. The draw is —

Junior Sox junior high school softball (Year 9-10), 11am: D1, GBHS Black v GBHS Red; D2, GGHS v Lytton.

Bye: Campion.

Cross-section friendly (Junior v Emerging): D3, Campion v Nga Kura o Te Akau.

Emerging Sox intermediate softball (Y7-8), 11am: D4, Ilminster Tahi v TBAS; D5, Ilminster Rua v Waikirikiri.

Bye: Nga Kura o Te Akau.

Rookie Sox primary softball (Y5-6), 8.30am, Division 1: D1, Kaiti Kiwa v Nga Apitihanga; D2, Mangapapa White v Te Wharau Pitchers. Division 2: D3, Te Wharau Spartans v Waikirikiri; D5, TBAS v Mangatuna.

Young Sox T-ball (Y3-4), 9.45am, Division 1: D2, Koastie Kidz v Kaiti Paoa; D3, Muriwai v TBAS; D4, Mangapapa Green v Te Wharau (1).

11am, Division 2: D6, Te Karaka v Te Hapara; D7, Waikirikiri v Wainui; D8, Te Wharau (2) v Nga Kura o Te Akau.

Pipi Sox T-ball (Y1-2), 9.45am, Division 1: D5, Waikirikiri v Mangapapa Blue; D6, Te Hapara v Te Wharau. Division 2: D7, Mangapapa Red v Kaiti Maia; D8, St Mary’s v Te Karaka.

Bye: TBAS.

Doleman Cup, Round 1, 1pm: Harry Barker Reserve 1, Gisborne Boys’ High School v Horouta Prem (umpire Jason Trowill); HBR 2, Bollywood Stars HSOB v Coastal Concrete OBR Prem (Stewart Patrick).

Hope Cup, Round 1, 2pm: HBR 4, Bollywood HSOB Presidents v Ngatapa (Gary Coutts); HBR 3, Rawhiti Legal OBR 2nds v GBHS (Ben O’Brien-Leaf); HBR practice wicket, Siteworx Horouta 2nds v Campion College (James Raroa, Martin Bennett).

Junior Colts 30-over competition, Round 1, 8.30am: Nelson Park 4, Bollywood HSOB Pups v Bollywood Stars; NP 2, Ngatapa Knights v David File Decorators OBR Sharks; NP 5, Tairawhiti Women’s Cricket Club Hortigro Colts v Dnature Dragons.