Tairāwhiti sport scoreboard

Tolaga Bay's Bruce Yates addresses players before teeing off in round one of the Tairāwhiti men's interclub pennants at the Ūawa course on Saturday. Twelve teams competed in the biggest pennants in Tairāwhti and Poverty Bay-East Coast history.

Tolaga Bay (2) team member Rongo Pomana marked his 60th birthday golfing-wise by playing the youngest player in this year's interclub men's pennants, 9-year-old Rua Ratima, who was making his debut for the Tairāwhiti Development side. Pomana won 4 and 3.

Golf

Tairāwhiti men’s interclub pennants, Rounds 1 and 2, at Tolaga Bay

Round 1: Pātutahi Blue 6 Tairāwhiti Development 2; Kevin Hollis Glass Electrinet Park (1) 4 Pātutahi Black 4; Poverty Bay 6 Tolaga Bay (2) 2; Waikohu 1 Poverty Bay (2) 7; Pātutahi Jedi 2 Te Puia Hot Springs 6; KHG Electrinet Park (2) 2 Tolaga Bay (1) 6.

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

Standings: Tolaga Bay (1) 12; Poverty Bay 12; Pātutahi Blue 11; Poverty Bay (2) 11; Pātutahi Jedi 10; Tolaga BAy (2) 10; Te Puia Hot Springs 8; KGH Electrinet Park (1) 8; Pātutahi Black 7; Waikohu 3; Tairāwhiti Development 2; KHG Electrinet Park (2) 2.

Rugby

H. Blackbee Contractors Ltd Ngāti Porou East Coast men’s club rugby, week 1, all games at Whakarua Park, Ruatōria: Waiapu 58 (Rikki Terekia 3, Leetham Tipene-Rawiri 3, Wayne Kahaki, Te Waka Smit, Rico Te Kani, Richard Green; Tipene-Rawiria 3 con Terekia con) Tokomaru Bay United 24 (Mahuta Reedy 2, Gabriel Te Kani, Mahara Kururangi tries; Kururangi 2 con). HT: Waiapu 29 Tokomaru Bay United 14.

Hikurangi 33 (Te Aotahi Tuhaka 2, Tanu Walker, Hone Morice, Tari-Ao Tuhura-Stevenson tries; Matthew Proffit 4 con) Waimā 43 (Te Peehi Fairlie 3, Kaleb Whakataka 2, Chad Chambers tries; Te Aranga Hakiwai pen, 5 con). HT Hikurangi 14 Waimā 14.

Ruatōria City 15 (Isaiah Rickard, Taiua Ngatai, Tanetoa Parata tries) Ūawa 41 (Jesse Rye 3, Jordan Waru, Jordan Matenga, Te Ngakau Welsh tries; Josh Dearden pen, 4 con). HT: Ruatōria City 5 Ūawa 22.

Tokararangi had the bye.

Interschool: At Gisborne, Gisborne Boys’ High School First XV 45 (Ruan Ludwig 2, Manoa Nairoroi, Tana-Boy Haerewa, Kruze Pomana, Darius Kiwara, Maddy Symes tries; Ludwig 4 con) Lindisfarne College First XV 38 (Reid Palmer 3, Te Kakano Taylor 2, Monty Stewart tries; Taylor 3 con, Sam Britten con). HT: GBHS 24 Lindisfarne College 17.