50-50: Gisborne United fullback Adam Simpson and a Western Rangers player meet the ball simultaneously in a Pacific Premiership football game at Harry Barker Reserve.
DIFFERENT balls, same objective . . . and that objective was achieved by Uawa and Gisborne United on a wet, windy Saturday afternoon.
Uawa defeated TVC 11-8 in the final of the Ngati Porou East Coast club rugby competition at Whangaparaoa/Cape Runaway.
Gisborne United beat Western Rangers 6-0 at Harry
Barker Reserve to clinch the Pacific Premiership football crown — finishing one point ahead of Maycenvale.
Across at Childers Road Reserve, Gisborne Thistle were also in winning form, beating Palmerston North Marist 5-2 in a Central Federation League football game.